With a card of six under par, the Mexican golfer Abraham Ancer was placed in the lcompartido of the tournament Hero World Challenge of the Bahamas after Thursday’s first round with 66 hits.
Two other players, the Northern Irishman Rory McIlroy and the american Daniel Berger, They also signed 66-stroke tours to be at the forefront of this event along with the Mexican, in which 20 players compete by invitation.
Abraham Ancer, number 12 in the world ranking, he made birdies on the third and seventh holes before closing the first part of the round with a bogey on the Albany resort course.
Later the Mexican, born in McAllen (Texas), added another five birdies in the last nine holes.
“A very solid round. Very happy with everything. The best thing was definitely the putt, “he said. Abraham Ancer, who won his first title on the PGA tour last August in Memphis.
For his part, McIlroy, winner of four Grand Slam tournaments, finished with an eagle, six birdies and a double bogey. The former world number one, who is regaining his level after his disappointing performance in the Ryder Cup, is playing in this tournament for the first time since 2013.
Only one blow behind the trio of leaders are the Americans Webb Simpson, Brooks KoepkOh Justin thomas.
The number two in the world ranking, the American Collin Morikawa, is in the seventh shared position, two blows to the head.
The event, in which 17 of the 25 best golfers in the world participate, was not played in 2020 due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Nevertheless, Abraham Ancer it is very well ranked.
The Swedish Henrik Stenson, from his position 179, defends the crown that he won in 2019.
The Spanish Jon Rahm and the American Dustin Johnson, numbers one and three of the PGA, do not compete in this event.
The results of Abraham Ancer and the first round of the PGA Hero World Challenge tournament
66 – Daniel Berger, Abraham Ancer, Rory McIlroy
67 – Webb Simpson, Brooks Koepka, Justin Thomas
68 – Tony Finau, Patrick Reed, Viktor Hovland, Collin Morikawa
69 – Tyrrell Hatton, Bryson DeChambeau
70 – Xander Schauffele
71 – Matt Fitzpatrick, Scott Scheffler, Sam Burns, Justin Rose, Jordan Spieth
This is not the first time that the Mexican makes history, last August, Ancer made history when he won the PGA Memphis tournament and claimed his first United States Tour title.
Who is the Mexican?
Abraham Ancer is currently the best placed Latin American player in the world ranking, ranking 12th since its debut in 2013, and after joining the PGA Tour in 2016, Ancer has achieved four second places on the circuit.
Ancer was one of the golfers who represented Mexico at the 2020 Tokyo Olympics where he achieved an outstanding participation but did not manage to fight any metal.
The Mexican golfer finished his Olympic participation a card of 272 strokes (-12) with 69, 69, 66 and 68 in each of the stages to be located at site 14.
Abraham Ancer began his professional career in 2013, in 2015 as he finished runner-up in the Brazil Champions tournament in March and won the Nova Scotia Open in July and since then he has been standing out.
