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Independent Singapore
27-05-2025
- General
- Independent Singapore
From prison to victories: Angel Cabrera wins Senior PGA Championship for his second major title in a week
Angel Cabrera impressively won two senior major golf tournaments in a span of one week. The 55-year-old athlete pulled ahead at the 85th Senior PGA Championship by shooting a 3-under 69 at Congressional Country Club in Bethesda, Maryland. He won by one shot over Padraig Harrington and Thomas Bjorn. Moreover, Cabrera also picked up his first senior major by winning the rain-delayed Regions Tradition in Alabama. He is now the fifth player since 1990 to win the first two senior majors of the year, and he was the first one to achieve it back-to-back. With his success, the athlete said, 'I feel very emotional. Maybe you cannot see, but I'm very, very emotional inside, especially after all the things that I went through… I can't believe that I made it, but I'm here and very happy [with] myself.' Highlights of Cabrera's game Cabrera was tied for the lead after three rounds at the Senior PGA Championship. During the final round, he fell two shots behind when Harrington made a birdie on the 14th hole to reach 7 under. The momentum then shifted when Harrington made a double bogey on the 15th hole, giving Cabrera an advantage. Harrington bogeyed the par-4 18th after missing a short 3-foot par putt, and this mistake gave Cabrera a two-shot lead, which let him afford a bogey on the final hole and secured the win. Cabrera finished the match with a total score of 8-under 280 over four rounds. Harrington and Thomas Bjorn tied for second place. Golfers Retief Goosen, club pro Jason Caron, and Stewart Cink were one shot behind them. Cabrera's comeback The athlete spent 30 months in prison, and he had missed the prime years of her golfing career. He was released in August 2023 after serving over two years for gender violence cases involving two of his ex-girlfriends. ' I thought that I was going to fail, especially after sitting without touching a club for a while. But 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, like winning this tournament.' See also Big holes in pockets for World Cup Qatar fans In a social media post by PGA Tour Champions, it stated: 'Ángel Cabrera does it again! He's won back-to-back senior majors @SeniorPGAChamp 🏆🏆' Netizens showered praise on the player's recent win, celebrating his comeback. 'A prime example of making the most of a second chance. He deserves it 👏' one commented, while another wrote, 'Bro is undeniable. Golf runs through his veins 🤘🏻'
Irish Times
27-05-2025
- Sport
- Irish Times
‘I was doing handstands': Pádraig Harrington blames overconfidence for Senior PGA setback
Pádraig Harrington gets straight back to business after narrowly missing out on the US Senior PGA Championship, where Argentinian Angel Cabrera scooped his second seniors Major in back-to-back weeks. The Dubliner blamed overconfidence – which included a double-bogey on the 15th and a missed putt for par on the last – in his failure to get over the line at Congressional Country Club where he ultimately finished one shy of Cabrera. Harrington – who remains on the Champions Tour for this week's Principal Charity Classic in Des Moines, Idaho – was, as he put it, 'doing handstands' in the final round where he covered the opening 12 holes in seven under to move two shots clear, only for his late stumble which denied him a second seniors Major (he won the US Senior Open in 2022). 'It's always plagued me my whole life since I've been a kid. Just get over confident and just don't [commit fully],' explained Harrington of a hooked 5-wood tee shot to the 15th which lead to a costly double bogey and halted his momentum. READ MORE 'I'm much better off in with nerves and tension,' said Harrington, adding: 'If you start off with doubt, when you feel doubt over the ball it doesn't feel so bad. If you start off confident then you feel doubt it's like a blow-up. I was just too confident. It happens,' said Harrington, who won $264,00 for sharing runner-up with Thomas Bjorn. Rory McIlroy skips Memorial tournament on PGA Tour No Rory McIlroy this week at the Memorial tournament, the latest of the $20 million signature events on the PGA Tour. McIlroy has opted to skip the Jack Nicklaus-hosted tournament at Muirfield Village – where he has played 13 times, with a best finish of tied-fourth in 2016 – and, instead, will return to action at the RBC Canada Open next week ahead of the following week's US Open at Oakmont Country Club in Pittsburgh. Shane Lowry is the sole Irish player in the field at the Memorial, while Leona Maguire is the only Irish player in the field for the US Women's Open, the second Major of the year on the LPGA Tour, which takes place at Erin Hills in Wisconsin. Maguire is looking to bounce back from a missed cut in the Mexico Open. Conor Purcell – who finished tied-49th in the Soudal Open – is also the only Irish player in the field in this week's tour stop on the DP World Tour, the Austrian Open. Word of Mouth Ben Griffin at Colonial. Photograph: Raj Mehta/Getty 'It's crazy how fast things can change in this game. Even going back to when I didn't have any status on any sort of tours, getting on to the Korn Ferry Tour. I mean, it's a bunch of stepping stones that kind of gets you to the next part of your career. Now I'm at the point where I feel like I'm starting to show that I am an elite golfer. I can compete against the best' – Ben Griffin , now a multiple winner on the PGA Tour, on turning his career around. By the Numbers: 8 There are no fewer than eight players in the field for this week's US Women's Open at Erin Hills who share the same Lee surname: Australian Minjee Lee and Americans Andrea, Jude and Sophia Lee along with four South Koreans further complicated by that fact that two of them also have the same first names. Mi Hyang Lee and Ihee Lee form the quartet of Koreans along with Jeougeun Lee5 and Jeougeun Lee6, the addition of the numbers at the end of their respective surnames differentiating the two players. On this day ... May 27th, 1979 Tom Watson in 1979. Photograph: Getty Tom Watson donned winter wooly headgear and dressed as if for an Arctic expedition in battling his way to victory in the Memorial tournament at Muirfield Village in Dublin, Ohio, for his 17th career win on the PGA Tour. A cold front hung around the area through the tournament at Jack Nicklaus's signature design course, to the point that even the Golden Bear himself figured conditions to be 'impossible' with greens reading over 17 on the stimpmeter. 'It got out of control,' admitted tournament host Nicklaus. The 36-hole cut fell at 13-over-par and, when the time came for the handing over of the trophy some Sunday, only one man – Watson – was under par. Watson defied the conditions with rounds of 73-69-71-71 for a three-under-par winning total of 285. That second round 69 was considered one of the best bad weather rounds ever played on the PGA Tour, on a day where the field averaged 78.7 and 42 of the 105 starters shot 80 or worse. 'I got out to a good start, and held on for dear life,' said Watson. Social Swing Unfortunately after failing on Monday by one shot, looks like my run of 25 consecutive US Open Championships might come to an end this year, unless a little miracle happens. Very proud of this amazing run that I had at this great Major! – Sergio Garcia now relying on a special invite from the USGA if he is to make it to the US Open at Oakmont. Good morning everyone – former mortgage broker Ben Griffin on completing his second win of the season on the PGA Tour in adding the Charles Schwab Challenge to the Zurich Classic, his second win in five starts. Course record First win on Tour Sundays don't get much better @KristofferR_98 – the DP World Tour's social media salutes Norwegian Kristoffer Reitan 's win at the Soudal Open in Belgium, his breakthrough win on the European circuit. Know the Rules Q: In stroke play, a player has interference to their stance from an immovable obstruction. They determine their nearest point of complete relief using a five iron (as that is the club he would have used had the immovable obstruction not been there) and drop the ball within one club-length of that point, no nearer the hole. The ball settles down in the rough, so the player changes club and plays the ball out on to the fairway with a sand wedge. What is the ruling? A: There is no penalty. Once the ball is dropped, it is back in play. The player must then decide what type of stroke they will make. This stroke, which includes the choice of club, may be different from the one that would have been made from the ball's original spot had the condition not been there. (Clarification Nearest Point of Complete Relief/4). In the Bag Ben Griffin – Charles Schwab Challenge Driver: Ping G430 Max 10K (9 degrees) 3-wood: TaylorMade Qi35 (15 degrees) Irons: Mizuno JPX 923 (3) , Mizuno Pro S3 (4-PW) Wedges: Mizuno Pro T1 (50 and 56 degrees) , TaylorMade MG4 (60 degrees) Putter: Scotty Cameron Concept 2 Tour Prototype Ball: Maxfli Tour X
Yahoo
26-05-2025
- Sport
- Yahoo
Cabrera wins second senior major in seven days
Angel Cabrera won the Senior PGA Championship at Congressional to secure his second senior major title in seven days. The 55-year-old from Argentina followed his win at the Regions Tradition on Monday with victory in Maryland. Cabrera, the 2007 US Open winner and 2009 Masters champion, overhauled Padraig Harrington in the closing holes to win by one shot. Irishman Harrington ended in a tie for second place with Denmark's Thomas Bjorn, another former European Ryder Cup player and captain. In April, Cabrera missed the cut in his first appearance at the Masters for six years following his release from prison. He was found guilty in 2021 of charges which included assault and intimidation of former partners. Cabrera was released in August 2023 after serving 30 months in South American prisons, and has apologised in subsequent interviews.
BBC News
26-05-2025
- Sport
- BBC News
Cabrera wins second senior major in seven days
Angel Cabrera won the Senior PGA Championship at Congressional to secure his second senior major title in seven 55-year-old from Argentina followed his win at the Regions Tradition on Monday with victory in the 2007 US Open winner and 2009 Masters champion, overhauled Padraig Harrington in the closing holes to win by one Harrington ended in a tie for second place with Denmark's Thomas Bjorn, another former European Ryder Cup player and April, Cabrera missed the cut in his first appearance at the Masters for six years following his release from was found guilty in 2021 of charges which included assault and intimidation of former was released in August 2023 after serving 30 months in South American prisons, and has apologised in subsequent interviews., external
Yahoo
25-05-2025
- Sport
- Yahoo
Making up for lost time, Angel Cabrera wins 2025 Senior PGA Championship at Congressional
It was quite the week for Angel Cabrera. The 55-year-old Argentine won two senior majors in the past six days. On Sunday, Cabrera broke out of a logjam at the Senior PGA Championship, shooting a 3-under 69 at Congressional Country Club in Bethesda, Maryland, for a one-stroke victory over Padraig Harrington and Thomas Bjorn. Just six days earlier, Cabrera, the 2007 U.S. Open and 2009 Masters champion, claimed the rain-delayed Regions Tradition on Monday in Alabama, for his first senior major. At the Senior PGA Championship, Cabrera shared the 54-hole lead but trailed Harrington by two strokes after Harrington sank a birdie putt on No. 14. The championship flipped when Harrington made a double bogey at No. 15 and Cabrera birdied the hole a short while later to assume the lead. Harrington also made a bogey on the par-4 18th, which allowed Cabrera to bogey the closing hole and hang on for the win. Cabrera signed for a 72-hole total of 8-under 280. Harrington (68) and Bjorn (68) tied for second, with Retief Goosen (71), club professional Jason Caron (71) and Stewart Cink (70) another stroke back. Cabrera was sentenced to 30 months in prison and only swung a broom for two years, losing what typically are the best years of his PGA Tour Champions career. He was released from jail, where he became sober, in August 2023, after he completed more than two years in custody over gender violence cases against two of his ex-girlfriends. Cabrera earned his third victory in his last four starts on the senior circuit. His longtime instructor Charlie Epps, who brought him a new set of Ping clubs in Argentina after his release prison, knew that Cabrera was capable of such golf after serving time for his crime and cleaning up his act. 'I always wanted to see how he would play sober and we're finding out now,' Epps said. 'There's no telling what he would've done if he had this discipline on the regular tour. And he did at certain times but he's got the bit in his mouth and he's showing that he can still play golf…He's in a really good place.' This article originally appeared on Golfweek: Angel Cabrera wins 2025 Senior PGA Championship for second senior major
