It was a “quiet” scene Tuesday on the annual Masters Champions Dinner in honor of 2024 victor Scottie Scheffler.
In a night that paid tribute to Scheffler, 28, and two-time Masters champion Bernhard Langer, who’s teeing it up for the ultimate time at Augusta this week, the gathering of victors additionally featured the return of Angel Cabrera, now two years faraway from imprisonment stemming from assaults towards ex-partners.
“It was a quiet dinner — quieter than regular,” mentioned Tommy Aaron, the 1973 Masters champion, based on Golfweek. “[Moderator Ben] Crenshaw welcomed Angel Cabrera again to the desk, and likewise paid tribute to Bernhard for his final Masters. However neither Angel or Bernhard spoke.”
Cabrera, who received his first and solely inexperienced jacket in 2009, spent 30 months behind bars in South America and was launched in 2023.
When requested Tuesday what warranted his return to Augusta, the 55-year-old cited his earlier win and replied, “Why not?”
Cabrera, the 2007 U.S. Open winner, then expanded on making the most of second possibilities.
“Life has given me one other alternative,” he mentioned. “I’ve received to reap the benefits of that and do the correct issues on this second alternative. Clearly, I remorse issues that occurred, and also you study from them.”
Cabrera, who hails from Argentina, will play the primary two rounds in a grouping that features Laurie Canter of England and American Adam Schenk.
They tee off at 10:59 a.m. on Thursday and can open the second spherical at 7:51 a.m. on Friday.
In the meantime, Scheffler’s quest for back-to-back Masters titles begins at 10:15 a.m. on Thursday, when he’ll compete alongside American Justin Thomas and Jose Luis Ballester, an newbie from Spain. His second spherical begins Friday at 1:23 p.m.
Scheffler was accompanied to Tuesday’s dinner by his spouse, Meredith, who skipped final 12 months’s match as she readied to provide beginning to the couple’s first youngster.
Scheffler introduced son Bennett’s beginning in Could.
