Cabrera Makes It 2 Senior Majors In A Week, Rallying Past Harrington At The Senior PGA

BETHESDA, Md. (AP) — Angel Cabrera sensed his opportunity when Padraig Harrington — playing a few groups ahead — faltered on the 15th hole with a double bogey. “I was like, ‘This is my turn,’” Cabrera said through a translator. While Harrington was erratic down the stretch, Cabrera was steady, shooting a 3-under 69 on Sunday for a one-stroke victory in the Senior PGA Championship at Congressional. It was his second senior major in a week. Cabrera, the 2007 U.S. Open and 2009 Masters champion, won the rain-delayed Regions Tradition on Monday in Alabama, which was the Argentine’s first senior major. Six days later at Congressional, he trailed Harrington by two strokes after Harrington rolled in a long birdie putt on No. 14. But Harrington double bogeyed No. 15, and Cabrera birdied that same hole a short while later to take the lead. After a bogey by Harrington on the par-4 18th, Cabrera needed only a bogey on that hole and got it. “I feel very emotional,” Cabrera said. “Maybe you cannot see, but I’m very very emotional inside. Especially after all of the things that I went through.” Cabrera spent 20 months in an Argentine prison after he was accused of making threats
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