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 normal,” mentioned Tommy Aaron, the 1973 Masters champion, in keeping with Golfweek. “[Moderator Ben] Crenshaw welcomed Angel Cabrera back to the table, and also paid tribute to Bernhard for his last Masters. But 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 benefiting from second possibilities.
“Life has given me another opportunity,” he mentioned. “I’ve got to take advantage of that and do the right things in this second opportunity. Obviously, I regret things that happened, and you learn 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 novice 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 present start to the couple’s first baby.
Scheffler introduced son Bennett’s start in Might.
