Angel Cabrera Wins 2007 US Open

Angel Cabrera wins the 2007 US Open, becoming the first Argentine golfer to ever win the US Open. 

Angel Cabrera opened Friday morning with +2800 odds or a win of $2800 for every $100 bet at Bookmaker.com but by Sunday morning payout odds were now at an impressive +3300 after he dropped out of the lead.  That would amount to a $3300 payout on a $100 bet.

Tiger Woods remained a favorite throughout the US Open since Thursday with -135 odds being posted Sunday morning. 

Cabrera had been leading heading into Saturday but was pushed down a few notches only to regain the lead once again Sunday afternoon. 

At one point in the final minutes, Jim Furyk tied with Cabrera.  Both Furyk and Woods were trailing Cabrera by one late. 

Cabrera plays mainly on the European Tour. On the golf circuit he's also affectionately known as "El Pato" Cabrera (The duck) for his curious way of walking.

He 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 retained his card comfortably in his first three seasons and improved substantially to tenth on the Order of Merit in 1999. He has since finished in the top 15 of the Order of Merit on six occasions, with a best placing of fifth in 2005.

Cabrera'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.

Ángel Cabrera featured a highest of 9th in the Official World Golf Rankings on October 2005. He has been the top ranked Latin American player for some time.