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Angel Cabrera, born in 1969, is an Argentine professional golfer. The son of a handyman and a maid, Cabrera became a caddy at the age of 10, where he first learned to golf by playing against the other caddies. Unlike many other pro golfers who start very young, Cabrera did not own a set of his own clubs until he was 16.

Angel Cabrera turned pro at the age of 20, entering the European Tour Qualifying School for three unsuccessful attempts before finally making it onto the European Tour in 1996. His first professional wins came in Latin America in 1995; his first European Tour win was the 2001 Argentine Open. He has finished in the top 15 on the European Tour seven times since 1999. Cabrera’s other wins on the European Tour circuit include the Benson & Hedges International Open in 2002. In 2005, he won the BMW Championship, arguably the most prestigious European Tour event other than the Majors and the World Golf Championships.

Angel Cabrera plays mainly on the European Tour and the Latin American Tour de las Americas, and was also the first Argentine to win either The Masters or the U.S. Open. His first major championship win was the 2007 U.S. Open, where he beat both Tiger Woods and Jim Furyk by one stroke. He won the 2009 Masters Tournament after a three-way playoff with Kenny Perry and Chad Campbell. Cabrera and Tiger Woods are currently the only active PGA Tour members to have won both the Masters and the U.S. Open. Cabrera was the lowest-ranked golfer yet to win the masters; he was ranked 69th prior to the tournament.

Besides these wins, his other major showings have been placing 8th, 9th, and 10th in the Masters between 2001 and 2006, 7th in the U.S. Open in 2001, 4th and 7th in The Open Championship (in 1999 and 2006, respectively).

Cabrera is known for having one of the biggest swings in the game. While he used to smoke at every hole, Cabrera has given up smoking, now chewing gum instead.