Masters winner jailed for domestic abuse eyes controversial PGA Tour return
PGA Tour 2009 Masters winner Angel Cabrera is eyeing a return to senior competition after spending 30 months in jail for domestic violence.
Brazil’s federal police arrested the golfer in 2021 and sentenced him to two years in prison for threats and harrassment against one former partner. And in November 2022 Cabrera went through another trial for a different girlfriend for the same charges – he pled guilty.
The two sentences were joined together, bringing his total penalty to three years and ten months in prison.
During the trial, Cabera said: “Many say prison is bad, but it’s not the case. Prison has done me good.” Before being released officially, he spent the last seven months of his sentence at a minimum-security prison in Argentina.
Charlie Epps, the coach of the 2007 U.S. Open champion and 2009 Masters winner, has stated that Cabrera has expressed his desire to return to professional golf. According to Epps, Cabrera played impressively in his last five rounds in Argentina, shooting under par.
“He wants to play, he’s learned his lesson, he wants to get on with his life. I think he’s in a great frame of mind for what he’s been through,” Epps told Golfweek. “He’s got to go through the mechanics of getting his Visa back and then approach the PGA Tour, and I think it’s going to end up being good.”
