Abraham Ancer
Abraham Ancer | |
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Personal information | |
Born | McAllen, Texas, U.S. | 27 February 1991
Height | 5 ft 7 in (1.70 m) |
Weight | 155 lb (70 kg; 11.1 st) |
Sporting nationality | ![]() |
Career | |
College | Odessa College University of Oklahoma |
Turned professional | 2013 |
Current tour(s) | PGA Tour |
Former tour(s) | Web.com Tour |
Professional wins | 2 |
Highest ranking | 11 (8 August 2021)[1] (as of 25 August 2024) |
Number of wins by tour | |
PGA Tour of Australasia | 1 |
Korn Ferry Tour | 1 |
Best results in major championships | |
Masters Tournament | DNP |
PGA Championship | T16: 2019 |
U.S. Open | T49: 2019 |
The Open Championship | CUT: 2018, 2019 |
Abraham Ancer (born 27 February 1991) is a Mexican professional golfer who plays on the PGA Tour. He won the 2018 Emirates Australian Open.
Amateur career
Ancer was born in McAllen, Texas, raised in Reynosa, Mexico, and has dual American and Mexican citizenship.[2] He played college golf at Odessa College and the University of Oklahoma, from which he graduated in 2013 with a degree in General Studies.[2] [3]
During his one year at Odessa, Ancer was a first-team All-American and finished in a tie for second in the Junior College National Golf Championship. At Oklahoma, he saw his most success during his first year, winning twice while having the sixth-lowest scoring average in Oklahoma history of 72.03. During his entire career, he ended up second in all-time scoring average.[3]
Professional career
Ancer turned professional in 2013. In December 2014, he tied for 35th place at the Web.com Tour Qualifying School final stage.[4] He played on the Web.com Tour in 2015, where he finished runner-up at the Brasil Champions in March and won the Nova Scotia Open in July.[5]
He finished 11th in the regular season money list, which earned him a PGA Tour card for the 2016 season.[6] In his rookie year, Ancer didn't perform consistently, with a best finish of T-18 at the FedEx St. Jude Classic. He finished 190th in FedEx Cup points and couldn't maintain his card for the 2017 season, which sent him back to the Web.com Tour.[7][2]
During the 2017 Web.com Tour, Ancer carded five top-5 finishes, including three runner-up finishes, which allowed him to secure his PGA Tour card for the 2018 season by finishing in 3rd place on the regular season money list.[2][8]
During the 2018 season, Ancer finished 9th at the OHL Classic at Mayakoba, 8th at the Houston Open, 4th at the Quicken Loans National, 5th at the RBC Canadian Open, and 7th at the Dell Technologies Championship. The Quicken Loans National was part of the Open Qualifying Series and his high finish gave him an entry to the 2018 Open Championship, his first major championship, where he had rounds of 71 and 78 and missed the cut. In the PGA Tour season Ancer earned US$1.7 million and finished 60th in the FedEx Cup.
Ancer had a good start to the 2018–19 season with top-5 finishes in the CIMB Classic and the Shriners Hospitals for Children Open, results that lifted him into the world top-100 for the first time. He followed this up with a 5-stroke victory in the Australian Open, a week before representing Mexico in the World Cup of Golf. His Australian Open win gave him an entry to the 2019 Open Championship. Ancer finished second in the Northern Trust in August 2019 and ended the year by tying for 21st at the Tour Championship. This earned him $478,000 in FedEx Cup bonus money.
Ancer's strong play in 2019 qualified him for the 2019 Presidents Cup International team. The event was held at Royal Melbourne Golf Club in December 2019. The U.S. team defeated the Internationals 16–14. Ancer went 3–1–1. His lone loss came in the Sunday singles, 3 & 2 against U.S. playing-captain Tiger Woods. Ancer had told media prior to the event that he wanted to play Woods in singles. Woods said afterward "Abe wanted it, he got it."[9]
At the 2020 RBC Heritage, Ancer finished runner-up shooting −21, earning him $773,900. Ancer led the tournament in Driving Accuracy (82.1%) and Greens In Regulation (90.3%).[10]
Amateur wins
- 2009 Odessa College Invitational
- 2010 Omega Chemical/Midland College, Texas Junior College Championship, NJCAA District 2 Championship
- 2011 Desert Shootout, NCAA East-VA Tech Regional
Source:[11]
Professional wins (2)
PGA Tour of Australasia wins (1)
Legend |
Australian Opens (1) |
Other PGA Tour of Australasia (0) |
No. | Date | Tournament | Winning score | To par | Margin of victory |
Runner-up |
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1 | 18 Nov 2018 | Emirates Australian Open | 69-69-65-69=272 | −16 | 5 strokes | ![]() |
Web.com Tour wins (1)
No. | Date | Tournament | Winning score | To par | Margin of victory |
Runner-up |
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1 | 5 Jul 2015 | Nova Scotia Open | 69-70-64-68=271 | −13 | Playoff | ![]() |
Web.com Tour playoff record (1–1)
No. | Year | Tournament | Opponent | Result |
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1 | 2015 | Nova Scotia Open | ![]() |
Won with birdie on first extra hole |
2 | 2017 | Nashville Golf Open | ![]() |
Lost to birdie on first extra hole |
Results in major championships
Results not in chronological order before 2019.
Tournament | 2018 | 2019 |
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Masters Tournament | ||
PGA Championship | T16 | |
U.S. Open | T49 | |
The Open Championship | CUT | CUT |
CUT = missed the half-way cut
"T" = tied
Results in The Players Championship
Tournament | 2019 |
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The Players Championship | T12 |
"T" indicates a tie for a place
Results in World Golf Championships
Tournament | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 |
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Championship | T52 | T39 | T12 |
Match Play | T17 | NT1 | |
Invitational | |||
Champions | T4 |
1Cancelled due to COVID-19 pandemic
NT = no tournament
"T" = tied
Team appearances
- World Cup (representing Mexico): 2018
- Presidents Cup (representing the International team): 2019
See also
References
- ^ "Week 32 2021 Ending 8 Aug 2021" (pdf). OWGR. Retrieved 9 August 2021.
- ^ a b c d "Abraham Ancer Profile". PGA Tour. Retrieved 10 April 2018.
- ^ a b "Abraham Ancer biodata". Oklahoma Sooners. Retrieved 4 August 2015.
- ^ "Web.com Tour Qualifying Tournament - 2017 Leaderboard". PGA Tour.
- ^ "Abraham Ancer wins Nova Scotia Open". Yahoo Sports. Associated Press. 5 July 2015.
- ^ "2015 Web.com Tour End of Season Money List". PGA Tour. Retrieved 24 January 2019.
- ^ "2016 FedEx Cup Standings". PGA Tour. Retrieved 24 January 2019.
- ^ "2017 Web.com Tour Regular Season Points List". PGA Tour. Retrieved 24 January 2019.
- ^ Woodard, Adam (December 15, 2019). "Abraham Ancer wasn't cocky when he said he wanted Tiger Woods at Presidents Cup". Golfweek.
- ^ "Webb Simpson birdies 5 of 6 after return from delay to win at Hilton Head". ESPN. Associated Press. 21 June 2020. Retrieved 22 June 2020.
- ^ "Abraham Ancer". World Amateur Golf Ranking. Retrieved 4 August 2015.
External links
- Abraham Ancer at the PGA Tour official site
- Abraham Ancer at the Official World Golf Ranking official site