Former Cape golfer Jason Caron continued improbable run by nearly winning Senior PGA Championship
'I feel very emotional,' said Cabrera, who
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Cabrera spent 20 months in an Argentine prison after he was accused of making threats toward former partners. He was released on parole in August 2023 and won a PGA Tour Champions event last month before missing the cut at the Masters.
'I thought that I was going to fail, especially after being sitting without touching a club for a while,' Cabrera said. 'I've been working very, very hard and I feel that all the hard work pays off and this is what I'm having right now.'
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Caron, a 1990 graduate of Dennis-Yarmouth who played on both the PGA Tour and developmental Korn Ferry Tour up through 2003, is the head golf professional at Mill River Club in Oyster Bay, Long Island. He played his way into last year's Senior PGA Championship and also tied for fourth.
Through qualifying and sponsor's exemptions, Caron would up playing seven events during the PGA Tour Champions regular season in 2024, with a pair of further top fives qualifying him for the tour playoffs. A tie for third in the second of three playoff events landed him inside the tour's top 36 for the season — good enough for full membership in 2025.
Caron opted to keep his full-time job at Mill River, but packed in events during the winter. The Senior PGA was his ninth, from which he's already earned more than $530,000. (In addition to tying for fourth this week, he had three top 10s in his first five starts, including losing in a playoff at the Cologuard Classic in March.)
'A year ago, I definitely would have said, 'Whoa, this can't happen,' ' Caron
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