Ángel Cabrera
| Ángel Cabrera | |
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Cabrera in 2007
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| Personal information | |
| Full name | Ángel Cabrera |
| Nickname | El Pato (The Duck) |
| Born |
12 September 1969 Córdoba, Argentina |
| Height | 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) |
| Weight | 210 lb (95 kg; 15 st) |
| Nationality |
 Argentina
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| Residence | Córdoba, Argentina |
| Children | Federico, Ángel |
| Career | |
| Turned professional | 1989 |
| Current tour(s) | PGA Tour (past champion status; joined 2007) |
| Former tour(s) | European Tour (joined 1996) |
| Professional wins | 52 |
| Number of wins by tour | |
| PGA Tour | 3 |
| European Tour | 5 |
| Asian Tour | 1 |
| Other | 45 |
| Best results in major championships (wins: 2) |
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| Masters Tournament | Won: 2009 |
| U.S. Open | Won: 2007 |
| The Open Championship | T4: 1999 |
| PGA Championship | T19: 2000 |
Ángel Cabrera (pronounced: [ˈaŋxel kaˈβɾeɾa]; born 12 September 1969) is an Argentine professional golfer who plays on both the European Tour and PGA Tour. He is known affectionately as "El Pato" in Spanish ("The Duck") for his waddling gait. He is a two-time major champion, with wins at the U.S. Open in 2007 and the Masters in 2009; he was the first (and only) Argentine to win either. He also lost in a sudden death playoff at the Masters in 2013.
Born in Córdoba, Argentina, Cabrera's father, Miguel, was a handyman, and his mother worked as a maid. He was three or four when his parents split up and was left in the care of his paternal grandmother. Cabrera stayed with her until he was 16, when he moved in a few feet away, to the house of Silvia, twelve years his senior, and a mother of four boys. They had a son, Federico, followed by another, Ángel.
When Cabrera was 10, he became a caddy at the Córdoba Country Club, which he says almost became his home. He learned golf playing against other caddies for money. His fierce determination and powerful swing soon caught the eye of members, one of whom, Juan Cruz Molina, a local real estate magnate, bought him his first set of clubs when he was 16.
With his stocky figure and habit of smoking at every hole, Cabrera cut a distinctive figure on the course. He is also acknowledged as having one of the biggest swings in the game. His son Federico became a professional golfer in 2008 and entered the PGA Tour's qualifying school in 2011, but was eliminated in the second stage. His other son, Ángel, became a professional in 2012 and joined the Canadian Tour. The elder Ángel and his sons also compete on PGA Tour Latinoamérica.
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