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Think his nickname is "El pato", which is indeed "The Duck", but "El Plato" would be just as appropriate this week, being "The Silver" - or money in colloquial usage.

Great to see Cabrera win, but did feel a bit sorry for the old man - I thought he looked like the champion after his tee-shot at 16 - I guess he started to think so too.

What an evening of golf. Woods and Mickelson set the night up superbly and really got me on the edge of my seat for the rest of the evening. The double bogey at 12 ultimatly cost leftie his playoff slot too but what a pairing.

Then after that warm up Campbell, Cabrera and Perry provided some real drama, at times some real magic and at other times some real head scratching moments which all just added to it. Well done to Angel for winning, i thought Perry would do it as he was consistantly solid all day until the 16th then it seemed as if he realised he was on to win it.

But who ever said golf was boring to watch?

in s america silver or money is called la plata whereas el plato actually means the plate

Great Masters very exciting. well done Cabrera. Pity about Gary Linekar's dreadfully inane commentary. Please drop him from Golf tournaments. Let him stick to soccer.

Great tournament. Pity we got to see so little golf - yes I know all about the limited coverage permitted by the Masters and the dependency on CBS...it's just a pity. Actually I watched and enjoyed more golf on the Amen Corner red button option (and so avoided having to listen to the inane comments of Alliss and co. He really is a spent force and an embarrassment to the ´óÏó´«Ã½. Isn't it time he was put out to grass? Can't bother to comment on GL....)but what golf we did see was special, from a very special place.

Not a great article. Cabrera did not make an 8 foot putt to get in the play-off, it was about 3 feet.

I think that American golf looks strong again, after decade of Woods standing alone with Mickelson largely in his shadow, we now have young US players who look like potential champions. I rate the following players:
1. Sean O'Hair;
2. Hunter Mahan; and
3 Antony Kim.

My worry is that Poulter, Rose and Casey all look like top 20 players but seem to have levelled out without any one of them moving to the top table. Padraig needs a tougher course where grinding out pars and scrambling a score is rewarded.

I backed Cabrera in the play off. I remember Kenny Perry choking against Mark Brooks in the PGA and he choked again. Chad Campbell is a bland golfer, there is nothing inspirational about him. He would have been a poor champion. The Duck ia a championship golfer, he nearly won Paul Lawrie's Open and now he has 2 majors which is fitting reward for someone with his talent.

As for McIlroy, a future contender has arrived, whether he is a winner at this level is a question for him to answer. To date, he has looked a nervy player in a finish.

A special word Shingo, a great tournament.

Really enjoyed your articles Rob, Thanks! Hope you give yourself a treat and drive down to HHI for the Heritage.

Do your press colleagues who won the ballot to play today get a raincheck?

I'm very concerned and unhappy with the European golfers showing at this 1st Major , especially the Brits. The main 'names' are experienced, mature and have had lots of entries into the top events including Majors and are Harrington apart just not doing the business.
By the age of 30, Sevvy, Lyle, Faldo, Woosy ,Ollie , Langer had at least a handful of Majors between them, so what's the difference now.
Probably cash... most of the young uns are multi millionaires by now, so the riches of the game, don't seem to include winning the BIG ONES.!?
I don't see Monty's job being easy at all in the next Ryder Cup, the American's from lefty down the order, look far stronger than the Europeans.
Tiger is still by himself, give him 3 months and he will be winning 50% of his entries yet again.

holy-moley, i don't know what ymasters you were watching but cabrera's putt was 8, not three feet. It was a great putt, middle of the hole under the nerviest of circumstances...

Don't get me wrong, I did not want Cabrera to win. However, I must give credit where it is due and to be perfectly honest this man showed drive, determination and guts to stay in the hunt. In all reality he should not have even gone on to playoff hole # 2, but in all sports you need a little luck in your repertoire.

Congratulations. You deserved it.

I thought during the third round that Cabrera would win; but Mickelson could have been there if he hadn't missed short, straight putts for eagle and birdie on late holes. But I would have liked Perry to win, having led virtually throughout and most unlikely to ever have such a chance again. Well played, Kenny, just not well enough at the death.

Watched the coveragee in Kuwait courtesy of Fox Sports and CBS, with Nick Faldo, amongst others, giving sensible and meaningful commentary. Backed Cabrera after Friday, so well chuffed, although Perry should have had it!! One inch away from winning after the regular 72 holes! Well done Cabrera. Great to watch, and did keep the US commentators quieter and more sensible than banging on and on about Leftie and Woods once they were out of it! Although both had to endure the most daft of questions from CBS idiots!!

The best final day at the master that I can remember, largely down to Phil Mickelsons submlime early play and return to the puttting frailties which have dogged him at Augusta for so long. And I'm glad after seeing Tiger thread the needle so many times through the trees, that finally he did what we all do when we try to do the same and twatted it off a tree trunk. He is mortal after all.

And is it me or did Sam Torrance have money on Cabrera, he tipped him the other day and got very excited every time he did anything after that. I think ol Sam has made a few this weekend.

I think the Mickelson/Woods partnership made the last day. I think without it, we might have been stuck with a bit of a dull day dominated by Perry's collapse on 17 and 18. But Mickelson and then Woods had everyone excited early on, and Cabrera seems a good guy that the crowd warmed to eventually. (even if it was a fairly typical partisan US crowd.)

Best Masters for a while mind!

Yes I am glad that Senor Cabrera won.Like others I am disturbed by the American medias' fascination of Tiger Woods.Mention is made of Kenny Perry's "collapse" on the 17th and 18th holes -- who else BOGIED those holes -- the icon TIGER WOODS.Kenny Perry came out of the tournament with a huge amount of dignity and sportsmanship.he deserves a lot of credit for his post tournament comments and behaviour. However USA only likes or praises winners!!! The media over here in general do not appear to like the truth or an honest opinion they have turned on Sergio's comments about the course almost to a man.He is now accused of being "petulant" when all he is doing is expressing his opinion,albeit a minority one,about a course which is "tricked up".I hope some of the European press come to his defense.

Tiger Woods had a gracelessness, which happily fell well short of the boorishness of his unpleasant Antipodean caddie, on his post-match interview, and his gamesmanship prior to the tee off with Phil Michelson was unpleasant. (See today's "Telegraph")

Peter Aliss made a point of complimenting Phil Michelson following HIS post match interview, where Michelson came across as warm and generous, describing the match with Woods as "fun".

I suspect that the PR people behind the Woods Corporation should have a word with Woods and his porter. The public face is not appealing, once the surface is scraped, and the bubble could easily burst.

Best Master's in a long time. Cabrera struggled all day, but came up with the shots and putts when he needed to. Kenny Perry is pure class.....after losing, said he was proud of Cabrera.....not too many gentlemen left in sports. Congratulations to Mr. Perry for keeping things in perspective...it's still just a game.

On the other hand, CBS should not show Tiger Woods' face when he misses a putt....I could read the stream of four letter words coming from his mouth...usually the first one began with an F. He constantly scowls on the course (unless he's winning by 10 strokes). The media calls this focus,passion and determination.....but to me, he seems like a brat, petulent, un-caring, and maybe a bit unbalanced. He's the best player in world (probably the best ever)but I'm sick of it and even though I'm an American, I'm quickly becoming an ABT (anyone but Tiger).

madeiraman57 - i think your looking too much into this final positions of this years masters. If you look back to last years Open Championship there where 7 european players in the top 10 including 1st and 2nd places, more than players from the USA and aswell at last years USPGA where there where 5 european golfers in the top 10 compared to 3 americans again including 1st and 2nd. I think it was just an off week for the europeans as the course was certainly set up easier than usually is.