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Article: Unlikely champion First, the focus was on Tiger and Phil. Then on Kenny Perry and Chad Campbell. But Argentina's Angel Cabrera emerged the winner.(Sports)
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- The Virginian-Pilot (Norfolk, VA)
- Article date:
- April 13, 2009
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Augusta, Ga.
The cheers came from every corner , the kind of mayhem that had been missing at the Masters.
The last one was for Angel Cabrera, a most unlikely champion.
He heard the roars for Phil Mickelson and Tiger Woods, a supercharged duel that was pure theater. Cabrera never lost hope when a roar rattled the pines after Kenny Perry got within inches of an ace on the 16th hole to build a two-shot lead with two holes to play.
This is how it's supposed to be on Sunday at Augusta National.
"It's a course that you can do a lot of birdies, a lot of bogeys," Cabrera said through an interpreter. "A lot of magical things happen.
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