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December 02, 2009
Cabrera and Johnstone win betterball at Gary Player
In the professional betterball competition, Masters champion Angel Cabrera capped a spectacular debut in the Gary Player Invitational when he teamed up with senior professional Tony Johnstone to win and - golf aside - the tournament exceeded expectation when it raised a record amount of approximately R5-million for underprivileged children.
Cabrera and Johnstone won the 36-hole tournament by three strokes on 15 under par, closing with a betterball score of 65 - hardly surprising considering both are current Masters champions, with Cabrera having won the green jacket at Augusta National this year and Johnstone having won the British Senior Masters.
‘We dovetailed superbly,” Johnstone said of the five birdies they made coming in to take the title. “Angel is a pleasure to play with because he is so relaxed. You feel like he might just start yawning at any moment during the round.”
Cabrera was delighted with the victory, which is his first in Africa.
“Now the only continent where I haven’t won is Australia,” he said, before adding that Antarctica was obviously also not on his win list yet. And it doesn’t look like they’ll be building a golf course there anytime soon.
“I had a great time playing with Tony. It’s been a long time since I last saw him and I thoroughly enjoyed it. It was a pity that we couldn’t pull it off in the team competition as well but maybe we can try again next year.”
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