Angel Cabrera
[edit] BiographyÁngel Cabrera (born September 12, 1969 in Villa Allende, Córdoba, Argentina) is a professional golfer who plays mainly on the European Tour. On the golf circuit he's also known as "El Pato" Cabrera (The duck). Cabrera worked as a caddie at the home club of internationally successful Argentine professional Eduardo Romero, who became his mentor. Cabrera turned professional at the age of twenty. His first three visits to the European Tour Qualifying School were unsuccessful, but on his fourth trip in 1995, made with Cabrera's financial assistance, he qualified for membership of the European Tour in 1996. He has retained his card comfortably in his first three seasons and improved substantially to tenth on the Order of Merit in 1999. By 2004 he had finished in the top 15 of the order of merit five times. Cabrera's first two professional wins came in Latin America in 1995 and his first European Tour win was the 2001 Argentine Open, which was sanctioned by the European Tour on a one off basis that year. In 2005 he won the BMW Championship, which is the most prestigious event on the European Tour schedule outside of the majors and the World Golf Championships. However it was only his third European Tour win, a tally which was perhaps a little disappointing given his consistent form on the tour. At that point he had also won seven non-European Tour events in Latin America, where the standard of play is much lower than on the European Tour. Ángel Carbrera featured 3rd in the European Order of Merit [1] (1.77 million Euros) on September 2005, and 9th in the Official World Golf Rankings [2] on October 2005. He has been the top ranked Latin American player for some time. [edit] Major ChampionCabrera won his first major at the 2007 U.S. Open at Oakmont, a private course outside Pittsburgh, PA. Tiger Woods and Jim Furyk tied for second, one shot behind El Pato's winning score of 5-over. Cabrera was the leader after two rounds, going into the weekend at even-par. He struggled on Saturday, shooting a 6-over 76. That put him 4 shots behind the leader and two shots behind Woods, but Cabrera bounced back and shot a 69 on the final day, earning himself the championship. The win made Cabrera the first Argentine player to win a U.S. Open, and only the second to win a major. Roberto DeVicenzo was the other, winning the 1967 British Open. [edit] Scouting Report
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