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Epoch Times
26-05-2025
- Climate
- Epoch Times
Cabrera Conquers Congressional, Wins Second Major Championship in 6 Days
BETHESDA, Md.—Ángel Cabrera took home the trophy from the Senior PGA Championship at Congressional Country Club outside of Washington on May 25, becoming the first golfer to win two major tournaments in the same week. 'I'm just so proud and so happy,' Cabrera told The Epoch Times after he won. 'Honestly, this really means a lot to me.' He also emerged victorious on Monday at the Regions Traditions—one of the five recognized majors on the Champions Tour—at Greystone Golf and Country Club in Alabama. The most recent tournament came down to the wire, with Cabrera, in the last grouping, clinching the win on his final putt. Holding a two-shot lead on the final hole, the par-four 18th, his drive drifted right and landed beyond the cart path with a poor lie that was half grass, half mud. A tree obstructed Cabrera's line of flight, the long, undulating green was guarded by a water hazard on the left and bunkers on the right, and the hole was cut in the back, making the approach perilous. Related Stories 5/23/2025 5/20/2025 Without a moment of hesitation, he surveyed the situation, staring down the most consequential shot of the tournament, swung his club, and lofted the ball high over the tree, landing it safely on the front of the green. Three putts later, he was lofting the trophy. Cabrera battled rough conditions all four days, with rain on Thursday and windy conditions throughout the tournament. 'It was tough out there,' he said. 'The course played hard.' Several players told The Epoch Times over the course of the week that the greens were challenging, the course was difficult, and the weather made it even harder to score low. 'It was really coming down out there,' Clark Dennis, a longtime professional now on the Legends Tour with seven wins worldwide, said of the heavy rains that fell as he was playing the 12th hole on Thursday. 'I was trying to put my gear on to stay dry and warm, and the wind was just howling.' Four golfers, including Cabrera, began the final day with a share of the lead at five-under par. The 55-year-old from Argentina—winner of the 2007 U.S. Open and the Masters in 2009—had a rocky start, bogeying the second and fourth holes, but he sandwiched the two with a birdie on the third. Ángel Cabrera considers his options before taking his second shot on the 18th hole at Congressional Country Club in Bethesda, Md., during the final round of the Senior PGA Championship, on May 25, 2025. Travis Gillmore/The Epoch Times He then blasted a driver on the par-five sixth hole, while his playing partner Retief Goosen and many other golfers opted for a safer three-wood off the tee to take a hazard out of play. The decision set Cabrera up to reach the green in two shots, and he made the putt for eagle. He then drove the green on the par-four sixth hole and made birdie. Cabrera finished with a three-under 69 on Sunday, taking his total to eight-under for the week and notching his third win of the season. Padraig Harrington and Thomas Bjorn tied for second, one stroke behind. Harrington was cruising at seven-under for the day and held a three-shot lead with four holes to play. But he ran into trouble on the par-five 15th hole and carded a double bogey after hitting his drive into thick fescue. A four-foot putt for par on the 18th green that he missed after lingering over for several minutes proved his undoing. The 380-acre setting for the drama, the historic Congressional Club, is known as one of the most prestigious in the country, renowned for its history and elite membership. It was founded in 1921 by Indiana Republican congressmen Oscar E. Bland and O.R. Luhring. Former Presidents Herbert Hoover, William H. Taft, Woodrow Wilson, Warren G. Harding, and Calvin Coolidge were all founding members, as were John D. Rockefeller and Walter Chrysler, among others. In the past, the club was seen as a nexus of prestige and Built in the style of a Spanish Colonial villa, the expansive clubhouse is the largest in the nation, with an indoor pool, bowling alley, ballroom, guest rooms, and multiple dining venues. The clubhouse at Congressional Country Club in Bethesda, Md., as seen during the second round of the Senior PGA Championship on May 23, 2025. Travis Gillmore/The Epoch Times Outdoor pools and terraces sport views overlooking the immaculately kept grounds. The hallowed halls, lined with memorabilia and historical documents, double as a national museum. Autographed photos of Tiger Woods, Phil Mickelson, and other golfers are interspersed with presidential signatures from Richard Nixon, Ronald Reagan, Bill Clinton, Barack Obama, and Gerald Ford. Five more professional tournaments are planned for the venue, including the women's PGA Championship in 2027 and the men's PGA Championship in 2029. The Ryder Cup is coming to Congressional in 2036.
Newsweek
20-05-2025
- Sport
- Newsweek
Angel Cabrera Goes from Jail to Another Major Title on PGA Tour Champions
Based on facts, either observed and verified firsthand by the reporter, or reported and verified from knowledgeable sources. Newsweek AI is in beta. Translations may contain inaccuracies—please refer to the original content. It has not taken Angel Cabrera long to make his mark on the PGA Tour Champions, where he has won twice in the last six weeks, including a Senior Major. Not bad for a player who not so long ago was doing time in prison in his native Argentina. Cabrera won the Regions Traditions, the first major of the PGA Tour Champions season. The event had a Monday finish because Sunday was delayed by bad weather and then suspended due to darkness. The Argentine went from strength to strength in the event, going from a 70 in the first round to back-to-back 67s on Friday and Saturday. After 54 holes, he was 12-under and three shots behind leader Jerry Kelly. But Cabrera's best was yet to come and he enjoyed superbe golf in the eventful fourth round. He had seven birdies and no bogeys at the suspension and was tied for the lead with Kelly on the 15th hole. Angel Cabrera of Argentina poses with the trophy after winning the final round of the Regions Tradition 2025 at Greystone Golf and Country Club on May 19, 2025 in Birmingham, Alabama. Angel Cabrera of Argentina poses with the trophy after winning the final round of the Regions Tradition 2025 at Greystone Golf and Country Club on May 19, 2025 in Birmingham, Monday, the two-time major champion got off to a slow start, bogeying the first hole. But he recovered quickly and sealed his victory with birdies on 16 and 18 for a final-round 64. His final score was 20 under, one stroke better than Kelly. "Starting again this morning I was very nervous, but I needed to be calm and I had to trust win a major is incredible, so I'm very proud." Cabrera has played in just six events this season. Just six weeks before winning the Regions Tradition, he also won the James Hardie Pro Football Hall of Fame Invitational, his first PGA Tour Champions title. To his two wins, he added a fourth-place finish at the Mitsubichi Electric Classic and a top-20 finish at the Hassan II Trophy. 🚨🏆✅ #WINNER — Angel Cabrera has won his 1st Senior Major at Regions Tradition in a Monday finish. It's the 2nd win in 4 starts for Cabrera on the Champions Tour as his comeback continues. — NUCLR GOLF (@NUCLRGOLF) May 19, 2025 Angel Cabrera served a jail sentence for domestic violence in his native Argentina and was released at the end of 2023. By February 2024, he had already managed to rejoin the PGA Tour Champions, where he played 12 events that season, with two top 10s as his best results. He also played in Europe in 2024, winning the Paul Lawrie Match Play on the Legends Tour. Cabrera has been playing golf professionally since 1989. His career includes 289 PGA Tour events with three wins. His competitive highlights include winning the 2007 US Open and the 2009 Masters Tournament. His resume includes an additional 54 wins on various tours around the world. More Golf: PGA Championship: Sergio Garcia Has Shocking Ryder Cup Admission
New York Post
08-05-2025
- Sport
- New York Post
John Daly's worrying health update as he skips PGA Championship: ‘Waking up is a win for me'
Playing fast and loose has taken its toll on John Daly's health. A 16th surgery earlier this year, this one an 'emergency' on his hand, and bladder cancer has not deterred the 59-year-old, however, as alarming as his health situation may be. 'I'm like Lazarus — I keep coming back from the dead,' Daly said. 'Waking up is a win for me.' Advertisement Daly is still determined to play on the senior PGA Tour Champions circuit, even skipping next week's PGA Championship at Quail Hollow to play on PGA Tour Champions' first major of the year, The Tradition in Birmingham, Ala. 3 John Daly after undergoing surgery in January 2025. Instagram/John Daly The 1991 PGA Championship winner does not understand why the two majors were scheduled for the same week, however. 'I can go there and miss the cut and get $6,000,' Daly said of the PGA Championship, which last year paid $4,000 to players who missed the cut. 'But I'm playing Birmingham. I love Regions. They're a great sponsor. But why are they scheduling Regions the same week as the PGA Championship, where I can see Brooks (Koepka) and all the guys?' Advertisement May typically is crowded for golf and the Regions Traditions didn't want to take this week because it's tough getting support on Mother's Day. The week after the PGA Championship is the Senior PGA Championship at Congressional. Going earlier was tough with NASCAR at Talladega on April 27. Daly also is not in top form after surgery on his left hand in January. He said his biggest issue remains getting through the ball on three-quarter shots — that and his putting. He finished at 27-over par last week at the Insperity Invitational, a tournament he won in 2017 and was runner-up in 2020. Advertisement 3 John Daly watches his tee shot on 12 during the second round of the PGA Champions Insperity Invitational at The Woodlands Country Club on May 3, 2025. Icon Sportswire via Getty Images Daly isn't the only former PGA champion missing next week. Rich Beem, who took down Tiger Woods at Hazeltine in 2002, chose not to play this year after a rough go at Valhalla last year. Beem now works for Sky Sports at the big events and felt he didn't have enough time to prepare this year for a lengthy course. Quail Hollow is 7,262 yards and plays as a par 71. Among those who did not withdraw, Beem finished last at plus-20. Advertisement 'I got my (butt) handed to me last year,' he said. 'Even though I had success at Bethpage (2019), you lose 10 yards, you might as well lose 100.' He said he plans on skipping Aronimink next year but will return to the PGA Championship in 2027 in his home state of Texas, where he hopes dry and firm conditions will help. 3 John Daly Getty Images Davis Love III (recovering from heart surgery) and Y.E. Yang also are not in the PGA Championship next week. — With AP
NBC Sports
07-05-2025
- Sport
- NBC Sports
John Daly opting for Champions major over PGA Championship
John Daly plans to tee it up in a major next week, just not at the PGA Championship . The biggest quirk of the 2025 schedule is that the Regions Tradition in Birmingham, Alabama — the first of five majors on the PGA Tour Champions — is the same week as the PGA Championship at Quail Hollow Club in Charlotte, North Carolina. 'I can go there and miss the cut and get $6,000,' Daly said of the PGA Championship, which last year paid $4,000 to players who missed the cut. 'But I'm playing Birmingham. I love Regions. They're a great sponsor. But why are they scheduling Regions the same week as the PGA Championship, where I can see Brooks (Koepka) and all the guys?' May typically is crowded for golf and the Regions Traditions didn't want to take this week because it's tough getting support on Mother's Day. The week after the PGA Championship is the Senior PGA Championship at Congressional. Going earlier was tough with NASCAR at Talladega on April 27. Daly also is not in top form after surgery on his left hand in January. He said his biggest issue remains getting through the ball on three-quarter shots — that and his putting. He finished at 27 over par last week at the Insperity Invitational, a tournament he won in 2017 and was runner-up in 2020. But he's not ready to pack it in from playing on the PGA Tour Champions, even with 16 surgeries and bladder cancer. 'I'm like Lazarus — I keep coming back from the dead,' he said. 'Waking up is a win for me.' Daly isn't the only former PGA champion missing next week. Rich Beem, who took down Tiger Woods at Hazeltine in 2002, chose not to play this year after a rough go at Valhalla last year. Beem now works for Sky Sports at the big events and felt he didn't have enough time to prepare this year for a big course. Quail Hollow is 7,262 yards and plays as a par 71. 'I got my (butt) handed to me last year,' he said. 'Even though I had success at Bethpage (2019), you lose 10 yards, you might as well lose 100.' He said he plans on skipping Aronimink next year but will return to the PGA Championship in 2027 in his home state of Texas, where he hopes dry and firm conditions will help. Davis Love III (recovering from heart surgery) and Y.E. Yang also are not in the PGA Championship next week.
Yahoo
06-05-2025
- Sport
- Yahoo
John Daly and Rich Beem are going to sit out this PGA Championship
John Daly plans to tee it up in a major next week, just not at the PGA Championship. The biggest quirk of the 2025 schedule is that the Regions Tradition in Birmingham, Alabama — the first of five majors on the PGA Tour Champions — is the same week as the PGA Championship at Quail Hollow Club in Charlotte, North Carolina. 'I can go there and miss the cut and get $6,000,' Daly said of the PGA Championship, which last year paid $4,000 to players who missed the cut. 'But I'm playing Birmingham. I love Regions. They're a great sponsor. But why are they scheduling Regions the same week as the PGA Championship, where I can see Brooks (Koepka) and all the guys?' May typically is crowded for golf and the Regions Traditions didn't want to take this week because it's tough getting support on Mother's Day. The week after the PGA Championship is the Senior PGA Championship at Congressional. Going earlier was tough with NASCAR at Talladega on April 27. Daly also is not in top form after surgery on his left hand in January. He said his biggest issue remains getting through the ball on three-quarter shots — that and his putting. He finished at 27-over par last week at the Insperity Invitational, a tournament he won in 2017 and was runner-up in 2020. But he's not ready to pack it in from playing on the PGA Tour Champions, even with 16 surgeries and bladder cancer. 'I'm like Lazarus — I keep coming back from the dead,' he said. 'Waking up is a win for me.' Daly isn't the only former PGA champion missing next week. Rich Beem, who took down Tiger Woods at Hazeltine in 2002, chose not to play this year after a rough go at Valhalla last year. Beem now works for Sky Sports at the big events and felt he didn't have enough time to prepare this year for a big course. Quail Hollow is 7,262 yards and plays as a par 71. 'I got my (butt) handed to me last year," he said. 'Even though I had success at Bethpage (2019), you lose 10 yards, you might as well lose 100.' He said he plans on skipping Aronimink next year but will return to the PGA Championship in 2027 in his home state of Texas, where he hopes dry and firm conditions will help. Davis Love III (recovering from heart surgery) and Y.E. Yang also are not in the PGA Championship next week. Haeran Ryu leads the charge It's not surprising that Haeran Ryu, coming off a wire-to-wire win at the Black Desert Championship, moved to a career-high No. 5 in the women's world ranking. The surprise? It's the first time in more than six months that a South Korean player has been among the top five. At least one South Korean player had been in the top five 80% of the weeks since the women's world ranking began in 2006. Jin Young Ko, a former No. 1, was at No. 5 on Oct. 14, 2004. Ryu now has three LPGA Tour wins in the last 19 months. She was at No. 25 one year ago. Hyo Joo Kim is at No. 8 and Ko is at No. 9 in this week's ranking. Americans all have three players in the top 10, and they have six in the top 25, compared with five from South Korea and five from Japan. Rare bird So much for the albatross being the rarest shot in golf. For the second time this year, it has happened in back-to-back weeks on the PGA Tour and LPGA Tour. Stephanie Kyriacou of Australia holed her second shot on the par-5 18th at the Black Desert Championship, the second albatross in as many weeks on the LPGA. It was the 53rd albatross recorded on the LPGA dating to 1971. Yan Liu had No. 52 the previous week at the Chevron Championship when she holed a 7-iron from 170 yards on the par-5 eighth at The Club at Carlton Woods. Kyriacou hit a 5-wood from 212 meters (233 yards) into the cup in the final round Sunday. 'My 5-wood carries like 195, so it landed short, bounced up. I was just trying to hit on the green, to be honest,' she said. "Then I smoked it, and it went in. But I kind of stopped watching it, and everyone was like, 'Whoa, whoa, whoa!' And then they cheered. "I was like, 'Oh, that's pretty good.'' The 24-year-old Kyriacou said she made an albatross during a casual round at home in Australia, but it wasn't the same. 'In a tournament, on camera, there is proof,' she said. 'I can now say I've definitely had an albatross. If I do that again in my career, I'll be very surprised." Earlier this year, Jake Knapp made an albatross in the second round of The American Express, and the next week Shane Lowry made one on the sixth hole of Torrey Pines (South) in the final round of the Farmers Insurance Open. East Lake reminder Matthieu Pavon and Chris Kirk are reminders that only three majors — the Masters, U.S. Open and British Open — have categories that offer spots to players who reach the Tour Championship. There's an assumption that anyone getting to East Lake will get into the PGA Championship because they would have made enough money to be among the top 70 in the PGA points list. Pavon and Kirk will be at Quail Hollow next week, but they had to rely on special invitations. Both remain in the top 100 in the world. It speaks to the state of the game. Kirk, who finished 27th in the FedEx Cup last year after winning at Kapalua, has gone 14 straight tournaments without a top 10 dating to the BMW Championship. He has made a 36-hole cut five times in that span. He was No. 40 after the BMW and now is at No. 77. Pavon, who won at Torrey Pines in 2024, has gone 23 straight tournaments without a top 10. He was at No. 20 after the U.S. Open and since has dropped to No. 61. Roberto Castro made the Tour Championship in 2016 but then played so poorly he did not qualify for the PGA Championship. Divots Luke Clanton of Florida State, Jackson Koivun of Auburn and David Ford of North Carolina have been named finalists for the Big Hogan Award that goes to the top player in college golf. They are Nos. 1-2-3 in the world amateur ranking. The winner will be announced May 19 at Colonial. ... Mizuho Americas has renewed its title sponsor agreement for five years through 2030 and is raising the total prize money next year to $3.25 million. The Mizuho Americas Open is held this week for the third time at Liberty National. ... Alex Noren is in the Truist Championship at Philadelphia Cricket Club, making his first start in seven months because of lingering neck and hamstring issues. ... Justin Rose has two wins in the Philadelphia area — the 2010 AT&T National at Aronimink and the 2013 U.S. Open at Merion. Stat of the week The five players who have won signature events this year — Hideki Matsuyama (Kapalua), Rory McIlroy (Pebble Beach), Ludvig Aberg (Genesis at Torrey Pines), Russell Henley (Bay Hill) and Justin Thomas (Hilton Head) — are all in the top 10 in the world ranking. Final word 'I told you it was going to be a steep mountain to climb, and it was. Scottie was practically flawless, which is kind of what you expect from the world No. 1.' — Erik van Rooyen, who started the final round eight shots behind Scheffler, shot 63 and finished eight shots behind in the CJ Cup Byron Nelson. ___ AP golf:
