What was angel cabrera yelling

The last one was for Angel Cabrera , a most unlikely champion. He heard the roars for Phil Mickelson and Tiger Woods , a supercharged duel that was pure theater. Cabrera never lost hope when a roar rattled the pines after Kenny Perry got within inches of an ace on the 16th hole to build a two-shot lead with two holes to play. It's simply the Masters. Perry, a year-old on the verge of becoming golf's oldest champion, had gone 22 consecutive holes without a bogey until he dropped shots on each of the last two holes for a 71 to force a three-man playoff that included Chad Campbell.

Cabrera, who also shot 71, looked like the odd man out when his tee shot on the first playoff hole landed behind a Georgia pine, and his 4-iron struck another one. But he managed to scratch out a par with a sand wedge to 8 feet and a pressure-packed putt. When luck turned against Perry on the second extra hole -- a splotch of mud on his ball in the fairway that led to a bogey -- Cabrera made a routine par to become the first Argentine in a green jacket.

At No. Perry bladed a chip across the 17th green for one bogey, then hit into a bunker on the 18th hole and narrowly missed a foot par putt that would have brought him the major championship he covets.

But he was gracious as ever, clapping for Cabrera when he holed an 8-foot putt for his unlikely par to stay in the playoff. And even in defeat, it was hard not to appreciate the give-and-take nature that was restored at the Masters. I lost the tournament.

But Angel hung in there. I was proud of him. Two years after winning the U. Open at Oakmont, Cabrera became the sixth player this decade to win multiple majors. It was 41 years ago when Roberto de Vicenzo made one of golf's most famous gaffes, signing for the wrong score that denied him a spot in a Masters playoff. When Cabrera returned home as the U.

Open champion two years ago, de Vicenzo gave him a special gift. Campbell finished with a 69 to join the playoff at under , but he was eliminated on the first extra hole when he found a bunker from the middle of the 18th fairway, then watched his 6-foot par putt lip out of the hole. It was his second close call in a major. I hit bad shots. The final hour was almost enough to make a dizzy gallery forget about the Woods-Mickelson fireworks hours earlier.

For those who feared Augusta National had become too tough, too dull and far too quiet, the roars returned in a big way. Mickelson and Woods played together in a final round of a major for the first time in eight years, and they proved to be the best undercard in golf. Mickelson tied a Masters record with a 30 on the front nine to get into contention.

Woods chased him around Amen Corner, then caught him with three birdies in a four-hole stretch that captured the imagination of thousands of fans who stood a dozen deep in spots for a view. Angel Cabrera waddled through the door with a plastic Masters cup in his hands — contents unknown, but beer was a safe bet — and out into a light drizzle toward a waiting Mercedes. Then, very suddenly, he stopped in the dark parking lot.

Did he want to reflect on a tournament that nearly cemented his legacy as an all-time champion? To take one last look at the site of an incredible finish in which Adam Scott had ripped a green jacket off his back? He lit a cigarette.

And then he was on his way. This was everything good about golf after a week spent railing about the bad stuff. No penalties for slow play. No moralizing about illegal drops. The man they call "El Pato" the duck was standing in the 18th fairway when Scott sank one of the clutch putts in golf history, a footer that set off a raucous celebration around the green.

Everyone, it seemed, was suddenly Australian, and the familiar chant — "Aussie! The scene would have been enough to shake any player, even a two-time major champion like Cabrera. But he answered with a 7-iron that rolled to within three feet of the cup. Scott, who had just marched with an Australian flag in his hand to the scoring cabin, heard the roar inside.

The putt was a foregone conclusion. He's falls off the map for months, and even years at a time. But when a major championship week comes up, he's all of a sudden found his form and he's right there on the first page of the leaderboard. Open and a Masters. It's an astounding record.

It's unfortunate that it was lost in the shuffle of Scott's eventual win and all the Tiger controversy, but the back-to-back shots provided an unforgettable finish to regulation. When he lost in the playoff, all El Pato could do was shake his head, grin, and hug Scott, who he encouraged and mentored when the Aussie was searching for his game and confidence at the Presidents Cup.

It's likely we'll see Cabrera and Scott again at other majors, but the finish at Augusta will be impossible to top. The approach shot this year into the 18th capped the most dramatic five minute stretch, for me, of the entire season. Cookie banner We use cookies and other tracking technologies to improve your browsing experience on our site, show personalized content and targeted ads, analyze site traffic, and understand where our audiences come from.

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