Asian Tour: flawless Abraham Ancer wraps up historic win at Saudi International
- Mexican becomes first player to win wire-to-wire at Royal Greens Golf and Country Club
- Hong Kong’s Matthew Cheung and Chinese amateur Ding Wenyi both struggle, carding matching 71s
Abraham Ancer wrapped up a historic win at the PIF Saudi International on Sunday, becoming the first player to go wire-to-wire at the Royal Greens Golf and Country Club.
The flawless Mexican, who had just two bogeys over his 72 holes this week, shot a final round two-under-par 68 to finish on 19-under overall, two strokes ahead of Cameron Young.
Lucas Herbert’s five-under 65 lifted him into third on 15-under, while low rounds of the day belonged to Andy Ogletree and James Piot who both carded seven-under.
Ogletree, who was playing in a group alongside Hong Kong’s Matthew Cheung and Jediah Morgan from Australia, lifted himself into solo ninth as a result, eight shots back from Ancer.
Cheung, meanwhile, struggled and finished one-over in his final round. It dropped him to three-under overall and in tie for 46th in a group including Chinese amateur Ding Wenyi.
“I just didn’t hit it very good, and I was just putting myself in bad spots,” Cheung said. “I made a couple of good up and downs, but I just couldn’t get anything going, honestly.”