Angel Cabrera holds off Tiger Woods to win U.S. Open - Score one for Argentina

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Was there ever a better example of the disparate types that make their career golfing than Angel Cabrera and Tiger Woods at the U.S. Open ? Cabrera, chain-smoking, husky, nervous as could be, against Woods, whose abs you can clean clothes on and who seemed calmer than ever before. And the husky, chain-smoking nervous wreck beats the chill, body-beautiful golf genius. The guy with no PGA ... [link]

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Felicitaciones Angel Cabrera
Published 6/18/2007 by Patricia at Golf Girl's Diary
... just posted an engaging piece on the contrast between Angel and Tiger; their personal styles, their physical characteristics and their golf histories. The extreme dichotomy is noted. ...

And I had a bad day...no not the damn song...
Published 6/18/2007 by dswinder at Untitled[.]
... William K. Wolfrum's take at worldgolf.com ...

Any doubt about Tiger Woods as a closer after U.S. Open Oakmont finish insane
Published 6/18/2007 at Chris Baldwin
... didn't come from behind to win the U.S. Open at Oakmont. And you know what this means towards his legacy? You know what it proves about Tiger as a closer? ...

Tiger Woods a boring, front-runner
Published 6/18/2007 by Tim McDonald at Tim McDonald
... and now Angel Cabrera at the U.S. Open. ...

Tiger Woods handles his baby's birth with class, rather than Phil Mickelson crass
Published 6/20/2007 at Chris Baldwin
... Tiger, on the other hand, couldn't have handled the birth of his daughter this week with more dignity. He didn't turn the U.S. Open into a story of Tiger Daddy. He let the focus stay on golf, and some of the other golfers. He offered no distraction excuses when he finished second for the second straight major. He stuck around for the trophy ceremony, gave Angel Cabrera his props and then quietly went home for the birth. Which he informed the world of in understated fashion on his web site. ...

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Felicitaciones Angel Cabrera

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