Cabrera: Magical things happen at Augusta
Angel Cabrera admitted that he was more prepared for success in the Masters just two years after breaking his major championship duck at the US Open.
The Argentinian won in Oakmont in 2007 but although he had been unable to lift a single title since then, the 39-year-old said he had the confidence to know that he could get the job done.
And after a run of three birdies in four holes from the 13th Cabrera then parred the final two holes in regulation and the two sudden-death play-off holes to clinch his first Green Jacket.
"This moment, and also Oakmont in 2007, are the happiest moments of my life," he said. "The US Open got me by surprise. This win I'm more prepared. I know more how things happened.
"After the 10th hole I started to hit the ball good and things started to roll. I was happy with my game. I had confidence. I was just enjoying the moments."
Cabrera's win was the first by a South American at Augusta and finally atoned for the narrow defeat for compatriot Roberto De Vicenzo in 1967, when he missed the opportunity to enter a play-off after incorrectly signing his card.
"De Vicenzo had bad luck. It's not going to change what happened to him," Cabrera said. "But this win, to take a major back to Argentina, it's going to help a lot.
"He gave me a framed picture where he has his hand in a green jacket and he said, 'I hope this gives you luck so someday you can bring back a green jacket for yourself.'
"This is the Masters. A lot of magical things happen."
