Abraham Ancer was in the final match to tee off in Saturday’s morning Round of 16 session of the WGC-Dell Match Play in Austin, Texas. And yet Ancer didn’t have an appetite for pancakes or an omelette. He said he skipped breakfast before some big-game hunting. He only had a cup of coffee before taking on World No. 2 Collin Morikawa.
The coffee provided quite a jolt to Ancer’s game and the match didn’t last much longer than a cup of Joe as he crushed Morikawa 7 and 6 to advance to the Elite 8 of golf’s version of March Madness.
Ancer grabbed the lead at the third hole at Austin Country Club with a birdie and never looked back. In fact, he hasn’t trailed in any of his four matches so far this week. Morikawa had no answer for the 31-year-old Mexican who made a birdie at No. 6, the first of four straight holes he won to take a commanding 5-up lead at the turn. Ancer birdied his final four holes and now has made 11 birdies in his last 25 holes dating back to Friday’s victory over Webb Simpson.
