Cabrera wins on eve of Masters return
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Angel Cabrera just added some extra luggage for his trip to Augusta National this week, winning his first PGA Tour Champions event 20 months after being released from prison.
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After almost 4,000 days, and a stint in an Argentine prison, Ángel Cabrera is back in the winner’s circle in a PGA Tour-sanctioned event.
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Angel Cabrera will make his controversial return to the Masters after winning his first PGA Tour Champions title. The 2009 champion was jailed for two years in Argentina for threats and harassment against two ex-girlfriends - Cecilia Torres Mana and Micaela Escudero - before his release in August 2023.
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Golf Digest on MSNAngel Cabrera makes his return to Masters this year, and he might bring new trophy with himAngel Cabrera could return to the Masters Champions Dinner at Augusta National Golf Club next week with a sentiment that he likely he hasn’t felt from his golf brethren in a while: sincere admiration.
Returning to the annual Champions Dinner preceding the Masters is the type of event ‘El Pato’, who on Monday claimed his first Champions Tour trophy since his release from jail, dreamed of through the long hours at night in Brazilian and Argentinian prisons earlier this decade.
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Angel Cabrera hasn’t played in the Masters since 2019 due to a conviction for domestic assault and intimidation of two former partners. Cabrera, the 2009 Masters champion, spent 30 months in jail in Brazil and Argentina and was released in August of 2023.
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Why this man shouldn’t be playing the Masters... as disturbing, dangerous failing exposed — OpinionFor assaulting, stalking and attempting to run over his ex-girlfriend Cecilia Torres Mana, and assault and intimidation of another former partner Micaela Escudero. His ex-wife, Silvia Rivadero, also made serious accusations against him.
There will be an uncomfortable truth lingering around Augusta National this week amidst the litany of delicious storylines that most hope will define the 89th Masters.