AUGUSTA, Ga. (AP) — It has been six long years since Angel Cabrera walked the verdant green fairways of the Masters.Two were spent in a gray Argentine prison cell.Once feted with a parade through the streets of Cordoba for his U.S. Open triumph in 2007, and celebrated again for his victory at Augusta National two years later, Cabrera found himself staring down prosecutors in July 2021. The man known as “El Pato,' or “The Duck,” for his waddling gait had been accused of making threats against one of his former partners.Cabrera ultimately was sentenced to prison, and a year later,
AUGUSTA, Ga. — If Angel Cabrera is aware of anyone not happy about him playing in this week’s Masters based on the multiple convictions for assault on ex-girlfriends, you wouldn’t know it. Cabrera, who was imprisoned 30 months in Brazil and Argentina before being released in 2023, was asked Tuesday after a practice round, based on what he’d done, why he “deserved” to be in Augusta this week. “I won the Masters,” he said, referring to his 2009 victory. “Why not?” Cabrera, who won the 2009 Masters, attended the annual Champions Dinner with his fellow past champions Tuesday night. “Life
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