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Ángel Cabrera secures first PGA TOUR Champions win at James Hardie Pro Football Hall of Fame Invitational

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Ángel Cabrera seals first PGA TOUR Champions win at James Hardie

Ángel Cabrera seals first PGA TOUR Champions win at James Hardie

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    Ángel Cabrera, who held at least a share of the lead after each of the first two rounds, earned his first win on PGA TOUR Champions by two strokes over K.J. Choi at the James Hardie Pro Football Hall of Fame Invitational.

    Ángel Cabrera, 68-66-71 – 205 (11-under)

    • The 55-year-old earned his first win on PGA TOUR Champions (26 starts)
      • Previous best finish: fourth (2024 SAS Championship)
    • Snapped a winless streak of 10 years, nine months (or 3,927 days), dating back to the 2014 Greenbrier Classic (PGA TOUR)
    • Earned an exemption on PGA TOUR Champions through the end of the 2026 season
    • This is his low 54-hole score on PGA TOUR Champions (205)
      • Previous low 54-hole score: 207 (2024 Stifel Charity Classic)
    • Making his third start of the 2025 season on PGA TOUR Champions, his previous best finish was T19 (Trophy Hassan II)
      • Moves up to No. 10 in the Charles Schwab Cup standings
    • Started the week as second alternate and got into the field when Mark Hensby withdrew
      • This is the second consecutive week with an alternate winning the event on PGA TOUR Champions (Steve Allan was first alternate at last week’s Galleri Classic)
    • Becomes the third first-time winner of the 2025 season on PGA TOUR Champions
      • Previous instances: Justin Leonard (Chubb Classic), Steve Allan (The Galleri Classic)
    • This is the 13th victory by a player from Argentina on PGA TOUR Champions
      • Previous winners: Eduardo Romero (5), Vicente Fernandez (4), Roberto De Vicenzo (2), Ricardo Gonzalez (1)
    • Won three times on the PGA TOUR, including two majors (288 starts)
      • PGA TOUR wins: 2007 U.S. Open; 2009 Masters Tournament; 2014 Greenbrier Classic

    Other notes

    • Choi finished runner-up at 9 under after closing with 69. Playing alongside Ángel Cabrera in the final group, Choi birdied Nos. 15 and 16 to tie the lead with two holes to play. Cabrera birdied No. 17 to take a one-shot lead before Choi three-putted No. 18 for bogey.
      • This is Choi’s eighth top-two finish on PGA TOUR Champions (95 starts).
    • World Golf Hall of Fame member Retief Goosen finished third at 8 under after closing with 68. This is his 15th top-three finish on PGA TOUR Champions (126 starts).
    • Thomas Bjørn and Joe Durant each finished T4 at 7 under.
    • Miguel Angel Jiménez finished sixth at 6 under to remain atop the Charles Schwab Cup standings. He has finished in the top 10 in five of his six starts in 2025.
    • Jerry Kelly carded the low 18-hole score of the week with a final-round 7-under 65 to move from T41 to T7 on the leaderboard.
    • Steve Flesch withdrew during the final round.
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