Abraham Ancer
Name:
Abraham AncerCountry:
MexicoBorn:
Feb 27, 1991 in McAllen, Texas.Original/Home Club:
Occupation:
Professional golferTurned Pro:
2013Presidents Cup player (2019). Australian Open winner (2018). WGC and PGA Tour winner.
Born in McAllen, Texas, Ancer was raised in Reynosa, Mexico; he has dual American and Mexican citizenship. The two small cities of McAllen and Reynosa lie either side of the USA-Mexico border, separated by the Rio Grande River, and connected by three road bridges.
Asia
LIV Golf
Played as the inaugural LIV Golf Hong Kong (March 8-10; 54-hole 48-player no-cut individual event, and accompanying 4-player team event). [Hong Kong GC, Fanling; composite of 10 holes from Eden course, 8 from the New].
Individual event: Abraham Ancer (Mex) beat Paul Casey (Eng) and Cameron Smith (Aus) with a birdie at the first playofff hole (par-4 18th).
Team event: second-placed Torque team (-33; Joaquin Niemann, Sebastián Muñoz, Mito Pereira, Carlos Ortiz) finished 2 shots behind the Crushers team (-35; Bryson DeChambeau, Paul Casey, Charles Howell III, Anirban Lahiri), who shared the $3 million team first prize.
Note: the fourth of fourteen 2024 LIV Golf League events run by Greg Norman's Saudi Arabian-bankrolled LIV Golf company.
Asia
SoftBank
Played as the PIF Saudi International powered by SoftBank Investment Advisers (Feb 2-5; Asian Tour 2023 season-opener). Second-placed Cameron Young (USA) finished 2 shots behind LIV golfer and wire-to-wire winner Abraham Ancer (Mex/USA), who recorded his first Asian Tour win. [Royal Greens G&CC, King Abdullah EC, Saudi Arabia].
WGC
FedEx/St Jude
Played as the WGC-FedEx St Jude Invitational (Aug 5-8). 30-year-old Abraham Ancer (Mex) beat Sam Burns (USA) and Hideki Matsuyama (Jpn) with a birdie at the second playoff hole (par-4 18th), to record his first PGA Tour win in his 121st start on the Tour. Ancer became the first Mexican golfer to win a WGC event. [TPC Southwind, Memphis, TN].
Aus/NZ
Emirates
Played as the Emirates Australian Open (Nov 15-18; Aus Tr event). Second-placed Dimitrios Papadatos (Aus) finished 5 shots behind Ancer (Mex), who recorded his second professional win, and first on a major international tour. [The Lakes GC, Sydney, Aus].
The Masters: The 88th Masters Tournament at Augusta National sees LIV golfer Jon Rahm defend his title against the world’s best. Pressing hard will be world No.1 and 2022 champion Scottie Scheffler and world No.2 Rory McIlroy (April 11-14).
Chevron Championship: the women’s major championship season gets underway for the second year at its new Carlton Woods home outside Houston, Texas. World No.2 Lilia Vu defends (April 18-21).
Nelly Korda: records a perfect start to 2024 with four wins out of her last four appearances on the LPGA Tour, a feat last achieved by Lorena Ochoa in 2008. Korda's win at the T-Mobile Match Play brought up her 12th LPGA Tour victory.
Scottie Scheffler: narrowly missed out on matching Nelly Korda’s three-in-three, when he placed second at the Houston Open. This followed back-to-back wins at the Arnold Palmer Invitational and The Players. Like Korda, he remains comfortably ahead in the official world golf rankings.
Marco Simone Golf & Country Club: With a clubhouse that might befit a Roman Emperor, and a golf course to match, you can be sure of a memorable outing at Rome's most talked about golf facility.
Jim Fazio's original layout was much changed to create a modern Ryder Cup course ... now one of the Eternal City's (and Italy's) most revered.
Here at Prince’s Golf Club you'll find 27 excellent holes of links golf. Just over the fence and sharing similar terrain is Royal St George’s; but Prince’s is far from overshadowed by its venerable neighbour. The three nine-hole loops at Prince's, laid out over gently undulating terrain, are sure to bring a smile of satisfaction to all lovers of links golf.
Stay&Play at Prince's: excellent onsite Lodge accommodation available
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