2021 Texas Open: Top 10 power rankings at TPC San Antonio

Abraham Ancer comes to the Texas Open for the fourth time. The Mexican-American was born in McAllen, Texas, and has made the cut in each try in his state open.

Ancer would like to build on his best finish of T-42nd recorded in 2016 and 2019. The 30 year old is still seeking his first PGA Tour win, though now that he’s fully established as a top 50 player for some time now, the trophies should soon follow suit.

Not to mention he’s gotten the job done at a high profile event before at the 2018 Australian Open. The former Oklahoma Sooner standout also won in 2015 on the Korn Ferry Tour.

Ancer has a pair of top-25s in his last two stroke play events as well as four of the last seven.

That stretch includes T-5th at The American Express and against top-end fields with T-18th at the WGC-Workday Championship and T-22nd at the Players Championship.

Abe didn’t play poorly last week at the WGC-Match Play despite missing the knockout rounds.

He went 2-1-0 with a 3&2 win over Bernd Wiesberger, a 2&1 win over Kevin Streelman and a 1UP loss to pool favorite Viktor Hovland. Unfortunately for Ancer, head-to-head tiebreakers aren’t used to determine pool winners, so Ancer had to face Streelman in a playoff, which he lost.

On the bright side, a couple extra days of rest with the major championship season approaching can be a good thing.

Ancer ranks second on the PGA Tour in driving accuracy (72.56%) and 14th in greens in regulation (71.21%). Those stats can be overrated most weeks, but they’re important at a course where grinders are often rewarded.