Cameron smith on Angel playing in the Masters

Cameron smith on Angel playing in the Masters

I have to say, when I heard the 2009 green jacket winner was going to tee it up this year I wasn’t as quick as others in rushing to judgement.

I thought it was best to wait and hear from the man himself or even Augusta National before offering my thoughts.

I believe in rehabilitation and in offering second chances to those that commit very serious offences.

But after hearing what Cabrera had to say earlier in the week and reading between the lines from the complete wall of silence from the green jackets I’ve made up my mind pretty clearly.

Angel Cabrera should be nowhere near The Masters and it’s downright shameful he should be allowed to waltz back through the door as if nothing happened.

Don’t know about you, but seeing Cabrera grinning from ear-to-ear at the past champions’ dinner on Tuesday evening made me feel a bit sick.

Take a look these comments made by one his victims and ask yourself whether or not he is worthy a spot in the field this week:

“From the beginning of our relationship, Ángel called me constantly asking where I was and what I was doing. 

“Within months of starting the relationship, the attacks, insults, and threats began.

“I couldn’t go to the supermarket or the gym. 

“Ángel always believed I was going to be with another man. He followed me and took my cellphone. 

“When he traveled, I would stay at my house, and when he returned, I went to his. We were rarely apart at the beginning of the relationship.

“Ángel forbade me from seeing my brother Cristian because he worried Cristian would introduce me to a friend. 

“From the moment he met my family, he would not let me see them. I could not visit my mom, who was dying of cancer, because I might meet someone else.

“Sometimes, Ángel would video call me when he was on tour, and I had to show him where I was and who I was with. I began to feel very anxious and suffocated.

“He made me do very kinky things and hit me if I refused. 

“If Ángel was with his friends in a meeting, I had to be in the bedroom without an Internet connection. It was very humiliating. – Cecilia Torres Mana (Via Orato)

The trauma that he inflicted on his former partners will be with them for the rest of their lives.

How does Cabrera sleep at night?