Angel Cabrera reinstated to PGA, Champions tours after prison sentence

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[December 20, 2023]  Argentine golfer Angel Cabrera was reinstated to the PGA Tour and PGA Tour Champions following a two-year prison sentence, the tour confirmed to outlets Tuesday. 

 

Cabrera was arrested in January 2021 on an Interpol warrant and was convicted that July in gender violence cases with two of his ex-partners. He received a three-year, 10-month sentence, and he was released on parole in August of this year after spending 30 months in custody between Brazil and Argentina.

Golf Digest obtained a copy of a letter to Cabrera in which PGA Tour senior vice president Andy Levinson notified him his suspension had been lifted.

In the letter, Cabrera is warned that failure to comply with the terms of his release "may result in the immediate reinstatement of your suspension."

A two-time major champion, Cabrera said in an interview with Golf Digest that he hoped to return to the Masters, where he won in 2009. Augusta National operates the major championship and may or may not choose to invite him.

Cabrera's other major title came at the 2007 U.S. Open.

He has already returned to competitive golf and tied for 10th last weekend in an event on the PGA Tour Latinoamerica developmental circuit.

--Field Level Media

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