Congratulations to PGA Tour player and world number 60 Abraham Ancer, who played beautiful golf in some very difficult conditions to take out the 103rd Australian Open.
It was always going to be Abraham Ancer’s to win or lose, and Mexico’s newest golfing sensation was in no mood to give it away at The Lakes.
An emphatic victory followed for the 27-year-old who is the first of his countrymen to win the #AusOpenGolf.
Now with Nicklaus, Player, Palmer, Thomson, Norman, McIlroy, Spieth and the others, etch the name Ancer. “The names on this cup are absolutely incredible,” he said.
‘I’m on cloud nine right now. It’s been just a phenomenal week. It’s felt like a short week because I got here on Wednesday, Wednesday morning, when I normally get to tournaments on Mondays. It’s been absolutely phenomenal. My first time in Australia. Everybody told me how great it was and I mean, I’m truly, truly . . . I love this country already, only being four days that I’ve been here, or five days. Everybody has been tremendously supportive, really nice to me this week, and I felt right at home.’
‘The names on this cup are absolutely incredible. Jack Nicklaus, obviously recently Spieth, McIlroy, Baddeley, a lot of names that are extremely obviously recognized in the world of golf and I’m really, really happy that my name’s going to be there now.’
‘This golf course is really tricky, especially because the greens are very tough. You’ve got to be in the right spots, so you’ve got to be really precise with your shots into the green. But I think we all struggled. It was really, really tough out there, especially yesterday and the first day were really, really tough. I grew up in the wind, where I went to college was really windy as well, so I’m not scared of the wind. I feel like it’s an advantage if it’s windy for me and I just embrace it when I know it’s going to be tough. I just try to hit some shots and make it work.’
Congratulations Abraham !