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From Gary D''Amato, NBC Sports

It''s a long way from Cordoba, Argentina, a small town near the foothills of the Sierras Chicas mountains, to the top of the golf world.

On Sunday, Angel Cabrera beat enormous odds and reached the summit. The elementary school drop-out, who caddied as a teenager to put food on the family table, won the 107th U.S. Open Championship after a wild final round that at various points saw six different golfers hold or share the lead. Cabrera shot a 1-under-par 69 at Oakmont Country Club and then had to wait 40 excruciating minutes in the clubhouse while Tiger Woods and Jim Furyk tried desperately to catch him. "I was definitely feeling nervous," Cabrera said. "I knew that I could do no more to lower my score so I was only waiting and hoping." In the end, it came down to Woods, the No. 1-ranked player in the world. He needed to birdie the 18th hole to force a playoff but his curling 35-foot putt trickled slowly and harmlessly past the right side of the cup. Cordoba, watching on Television and fidgeting with the cap from an energy drink, leaped to his feet and embraced his caddie.

"I watched all the majors on TV when I was a kid and I never thought I would be here at this moment," he said. "It is very difficult to describe this moment. Probably tomorrow, when I wake up with this trophy beside me in my bed, I will realize that I have won the U.S. Open."

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