Cabrera wins second senior major in seven days

Angel Cabrera finished one shot clear of Padraig Harrington and Thomas Bjorn to win the Senior PGA Championship

Angel Cabrera won the Senior PGA Championship at Congressional to secure his second senior major title in seven days.

The 55-year-old from Argentina followed his win at the Regions Tradition on Monday with victory in Maryland.

Cabrera, the 2007 US Open winner and 2009 Masters champion, overhauled Padraig Harrington in the closing holes to win by one shot.

Irishman Harrington ended in a tie for second place with Denmark's Thomas Bjorn, another former European Ryder Cup player and captain.

In April, Cabrera missed the cut in his first appearance at the Masters for six years following his release from prison.

He was found guilty in 2021 of charges which included assault and intimidation of former partners.

Cabrera was released in August 2023 after serving 30 months in South American prisons, and has apologised in subsequent interviews.

Cabrera eligible for 2026 US PGA Championship

Analysis: Iain Carter, BBC golf correspondent

As a former winner of the Masters, Cabrera has a lifetime exemption to play the Augusta tournament and this Senior PGA victory provides another ticket to compete at major championship level.

The 55-year-old becomes eligible for next year's US PGA at Aronimink, in the way that 2024 Senior PGA winner Richard Bland, 52, was able to compete at Quail Hollow earlier this month.

Bland, arguably playing the best golf of his long career, finished in a creditable share of 37th in North Carolina and beat several current superstars by qualifying for the weekend action.

Cabrera, who missed the cut on his return to the Masters in April, will be among the favourites to succeed Bland as US Senior Open champion in Colorado Springs next month as well as for July's Senior Open at Sunningdale.