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Two-time major winner Ángel Cabrera will face domestic violence charges in his native Argentina after he was extradited Tuesday to his home country.
The former Masters and U.S. Open champion was arrested in Brazil and flown back to his homeland in handcuffs. He had been in hiding since August after failing to show up for a meeting with prosecutors in Cordoba.
Cabrera was on Interpol’s red list before he was apprehended last summer.
Three women, including partner Cecilia Torres Mana, have filed domestic abuse complaints against the 51-year-old Argentinian.
A police statement said Cabrera will face charges of inflicting minor injuries, threats and theft. He will stand trial on July 1.
“He is detained because the court considered that he was evading the trial,” prosecutor Laura Battistelli said.
Spain’s Jon Rahm posted Saturday on Twitter that he no longer is restricted to travel because of COVID-19 and is preparing to play in this week’s U.S. Open at Torrey Pines.
“After two negative tests in a 24-hole hour span and being cleared by health officials, it’s time to get ready for the US Open. Vamos!!” the post said.
Rahm, 26, tested positive at the Memorial Tournament and withdrew before the final day. He held a six-stroke lead after his Saturday round with a total of 18-under-par 193, matching the 54-hole Memorial records for his score and the size of his lead.
The world No. 2-ranked golfer is in pursuit of his first major championship. He has seven top-10 finishes in majors, including T3 at the U.S. Open in 2019 when Gary Woodland won the title at Pebble Beach.
Rickie Fowler’s hopes of playing in this week’s U.S. Open were dashed when he came up just short last Monday at Final Qualifying in Columbus, Ohio.
Fowler’s chip from behind the green on his 36th hole came up a couple of inches short, which meant he missed by one shot the five-man playoff for four spots.
It will be the first time Fowler will be absent from the U.S. Open field since 2010.
“It’s a grind, I’d much rather skip this day and be sitting at home,” he said. “But we’re in a good spot, I’m excited with where the game currently is coming off the PGA Championship and last week at Memorial. So, better stuff ahead.”
Fowler got a special invitation into the PGA Championship at Kiawah Island in South Carolina, where he bogeyed his 72nd hole to finish tied eighth. A par would have seen him finish fourth and earned him an automatic place in next year’s Masters.
The American Ryder Cup player missed this year’s Masters but watched the tournament unfold at Tiger Woods’ home in Florida.
A South African quintet of Charl Schwartzel, Thomas Aitken, Branden Grace, Erik van Rooyen and Dylan Frittelli were among the players who advanced from Final Qualifying, in addition to Scotland’s Martin Laird and Spain’s Rafa Cabrera-Bello.
Justin Thomas and Rahm are the latest big names to join the field at the Aberdeen Standard Investments Scottish Open, scheduled for July 8-11 at the Renaissance Club in North Berwick.
The current No. 2 and No. 3 players in the Official World Golf Ranking will join No. 4 Collin Morikawa, No. 6 Xander Schauffele and No. 11 Tyrrell Hatton in the field.
Thomas returns to the Renaissance Club having claimed a top-10 finish in his debut there in 2019.
“I can’t wait to get back to Scotland and the Renaissance Club,” he said. “I have a lot of good memories of playing in Scotland and it would be an awesome place to win a first Rolex Series title.”
Rahm will be making his first appearance in the championship.
Megha Ganne’s T14 finish in the U.S. Women’s Open brought her into the top 30 of the World Amateur Golf Ranking for the first time. She climbed 41 places to 30th after claiming the low amateur award at Olympic Club in San Francisco. Also, Sweden’s Maja Stark reached a personal best of fifth with a two-ranking move after finishing a stroke behind Ganne in a share of 16th place.
NCAA individual champion Turk Pettit from Clemson joined the top 20 for the first time. The senior from Alabama made a 14-place rise to 19th.
And England’s Jack Cope made a large jump after his victory in the St. Andrews Links Trophy. The 2020 English Amateur champion climbed 143 places to reach No. 29.
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