Two-time Grand Slam champion Ángel Cabrerawho was paroled from an Argentine prison in August for gender-based violence, has been given the go-ahead to play at events sanctioned by PGA Tour. He said in an interview with ‘Golf Digest’ that he wanted to clear his image of “serious mistakes.” Without confirming that Cabrera was ever suspended — the PGA Tour does not make conduct violations public — a tour spokesman confirmed that the 54-year-old Argentine is eligible to play.
Cabrera, who won the USA Open at Oakmont in 2007 and the Masters in a playoff in 2009was imprisoned for two years for threatening and harassing Cecilia Torres Mana, his partner for two years. In a long interview published in the magazine in the December-January issue, Cabrera said that he was ashamed of his behavior and said: “I made a serious mistake. I refused to listen to anyone and I did what I wanted, how I want and when I want.” Cabrera said.
“That was wrong. I apologize to Micaela. I apologize to Celia. Their bad luck was with me when I was at my worst. I’m not the devil, but I did something bad. I’m ashamed because I failed. the people closest to me, and to everyone who loves me through golf,” said ‘Duck’. “Golf has given me everything, and I know I will never repay the debt I owe to this sport.”
‘Golf Digest’ says Cabrera has been treated for alcohol addiction, including taking a daily medication that makes him feel nauseous if he drinks. His longtime coach, Charlie Epps, He said Cabrera takes alcohol education classes for six hours a week. In the interview, Cabrera, 54, said he was trying to finish his classes to graduate from sixth grade and had two months left when he was released on parole.
Epps said he asked Ping if he could give Cabrera a new set of golf clubs, which the coach brought to Argentina after independence. “I played with him for five days,” Epps said Tuesday in a phone interview. “It’s a miracle that a poor, uneducated kid can turn around and say, ‘Okay, I did something wrong. I’ll learn from this and now I have everything.’ He has a second chance and he wants you to try to take advantage of it.” Cabrera played in a tournament in Rosario, Argentina, last week and tied for 10th. Augusta National did not immediately respond to a request for comment on whether he would be invited to the Masters, where champions have a lifetime exemption.
Cabrera has seven wins on the world’s major circuits, the last in Greenbrier Classic in 2014. It is known for containing Tiger Woods and Jim Furyk to win his first major at Oakmont, and for his shot into the trees on the 18th hole that led him to win a playoff at the Masters. Kenny Perry and Chad Campbell.
Cabrera was among the inmates who were granted two-hour peer visits every 15 days for good behavior. Yamila Álvarez, his partner of four years, gave birth to a son in November 2022. They married in October after Cabrera was released from prison. Cabrera said in an interview with ‘Golf Digest’ that returning to the golf course is “like a rebirth” and that his hope is to return to the Masters. “I’ve made serious mistakes, but I’ve paid my debts,” he said. “I’m going to work as hard as I can to clean up my image. I want to recover the stature I had as an athlete. Golf is everything to me. It’s my life and I have to continue.”
Source: La Verdad
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