Cabrera wins second senior major in seven days

Angel Cabrera won his second senior major title at Congressional after winning the Senior PGA Championship.

The 55-year-old from Argentina won the Regions Tradition on Monday in Maryland, a follow-up to his Regions Tradition victory.

In the final holes, Cabrera, the 2007 US Open champion and 2009 Masters champion, shot up Padraig Harrington to win by one shot.

Irishman Harrington and Danish captain and former European Ryder Cup player Thomas Bjorn finished in second place.

Cabrera missed the cut for the first time in six years after being released from prison in April in his first Masters appearance.

In 2021, he was found guilty of assault and intimidation of former partners.

Iain Carter, a BBC golf correspondent, analyzes the game.

Cabrera, a former Masters winner, has a lifetime exemption to play in Augusta, and his victory on the Senior PGA gives him another opportunity to compete at the highest level.

Similar to Richard Bland, 52, who won the 2024 Senior PGA Championship at Quail Hollow earlier this month, the 55-year-old becomes eligible for the US PGA at Aronimink next year.

Bland finished in a respectable 37th place in North Carolina and qualified for the weekend action against several of his long-awaited competitors, arguably playing the best golf of his career.