Posted: 04/15/13
An imperfect Masters Tournament had the perfect finish. Counter-punching with one clutch shot after another starting on the 18th hole in regulation, Adam Scott seized the green jacket from Angel Cabrera on the second playoff hole with a 15-foot birdie ...
Posted: 04/14/13
With a 10-foot birdie putt on No. 18, two-time major champion Angel Cabrera put himself in a position to win a third. He started the day two shots off the lead but finished Saturday’s third round tied for the ...
Posted: 04/05/13
With the exception of Phil Mickelson, there’s only one Masters Tournament champion since 2007 who has won a PGA Tour event following his Augusta win – and he’s won seven of them. That would be Zach Johnson, the 2007 ...
Posted: 04/10/11
Augusta National tends to shake the cobwebs off its champions, yet even Angel Cabrera didn't think he'd be one to rise to the top. The 2009 Masters winner barely made the cut in his title defense last year. With his length and comfort around Augusta, though, the Argentinian perked up at just the right time after relatively quiet rounds of 71 and 70.
Posted: 04/04/11
One of the surprise success stories of 2011, Jhonattan (pronounced Jonathan) Vegas is the first golfer from Venezuela to compete in the Masters Tournament. Jhonny Vegas will share his rookie Masters experience in a diary with The Augusta Chronicle:
Posted: 04/01/11
Angel Cabrera is not easily intimidated, but the 2009 Masters Tournament champion admits that defending his title in front of the world was a challenge to his Latin bravado.
Posted: 04/12/10
The patrons standing on the first tee Sunday around 1 p.m. might have experienced a feeling of deja vu when they saw Angel Cabrera and Kenny Perry paired for the final round, but if Cabrera and Perry felt any such sensation, Cabrera wasn't letting on.
Posted: 04/10/10
Angel Cabrera already thought it was over. His bending 18-footer for birdie on the 18th hole seemed like small consolation for a title defense gone awry.
Posted: 04/07/10
It's been 51 weeks since Angel Cabrera drove out Magnolia Lane with his green jacket, but it was another magnolia the Argentine was eager to see again.
Posted: 04/06/10
It's been 51 weeks since Angel Cabrera drove out Magnolia Lane with his green jacket, but it was another magnolia the Argentine was eager to see again.
Posted: 04/06/10
Angel Cabrera is looking forward to the most celebrated ritual of any reigning Masters Tournament winner: the Champions Dinner.
Posted: 04/06/10
2009 Masters champion Angel Cabrera spoke to the media at Augusta National Tuesday afternoon.
Posted: 04/02/10
The Almacen El Condor, a restaurant in Angel Cabrera's native Villa Allende, Argentina, is where the Masters Tournament champion reconnects with the world that molded him into the person and the golfer he is.
Posted: 04/02/10
VILLA ALLENDE, Argentina — In his defense, Angel Cabrera wasn't ready. A year after he had stunned everyone by beating Tiger Woods and Jim Furyk down the stretch at the 2007 U.S. Open, Cabrera was struggling in the spotlight of his title defense at Torrey Pines.
Posted: 04/02/10
Charlie Epps, the director of the golf academy at the Houstonian Golf & Country Club, became the missing piece in Cabrera's success story just a month before his 2007 U.S. Open breakthrough.
Posted: 04/02/10
The Golden Olimpia is awarded annually to the most important Argentine sports figure of the year. U.S. Open tennis champion Juan Martin del Potro edged out soccer superstar Lionel Messi and Masters Tournament champion Angel Cabrera to win the coveted award for 2009.
Posted: 04/02/10
VILLA ALLENDE, Argentina — Glen Garden Country Club in Texas, is world renowned for its caddie yard, which produced Hall of Famers Ben Hogan and Byron Nelson. The closest any club in the world has come to producing such accomplished talent since is Córdoba Golf Club in Argentina.
Posted: 04/02/10
TIGRE, Argentina — They were scattered across the course at the Argentine Open, connected by blood yet separated by only a few holes on the tee sheet. Angel Cabrera competed in his home country's national open in December with both of his sons, Federico and Angel Jr.
Posted: 04/02/10
Angel Cabrera - and the Masters Tournament - lived charmed lives in 2009 at Augusta National Golf Club.
Posted: 03/22/10
The Augusta Chronicle sports columnist Scott Michaux visits Argentina to learn about the country, and 2009 Masters Champion, Angel Cabrera.
Posted: 04/13/09
High drama in the pines returned to the Masters Tournament on Sunday. Boy, did it ever.
Posted: 04/13/09
The framed photo must have seemed a strange gift to Angel Cabrera.
Posted: 04/12/09
Angel Cabrera isn't the straightest hitter at Augusta National Golf Club.
Posted: 04/12/09
Angel Cabrera is the first South American to slip on a green jacket.
Posted: 04/12/09
Angel Cabrera made par and Perry couldn't make his par put, so the 73rd Masters Tournament will go to a playoff to determine the 2009 champion.
Posted: 04/11/09
Angel Cabrera and Kenny Perry have proven they can handle the pressure on golf's biggest stage. Next up is Sunday at Augusta National, a test unlike any other they have faced.
Posted: 04/06/08
One of Angel Cabrera's friends believes the strongman won last summer's U.S. Open because he was "relaxed in his mind."
