Like the rest of her countrymen, Duramed FUTURES Tour member Maria Laura Elvira of Buenos Aires, Argentina is still celebrating last week’s playoff victory at The Masters by Angel Cabrera. It was a long-awaited win by an Argentine following Roberto De Vicenzo’s ill-timed signing for the wrong score at the 1968 Masters. His incorrectly signed scorecard cost the Argentine a playoff with eventual Masters champion Bob Goalby. Instead of a final-round 65, De Vicenzo erroneously signed for a 66 – making him more widely remembered for his scorecard gaffe at the Masters than for his victory at the 1967 British Open.

“Futbol [soccer] is still the most popular sport in our country, but this win at the Masters will help make golf bigger,” said Elvira. “Roberto made golf big at home, but Angel’s win is important now for today’s players. It’s like, ‘If he can win, why not us?’ For sure, it was on the front page of the national newspaper because it’s a big deal.”

Elvira has met Cabrera, but says they are not close. Still, with her compatriot coming to Louisiana next week for the PGA Tour’s Zurich Classic of New Orleans, she plans to make a little detour on her way to Texas to possibly salute the new Master’s champion and to see good friend Andres Romero, also an Argentine member of the PGA Tour.

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