Angel Cabrera wins rain injured traditions for the first senior major title

Associated Press

Birmingham, ala. (AP) Angel Cabrera rolled on Monday morning in a 6-foot bird cover on the Par-5-18. Loch to complete an 8-below 64, and proved to be the winner in the tradition of the rain regions that the Argentinian its first leading main subject.

Cabrera had to wait to see if Jerry Kelly could force 54-hole leaders to play a playoff. Kelly fell behind her on 17th with a Bogey and was only able to manage one birdie for a 68 -year -old birdie.

Storms interrupted the last round, and when the leaders finally started, it was too late for them to finish. Kelly had completed 14 holes and Cabrera was 15 holes when they returned to Greystone on Monday morning.

Cabrera ended with 20 under 268 and won the PGA Tour Champions for the second time in the past two months. He won in Florida, his first title for two years in an Argentine prison for gender -specific violence.

Cabrera is a two-time main master of the US Open in Oakmont 2007 and 2009 of the Masters. He joins Miguel Angel Jimenez as the only winner of the PGA Tour Champions.

Ye Yang ended another shot to third place.

Most drive north to the congress for the senior PGA championship, which begins on Thursday. The tradition of the regions is the only one of five high -ranking majors that do not offer admission to a similar tournament on the PGA tour.

Cabrera earned 390,000 US dollars for his second championship title.

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