GOLF: The MajorsThe year started with Argentinean Ángel Cabrera adding another Majors trophy to his shelf after he grabbed ‘The Masters’ at the Augusta National Golf Club. His classic 12 under par made him the first Argentine to win either The Masters or the US Open (2007). Cabrera beat American Kenny Perry to claim the USD 7,500,000 prize money.
Later in June, American golfer Lucas Glover went on to claim his first Majors title, The US Open at the Black Course of Bethpage State Park with a 4 under par score of 276. Glover fought under the influence of continuous rains to win the extravagant prize money of USD 7,500,000.
A month later, in July, Stewart Cink from Scotland also went on to clinch the first Majors trophy of his career, that is, the Open Championship. Competing for prize money of USD 8,600,000, Cink defeated 59 year-old Tom Watson after a four-hole playoff, having not held the outright lead during regulation play. Watson, who had the chance to win his sixth Open, could have become the oldest major champion in history during regulation play, but was unable to make par on the final hole to drop into a tie with Cink.
And finally, the last of the Majors championship, the PGA Championship, too went to a new title-holder, South Korean Yang Yong-eun. Yang’s three strokes victory marked the historical moment of the four-time champion Tiger Woods failing to win a Major he had led after 54 holes. Yang also became the first Asian-born player to win a men’s major championship.