Abraham Ancer. Saudi International 2023/Paul Severn
Abraham Ancer held his nerve to see off the valiant fight from Cameron Young to claim the fifth Saudi International title at Royal Greens Golf & Country Club on Sunday.
The Mexican made it a historic wire-to-wire victory in the Asian Tour’s flagship event to pick up the $1 million top prize as well as the giant trophy, following in the footsteps of Dustin Johnson, Graeme McDowell and Harold Varner III.
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Despite two birdies on the final three holes, including a sensational 2 on the notoriously difficult 16th, it was not enough for Young, after finding the water on 13 and then a costly three-putt double-bogey on 15 effectively ended his challenge as he dropped four strokes back.
In the end, Ancer won by two on 19-under from Young — equalling the tournament record set by Johnson in 2019 — with Aussie Lucas Herbert taking solo third on 15-under.
