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Abraham Ancer
Personal information
Born (1991-02-27) 27 February 1991 (age 33)
McAllen, Texas, U.S.
Height5 ft 7 in (1.70 m)
Weight155 lb (70 kg; 11.1 st)
Sporting nationality United States
ResidenceSan Antonio, Texas
PartnerNicole Curtright
Career
CollegeOdessa College
University of Oklahoma
Turned professional2013
Current tour(s)PGA Tour
European Tour
Former tour(s)Web.com Tour
Professional wins3
Highest ranking11 (8 August 2021)[1]
(as of 24 November 2024)
Number of wins by tour
PGA Tour1
European Tour1
PGA Tour of Australasia1
Korn Ferry Tour1
Best results in major championships
Masters TournamentT13: 2020
PGA ChampionshipT8: 2021
U.S. OpenT49: 2019
The Open ChampionshipT59: 2021

Abraham Ancer (Spanish pronunciation: [aˈβɾam ˈanseɾ];[check surname stress] born 27 February 1991) is an American professional golfer who plays on the PGA Tour. He won the 2018 Emirates Australian Open and the 2021 WGC-FedEx St. Jude Invitational for his first PGA Tour career victory.

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]

In May 2021, Ancer finished second at the Wells Fargo Championship. One shot behind Rory McIlroy.[11] In late July/early August he played in the 2020 Tokyo Olympics, finishing tied for 14th place with Norway's Viktor Hovland after scoring 12-under-par for the four rounds of the Men's Tournament.[12] The following week he obtained his first career victory in a PGA Tour event after winning the 2021 WGC-FedEx St. Jude Invitational after two sudden-death playoff holes against Hideki Matsuyama and Sam Burns.[13]

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:[14]

Professional wins (3)

PGA Tour wins (1)

Legend
World Golf Championships (1)
Other PGA Tour (0)
No. Date Tournament Winning score To par Margin of
victory		 Runners-up
1 8 Aug 2021 WGC-FedEx St. Jude Invitational 67-62-67-68=264 −16 Playoff United States Sam Burns, Japan Hideki Matsuyama

PGA Tour playoff record (1–0)

No. Year Tournament Opponents Result
1 2021 WGC-FedEx St. Jude Invitational United States Sam Burns, Japan Hideki Matsuyama Won with birdie on second extra hole

European Tour wins (1)

Legend
World Golf Championships (1)
Other European Tour (0)
No. Date Tournament Winning score To par Margin of
victory		 Runners-up
1 8 Aug 2021 WGC-FedEx St. Jude Invitational 67-62-67-68=264 −16 Playoff United States Sam Burns, Japan Hideki Matsuyama

European Tour playoff record (1–0)

No. Year Tournament Opponents Result
1 2021 WGC-FedEx St. Jude Invitational United States Sam Burns, Japan Hideki Matsuyama Won with birdie on second extra hole

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
1 18 Nov 2018 Emirates Australian Open 69-69-65-69=272 −16 5 strokes Australia Dimitrios Papadatos

Web.com Tour wins (1)

No. Date Tournament Winning score To par Margin of
victory 		Runner-up
1 5 Jul 2015 Nova Scotia Open 69-70-64-68=271 −13 Playoff United States Bronson Burgoon

Web.com Tour playoff record (1–1)

No. Year Tournament Opponent Result
1 2015 Nova Scotia Open United States Bronson Burgoon Won with birdie on first extra hole
2 2017 Nashville Golf Open United States Lanto Griffin Lost to birdie on first extra hole

Results in major championships

Results not in chronological order before 2019 and in 2020.

Tournament 2018 2019 2020 2021
Masters Tournament T13 T26
PGA Championship T16 T43 T8
U.S. Open T49 T56 CUT
The Open Championship CUT CUT NT T59
  Top 10
  Did not play

CUT = missed the half-way cut
"T" = tied
NT = No tournament due to COVID-19 pandemic

Results in The Players Championship

Tournament 2019 2020 2021
The Players Championship T12 C T22

"T" indicates a tie for a place
C = Cancelled after the first round due to the COVID-19 pandemic

World Golf Championships

Wins (1)

Year Championship 54 holes Winning score Margin Runners-up
2021 WGC-FedEx St. Jude Invitational 4 shot deficit −16 (67-62-67-68=264) Playoff United States Sam Burns, Japan Hideki Matsuyama

Results timeline

Tournament 2018 2019 2020 2021
Championship T52 T39 T12 T18
Match Play T17 NT1 T18
Invitational T15 1
Champions T4 NT1

1Cancelled due to COVID-19 pandemic

  Win
  Top 10
  Did not play

NT = no tournament
"T" = tied

Team appearances

See also

References

  1. ^ "Week 32 2021 Ending 8 Aug 2021" (pdf). OWGR. Retrieved 9 August 2021.
  2. ^ a b c d "Abraham Ancer Profile". PGA Tour. Retrieved 10 April 2018.
  3. ^ a b "Abraham Ancer biodata". Oklahoma Sooners. Retrieved 4 August 2015.
  4. ^ "Web.com Tour Qualifying Tournament - 2017 Leaderboard". PGA Tour.
  5. ^ "Abraham Ancer wins Nova Scotia Open". Yahoo Sports. Associated Press. 5 July 2015.
  6. ^ "2015 Web.com Tour End of Season Money List". PGA Tour. Retrieved 24 January 2019.
  7. ^ "2016 FedEx Cup Standings". PGA Tour. Retrieved 24 January 2019.
  8. ^ "2017 Web.com Tour Regular Season Points List". PGA Tour. Retrieved 24 January 2019.
  9. ^ Woodard, Adam (December 15, 2019). "Abraham Ancer wasn't cocky when he said he wanted Tiger Woods at Presidents Cup". Golfweek.
  10. ^ "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.
  11. ^ "Abraham Ancer takes second place at the Wells Fargo Championship". Archy Sports. 10 May 2021. Retrieved 12 May 2021.
  12. ^ "Results" (PDF). Olympics.com. Retrieved 9 August 2021.
  13. ^ Stukenborg, Phil (8 August 2021). "Abraham Ancer of Mexico wins FedEx St Jude Invitational". Associated Press. Retrieved 9 August 2021.
  14. ^ "Abraham Ancer". World Amateur Golf Ranking. Retrieved 4 August 2015.
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