As if it were the saga of a Marvel hero movie, Ángel Cabrera from Córdoba is once again playing in high competition and writing an important page in the history of Argentine golf by reaching the semifinal of the Paul Lawrie Match Play championship of the Legend Tour golf, the European tour for over 50s.
After a three-year break due to his legal problem, he has returned to compete at a high level and in a double day he successively defeated the Englishman Gary Evans and the New Zealander Michael Long. Now in the semifinals he will face Bradley Dredge who has already won twice on the European Tour and also won the 2005 WGC-World Cup in partnership with Stephen Dodd.
Cabrera, two-time winner of Majors tournaments and one of the few to win the US Open and The Masters, beat Evans by 3 holes with 2 left to play, won 6 holes (with eagle 2; par, par and three birdies) , lost 3 holes (with birdie and two par). “Well, in the morning it was a pretty tough game. Gary Evans obviously plays well, a good guy, a guy I’ve known forever, from the European tour. But well, he made a couple of mistakes on the way back and I took advantage of it and luckily I was able to beat him. But I played well in the morning and hit very well, so that also helped me a lot” explained “El Pato”.
What Pato Cabrera said this Saturday
In the afternoon the quarterfinal round began with the best eight and there they beat the New Zealander Long by 2 holes with 1 left to play. “In the afternoon I started badly. In the first four holes, I lost three holes out of four, meaning I was down three by the fifth tee. Then I improved a little, I hadn’t played the first four holes badly, the other guy made three birdies for me in four holes, so he beat them well.” Cabrera began to narrate that he won 7 holes in this match and lost 5.
“Later I improved, I continued hitting well and in a moment I moved forward” El Pato resumed his story of his impressions. The truth is that he won the 5 holes; 7, 8 and 9, the first three with par and the last with birdie.
“And when I moved forward, it was up to me, because if I continued hitting well it was going to be difficult for him to catch up,” he concluded later to express that he had made two birdies (holes 13 and 14) and a par on the 17th against bogey. of Long to be among the four best in the championship.
Cabrera has a very rich history and despite the stoppage he is quickly regaining confidence in his game and a feeling of solvency and he expressed it clearly: “I’m hitting my drive very well. And this is a court that if you hit the drive well it becomes short, because hitting the drive well everything is simplified. I made some big putts too,” he concluded.
His rival in the semifinals has just successively eliminated Päul Eales 1up; to Euan Mcintosh 6-4; to Paul Lawrie 2-1 and Scott Hend 2-1. To which Cabrera said: “It doesn’t matter who it is, to be champion you have to beat everyone, so whoever gets me will be fine. I feel very confident and happy to have the opportunity to win this tournament tomorrow (Sunday).”
