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From Paul Forsyth, Times Online

British immigrants built Argentina’s railways at the end of the 19th century, it led to the construction of a golf course near almost every station. Among them was the famous Jockey Club, just outside Buenos Aires. In 2001, it hosted the Open de Argentina, the only time it has been sanctioned by the European Tour. Its winner was Angel Cabrera.

It was the first of four European Tour titles for the beefy Argentine. His second was the 2002 Benson & Hedges International Open at the Belfry, his third the 2005 BMW Championship at Wentworth, and his fourth that momentous US Open at Oakmont last week. What price a fifth at Carnoustie next month? As the big-hitter’s playing partners often complain, you wouldn’t put it past him.

The 37-year-old is only the second Argentine to win a major title, the first in 40 years, but it was at Carnoustie in 1999 that the tough nut with a cracking drive first demonstrated his taste for adversity. On the course where countryman Jose Durado was runner-up in 1931, Cabrera tied for fourth, one stroke shy of the playoff, despite knee-high rough, finger-like fairways and weather that had the rest of the field up in arms.

Unusually for a man who is as long off the tee as he is twitchy on the greens, Cabrera likes it when the heat is on. He has enjoyed a top10 finish in seven majors, and survived the cut in eight consecutive US Opens. In last year’s Open at Royal Liver-pool, where Roberto De Vicenzo won in 1967, he was seventh.

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