Biography

Angel Cabrera

Has a lot to thank of fellow countryman Eduardo Romero who lived two blocks away from Cabrera and encouraged him to take up the game at the age of 15. When Cabrera failed in three attempts to get his European Tour card, Romero underwrote Cabrera's expenses in 1995. . . Has the nickname "Pato".

Career Outline

Cabrera worked as a caddie at the home club of internationally successful Argentine professional Eduardo Romero, who became his mentor. Cabrera turned professional at the age of twenty. His first three visits to the European Tour Qualifying School were unsuccessful, but on his fourth trip in 1995, made with Romero's financial assistance, he qualified for membership of the European Tour in 1996. He has retained his card comfortably in his first three seasons and improved substantially to tenth on the Order of Merit in 1999. By 2004 he had finished in the top 15 of the order of merit five times.

Romero's first two professional wins came in Latin America in 1995 and his first European Tour win was the 2001 Argentine Open, which was sanctioned by the European Tour on a one off basis that year. In 2005 he won the BMW Championship, which is the most prestigious event on the European Tour schedule outside of the majors and the World Golf Championships. However it was only his third European Tour win, a tally which was perhaps a little disappointing given his consistent form on the tour. At that point he had also won seven non-European Tour events in Latin America, where the standard of play is much lower than on the European Tour.

Ángel Carbrera featured 3rd in the European Order of Merit [1] (1.77 million Euros) on September 2005, and 9th in the Official World Golf Rankings [2] on October 2005. He has been the top ranked Latin American player for some time.

European Tour wins

2001 Open de Argentina (which was a European Tour event for that year only)
2002 Benson & Hedges International Open
2005 BMW Championship

Other wins

1995 Paraguay Open, Columbian Open
1996 Volvo Masters of Latin America
2001 Torneo de Maestros Telefonica (Argentina)
2002 Argentine Open, Argentine PGA Championship (tied)
2004 Abierto del sur de Argentina

Team appearances

Alfred Dunhill Cup (representing Argentina): 1997, 1998, 2000
World Cup (representing Argentina): 1998, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005
Presidents Cup (International Team): 2005

Reference:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Angel_Cabrera
http://www.pga.com/pgachampionship/2005/scoring/profiles/20848.html
http://spotted.augusta.com/masters/display.html?gallery=4142