About Ángel Cabrera Ángel Cabrera (pronounced /ˈɑːnhɛl kəˈbrɛrə/ in English) (born 12 September 1969) is an Argentine professional golfer who plays mainly on the European Tour. He is known affectionately as "El Pato" (The duck) for his waddling gait. He is a former U.S. Open champion and the current Masters champion. He is the first Argentine to win either The Masters or the U.S. Open.Cabrera was born in Córdoba, Argentina, the son of a changarin and a maid who split up when he was three or four, leaving him in the care of his paternal grandmother. He stayed with her until he was 16, when he moved in a few feet away, to the house of Rivadero Silvia, twelve years his senior, and a mother of 4 boys: Marcelo, Lucas, Miguel and Víctor. She was his maternal figure. They had a son, Federico, four years later, followed by another, Ángel, two years later. Cabrera and Silvia has never been married, they are officially separated. When Cabrera was 10 he became a caddy at the Córdoba Country Club, which he says almost became his home. Cabrera had to quit school to take up the job full time. He learned golf playing against other caddies for money. His fierce determination and powerful swing soon caught the eye of members, one of whom, Juan Cruz Molina, a local real estate magnate, bought him his first set of clubs when he was 16. With his stocky figure and habit of smoking at every hole, Cabrera cut a distinctive figure on the course although he has now given up smoking and chews gum instead. He is also acknowledged as having one of the biggest swings in the game. His son Federico became a professional golfer in 2008.