Abraham Ancer

At 33 years old, Abraham Ancer has this physical status:

Amateur career

Ancer was born in McAllen, Texas, and he was born partially in Reynosa, Mexico; and he holds dual American and Mexican citizenship. He attended Sharyland High School in Mission, Texas. He played college golf at Odessa College and the University of Oklahoma, from which he graduated in 2013 with a degree in General Studies.

Ancer was a member of the Junior College National Golf Championships in Odessa for one year. He had his best year in Oklahoma, winning twice and setting the sixth-lowest scoring average in Oklahoma history of 72.03. He came in second place in all-time scoring averages during his entire career.

Professional career

In 2013, Ancer turned professive. He finished 35th at the end of the Web.com Tour Qualifying School final stage in December 2014. He competed on the Web.com Tour in 2015, finishing runner-up at the Brasil Championships in March and winning the Nova Scotia Open in July.

He came in 11th on the regular season money list, earning him a PGA Tour card for the 2016 season. Ancer's rookie year was a failure, with a best finish at T-18 at the FedEx St. Jude Classic. He finished 19th in FedEx Cup points but couldn't hold his card for the 2017 season, which sent him back to the Web.com Tour.

Ancer earned his PGA Tour card for the 2018 season by finishing in third place on the regular season money list during the 2017 Web.com Tour, with three runner-up finishes.

Ancer finished 9th at the OHL Classic in Mayakoba, 8th at the Houston Open, 4th at the RBC Canadian Open, 5th at the Quicken Loans National, 5th at the RBC Canadian Open, and 7th at the Dell Technologies Championship. The Quicken Loans National was a participant in the Open Qualifying Series, and his high ranking earned him a spot in the 2018 Open Championship, his first major championship, where he had rounds of 71 and 78 failed to qualify. In the FedEx Cup, Ancer made US$1.7 million and finished 60th.

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, bringing him to the top-100 for the first time. He topped off with a 5-stroke victory in the Australian Open a week before representing Mexico in the World Cup of Golf. His victory at the Australian Open Championship earned him a spot in the 2019 Open Championship. In August 2019, Ancer finished second in the Northern Trust and finished the year by tying for 21st at the Tour Championship. In addition, he was given $478,000 in FedEx Cup bonus funds.

Ancer's solid play in 2019 earned him a spot on the 2019 Presidents Cup International team. In December 2019, the tournament was held at Royal Melbourne Golf Club. The United States team defeated the Internationals 16-14. Ancer was 3–1–1. In the singles, 3 & 2 against US playing capt. Tiger Woods, his lone loss came on Sunday. Ancer had told reporters that he planned to play Woods in singles before the game. "Abe wanted it, he got it," Woods said afterward.

Ancer finished second-up shooting at the 2020 RBC Heritage in 21 ways, earning him $773,900. Ancer led the tournament in Driving Accuracy (82.1%) and Greens In Regulation (90.3%).

At the Wells Fargo Championship in May 2021, Ancer came in second place. Rory McIlroy was a shot behind in one shot. He competed in the 2020 Tokyo Olympics in late July/early August, finishing tied for 14th place with Norway's Viktor Hovland after scoring 12-under-par for the four rounds of the Men's Tournament. After winning the 2021 WGC-FedEx St. Jude Invitational after two sudden-death playoff holes against Hideki Matsuyama and Sam Burns this week, the following week he won his first PGA Tour appearance. Ancer became the fourth Mexican player to win on the PGA Tour and the first to win on the European Tour, with the win.

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