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Ángel Cabrera (born September 12, 1969 in Villa
Allende, Córdoba Province, Argentina|Córdoba,
Argentina) is a professional golfer who plays
mainly on the European Tour. In the golf circuit
he's also know as "El Pato" Cabrera (The duck).

==Career Outline==
Cabrera worked as a caddie at the home club of
internationally successful Argentine professional
Eduardo Romero, who became his mentor. Cabrera
turned professional at the age of twenty. His
first three visits to the European Tour Qualifying
School were unsuccessful, but on his fourth trip
in 1995, made with Romero's financial assistance,
he qualified for membership of the European Tour
in 1996. He has retained his card comfortably in
his first three seasons and improved substantially
to tenth on the Order of Merit in 1999.  By 2004
he had finished in the top 15 of the order of
merit five times. 

Romero's first two professional wins came in Latin
America in 1995 and his first European Tour win
was the 2001 Argentine Open, which was sanctioned
by the European Tour on a one off basis that year.
In 2005 he won the BMW Championship, which is the
most prestigious event on the European Tour
schedule outside of the majors and the World Golf
Championships. However it was only his third
European Tour win, a tally which was perhaps a
little disappointing given his consistent form on
the tour. At that point he had also won seven
non-European Tour events in Latin America, where
the standard of play is much lower than on the
European Tour. 

After losing a tie-braker in the 3rd extra ball
against Niclas Fasth for the "Deutsche Bank
Players' Championship" in July 2005, Ángel
Carbrera featured 13th in the Official World Golf
Rankings, and 4th in the European Order of Merit
(1.9 million US dollars). He has been the top
ranked Latin American player for some time.

==European Tour wins==
*2001 Open de Argentina (which was a European Tour
event for that year only)
*2002 Benson & Hedges International Open
*2005 BMW Championship

==Other wins==
*1995 Paraguay Open, Columbian Open
*1996 Volvo Masters of Latin America
*2001 Torneo de Maestros Telefonica (Argentina)
*2002 Argentine Open, Argentine PGA Championship
(tied)
*2004 Abierto del sur de Argentina

==Team appearances==
*Alfred Dunhill Cup (representing Argentina):
1997, 1998, 2000
*World Cup of Golf|World Golf (representing
Argentina): 1998, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003,
2004

==External links==
*http://www.europeantour.com/players/bio.sps?iPlay
erNo=6219&sOption=profile Profile on the European
Tour website
*http://www.angelcabrera.com/ Official site
*http://www.golfstarsonline.com/C/Angel_Cabrera/
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