World Cup of Golf: Power ranking all 28 teams at Royal Melbourne

MELBOURNE, AUSTRALIA - NOVEMBER 27: Soren Kjeldsen and Thorbjorn Olesen of Denmark pose with the trophy after winning the tournament during day four of the World Cup of Golf at Kingston Heath Golf Club on November 27, 2016 in Melbourne, Australia. (Photo by Scott Barbour/Getty Images) /

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SYDNEY, AUSTRALIA – NOVEMBER 18: Abraham Ancer of Mexico poses with the Stonehaven Cup during day four of the 2018 Australian Golf Open at The Lakes Golf Club on November 18, 2018 in Sydney, Australia. (Photo by Mark Metcalfe/Getty Images) /

Abraham Ancer comes in hot off of a win at last week’s Australian Open. The victory seemed due as he previously recorded seven top-10s in 2018 including four top-fives.

Entering this week he’s posted T21 or better four of the last five weeks.

Ancer ranks third in strokes gained putting early on in 2018-19 on the PGA Tour, which would be a huge upgrade from 127th last season. Also in 2017-18, Ancer ranked 41st in SG off the tee.

Roberto Diaz has had a rough go of it in 2018 while stuck in limbo between the Web.com Tour and PGA Tour. His lone top-10 was in September at the Web’s Boise Open.

The two played together earlier this year at the Zurich Classic of New Orleans where they missed the cut. They posted a solid 66 in four ball but fell to 76 in alternate shot. Perhaps some more time together can rectify that for the two friends ages 27 (Ancer) and 31 (Diaz).

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