Former Oklahoma golfer Abraham Ancer finished in a tie for fourth place in the PGA Tour Quicken Loans National in Potomac, Maryland, over the weekend.
Ancer, who played at Oklahoma from 2011-13, was tied for the third-round lead after shooting a career-low 62 on Saturday. He followed that with a final round of two-over-par 72, which tied Ancer with Tiger Woods with a 72-hole score of 11-under 269.
Ancer was tied with Francesco Molinari for the tournament lead after 54 holes on Saturday at the par-70 TPC Potomac course.
Molinari matched Ancer’s course-record Saturday round with an eight-under 62 of his own in Sunday’s final round to win the tournament, his first on the PGA Tour, by eight strokes over second-place Ryan Armour.
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This is Ancer’s second season on the PGA Tour and his highest finish in a PGA Tour event. He has two other top-10 finishes and five top-25s, according to Golf Digest. In 2018, Ancer has made 14 of 22 cuts. His previous highest PGA Tour finish this season was tied for eighth at the Houston Open.
In his then record-setting round of 62 on Saturday, the former Oklahoma Sooner hit 12 of 14 fairways, 15 of 18 greens in regulation and needed only 25 putts.
Ancer was born in Texas but presently lives in Mexico. His lowest score playing for Oklahoma was a 63 at the Desert Shootout in 2011 in his sophomore season. He played one season at Odessa (Texas) Community College before transferring to OU. Ancer tied for third place in the Big 12 Men’s Golf Championship in 2013.
He finished his three-year career at Oklahoma with a career scoring average of 72,42, the second best in school history at the time.
Oklahoma made NCAA Championship appearances in each of Ancer’s three seasons at OU (2011, 2012 and 2013). The Sooners highest finish in those years was a tie for 11th, which they accomplished in back-to-back years (2012 and 2013).