Angel Cabrera

Angel Cabrera has never competed in the Masters since 2019, due to a conviction of family assault and intimidation for two former partners.

2009 Masters champion Cabrera was sentenced to 30 months in jail in Brazil and Argentina and was released in August 2023. Cabrera was unable to play in the 2024 Masters due to visa issues last April, but he was in the field of iteration in 2025. The PGA Tour suspended Cabrera after his 2021 conviction, but restored his identity when he was released.

The two-time major champion spoke with the Daily Mail this week before returning to Augusta Nationals and opened and returned to golf during his prison.

“Now, I’m fine,” Cabrera told the Daily Mail. “But I’m sorry for everything I did wrong in the past. I also abandoned my very, very important years with frustration. I made a mistake.

“This is one of the worst things that can happen to human beings, not being able to get freedom. It’s really hard to lack freedom, it’s really hard. On the other hand, you know, I can tell you that the most important thing I feel right now is a second chance, a chance to go back to the right track.”

Cabrera’s legal troubles began in 2016 when his ex-wife, Silva Rivadero, claimed that he had beaten her and verbally threatened her. Cabrera’s two ex-girlfriends also filed charges of domestic violence and physical and verbal abuse. In 2020, Cabrera flew to Akron, Ohio to compete in the PGA Tour event before appearing in court in Argentina. He did not inform local authorities, which triggered a red notice from Interpol. In January 2021, Cabrera was arrested by Brazilian officials in Rio de Janeiro. He spent four and a half months in the infamous Plácido De Sá Carvalho prison before he was eventually extradited to Argentina in June 2021 to be tried for domestic violence, intimidation and theft.

Cabrera was found guilty of two mana attacks on his ex-girlfriend Cecilia Torres. He spent the next 18 months in Carcel de Bouwer an Argentine prison nicknamed “The Prison of Hell”.

Cabrera told the Daily Mail that his experience in Carcel de Bouwer was much better than his time at Plácido De Sá Carvalho.

Cabrera told the Daily Mail that it was not a dangerous environment, it was not a dangerous environment, it was not a dangerous environment, so it was not a dangerous environment, so it was not a dangerous environment.

In November 2022, Cabrera returned to court for another trial and was ruled to beat his ex-girlfriend, Micaela Escudero. He was sentenced to two years and four months in prison in total, and was sentenced at the same time.

At the end of 2022, Cabrera was transferred to Monte Cristo, the minimum security prison, who was allowed to cook on his own and obtained a cell phone that could earn a one-day pass to go home. Although other cases are still under trial, he was granted an early release. He had to ask for permission to leave his native Argentina.

Cabrera spoke with Golf Digest in 2023, admitting he was guilty and being ashamed of his actions.

“I repent and embarrassed,” Cabrera told Luis Fernando Llosa. “I made a serious mistake. I refused to listen to anyone, do what I wanted, the way I wanted and what I wanted. That was wrong. I asked Michira for forgiveness. I forgive Celia. When I was in the worst case, they crossed the misfortune with me. I was not a devil, but I did bad things.”

Over the past few years, the Masters have been in absences related to LIV Golf (Phil Mickelson in 2022 and Greg Norman in 2023). But while it is understandable that people are concerned about the crimes that Cabrera, who has committed someone with a crime, committed in the most prestigious game of golf, Masters Chairman Fred Ridley said Cabrera has welcomed Cabrera back to the Masters and is one of the “great champions” of the tournament.

“This is where every golfer wants to be,” Cabrera told the Daily Mail, who returned to Augusta Country.