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.

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.