From USA TodayBy Steve DiMeglio, USA TODAYMARANA, Ariz. — Steve Stricker didn''t play 20 holes on this day.Angel Cabrera was anything but saintly with his driver Friday in a bruising 4-and-3 defeat of Stricker, the world''s No. 3 player, in the third round of the WGC-Accenture Match Play Championship at Dove Mountain.Keep reading....
From ReutersBy Mark Lamport-StokesHONOLULU, Jan 10 (Reuters) - Argentina''s Angel Cabrera endeared himself to golf fans all over the world by winning last year''s U.S. Open at Oakmont while repeatedly puffing on cigarettes to stay calm.Much has changed for the likeable South American since his breakthrough victory in a major championship, among them an end to his smoking habit.Keep reading....
From ReutersBy Mark Lamport-StokesHONOLULU (Reuters) - Argentina''s Angel Cabrera endeared himself to golf fans all over the world by winning last year''s U.S. Open at Oakmont while repeatedly puffing on cigarettes to stay calm.Much has changed for the likeable South American since his breakthrough victory in a major championship, among them an end to his smoking habit.Keep reading....
From The AP and USAToday.com websiteBUENOS AIRES, Argentina (AP) — U.S. Open champion Angel Cabrera shot a 4-under 66 on Thursday to take a one-stroke lead over Argentine countryman Eduardo Romero after the first round of the Argentina Open.Cabrera, the 2001 and 2002 champion, had an eagle, four birdies and two bogeys on the Buenos Aires Golf Club course.Argentine amateur Esteban Martinez was two strokes back at 68 along with countrymen Andres Romero and Sebastian
From The BBCAngel Cabrera birdied the final hole to win the Singapore Open by a single stroke from Vijay Singh. Singh had started the day six shots off Cabrera''s lead and drew level with the US Open champion with his own birdie at the last in a round of 67. Cabrera was never at his best but he dug deep on the 18th to sink his only birdie of the day for victory. England''s Lee
By GILLIAN WONG Associated Press WriterArticle Launched: 11/03/2007 02:47:39 PM PDT var requestedWidth = 0; if(requestedWidth > 0){ document.getElementById(''articleViewerGroup'').style.width = requestedWidth + "px"; document.getElementById(''articleViewerGroup'').style.margin = "0px 0px 10px 10px"; } SINGAPORE—U.S. Open champion Angel Cabrera shot a 1-under 70 to double his lead to four strokes after the third round of the Singapore Open on Saturday.Cabrera, of Argentina, fired three birdies and two bogeys to finish with a three-day total of 9-under 204 at the
U.S. Open champion Angel Cabrera shot an 8-under 63 on Friday to take the lead midway through the Singapore Open, while Ernie Els shot a 5-over 76 that left him likely to miss the cut.Play was suspended for an hour due to lightning, and ended before 37 players could finish. The second round will be completed Saturday morning.Cabrera surged from a tie for 24th into the lead with nine birdies at the $4 million event
From correspondents in SingaporeFormer Australian CaptainNovember 02, 2007 US Open champion Angel Cabrera fired a sizzling 63 to lead the Barclays Singapore Open Friday, as defending champion Adam Scott ominously made his charge up the leaderboard.But world number four Ernie Els had a horror day and is in danger of missing the cut. His fate will be decided on Saturday with 37 players unable to finish the round because of bad light.Cabrera was 8-under
From The BBCSouth Africa''s Ernie Els has taken a three-shot lead against Angel Cabrera at the halfway stage of the HSBC World Match Play final at Wentworth.But the six-times Match Play champion admitted he had been hampered by back problems mid-way through the back nine. "I felt it earlier on, but on the 12th and 13th it was pretty bad. I walked it off, but I can still feel it," he said. Els sank eight
From The BBCArgentine Angel Cabrera will play South Africa''s Ernie Els in Sunday''s final of the HSBC World Match Play at Wentworth.Cabrera booked his place with a 2&1 win over Hunter Mahan, while Els trailed Henrik Stenson by one hole after the morning round but recovered to win 3&2. Six-time winner Els had five birdies in his afternoon round to reach the final. US Open champion Cabrera shot 66 in the morning round to lead
From ReutersWentworth specialist Angel Cabrera knocked Paul Casey out of the World Match Play Championship on Friday, defeating the holder 4 and 3 after a feast of birdies.The match between two of the longest hitters in the game entertained the galleries on a dark, dank day on the leafy West Course in Surrey.Keep reading....
From ReutersBritish Open champion Padraig Harrington and U.S. Open winner Angel Cabrera have been granted honorary life membership of the European Tour.The duo, who become the 30th and 31st recipients of the award, received solid silver membership cards from European Tour chief executive George O''Grady during an official dinner at Wentworth on Wednesday.Keep reading....
From Melanie Hauser, PGA Tour.comThe temperature dipped. The wind whipped. The leaves tumbled down and danced across the green.And Angel Cabrera backed off.Fall wasn''t the only change blowing across Royal Montreal Golf Club late Friday afternoon. The Internationals were charging and, well, Cabrera was the man who could turn those fortunes as quickly as Mother Nature has just switched seasons.He was taking no chances.His last birdie putt disappeared on the seventh hole, so he waited
From Yahoo.comArgentine Angel Cabrera, Padraig Harrington of Ireland and South Africa''s Retief Goosen have entered the $5 million Champions Tournament in Shanghai.US Open winner Cabrera, Open champion Harrington and world number 17 Goosen will join the likes of Phil Mickelson, Ernie Els, Vijay Singh and Sergio Garcia at the November event dubbed ''Asia''s major''."It is my first time playing in the tournament and I would be very happy to win the champion of champions title,"
From Alan Shipnuck, GOLF.comIt''s Friday night in Villa Allende, and Angel Cabrera is in the middle of all the action as usual. Six weeks ago he won the U.S. Open, yesterday he was feted at the Casa Rosada by the president of his native Argentina, but tonight Cabrera is back home in this hamlet on the outskirts of Cordoba, in the foothills of the Sierras Chicas. Friday nights in Villa Allende always begin in the
From ReutersBritish Open champion Padraig Harrington and U.S. Open winner Angel Cabrera will compete at the World Match Play Championship at Wentworth in October, organisers said on Friday.The duo will be joined at the West Course in Surrey by six-times winner Ernie Els, fellow South African Retief Goosen, Briton Justin Rose, American Jerry Kelly and Argentine Andres Romero.Holder Paul Casey, Swede Niclas Fasth, Colin Montgomerie of Britain and Dane Anders Hansen, winner of the PGA
From The BBCUS Open champion Angel Cabrera carded a level-par 70 but was undone by his opening 81 to miss the cut in the 89th USPGA at Southern Hills.Cabrera''s tidy second round included a solitary birdie on the way out and a single bogey on the way home. World number seven Vijay Singh shot 75, 71 for six over to miss the weekend, while Masters champion Zach Johnson (74, 76) will also go home early.
From Vartan Kupelian, The Detroit NewsIn square miles, it is 18 times larger than Michigan and has a population four times greater.When it comes to golf, Argentina is dwarfed by Michigan, which has more than 900 courses and 250,000 golfers, a quarter of those with USGA handicaps. Best estimates are that 44,000 Argentines have handicaps and play the game on the nation''s 243 courses, 27 of them par-3 layouts.The odds have always been against Angel
From GRAHAM OTWAY, The Daily MailAndres Romero won the Deutsche Bank TPC yesterday to add another chapter to a brilliant summer for Argentine golf.Romero took his earnings to more than a million euros in the space of eight days by adding victory in Hamburg to his third place at The Open.His victory followed compatriot Angel Cabrera''s U.S. Open triumph, and Romero said: "Angel has opened all the doors for the Argentines and I was thinking
From Yahoo/EurosportUS Open champion Angel Cabrera believes the boost he received from last month''s unexpected triumph at Oakmont can carry him all the way to a second major title at next week''s British Open.The powerful Argentinian, nick-named ''the duck'' because of his waddling gait, admits that the lay-out of Carnoustie, the Scottish links that will host the 136th Open Championship from July 19-22, is not as well-suited to his game as some of the other
From CBS SportslineWhen Angel Cabrera says that winning the U.S. Open last month hasn''t changed him, he means it. After two weeks of celebrations at home, the Argentine returns to action in the European Open at The K Club starting Thursday. "The U.S. Open is over now," Cabrera said Wednesday. "This is a big week. I''m looking forward to it." The 37-year-old golfer could have stayed in the five-star hotel on site at The K
From Tim Rosaforte, Golf WorldOne month ago, Angel Cabrera was bumped from the Players by dropping to 51st on the World Ranking, and because he wasn''t in the field, the Argentine wasn''t allowed to practice at TPC Sawgrass. Instead, he worked on his putting across the street with swing coach Charlie Epps.Still ineligible for the U.S. Open two weeks later, Cabrera faded on the back-nine Sunday at the European Tour''s BMW PGA Championship at Wentworth