Argentine golfer Ángel Cabrera is set to return to a PGA Tour major tournament after spending two and a half years in prison convicted for gender-based violence. The two-time major winner from Córdoba will compete in the 2025 Masters in Augusta, Georgia, a tournament he won in 2009.

It’ll be the first time Cabrera will play at the Masters since 2019, when he exited after the 36-hole cut. Former Masters champions have a life-long invitation to play at Augusta, where he will be the only Argentine national competing.

Cabrera was convicted in his native Córdoba in 2021 for the charges of assaulting, threatening and intimidating Cecilia Torres Mana, his partner between 2016 and 2018. He was detained in January 2021 in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, where he had fled justice, after an Interpol Red Notice was put out for him.

He was first accused of gender-based violence in 2016, when then-girlfriend Silvia Rivadero filed a complaint for physical assault. Later, two former partners — Torres Mana and Micaela Escudero — accused him of physical and verbal assault. He was sentenced to two years in prison, which was later extended to four and a half.

In November 2022, he admitted to his crimes and apologised. He reached an agreement with the accusers and a judge granted a reduction of the conviction to two years and four months.

After returning to action in December 2023, Cabrera won the James Hardie Pro Football Hall of Fame Invitational in Boca Raton, Florida on Sunday. The tournament is part of the PGA Champions Tour, a series reserved for players aged 50 and over.

Cabrera took the first of his two major titles at the US Open in 2007, beating Tiger Woods by a single shot in Oakmont, Pennsylvania. His Masters title two years later in 2009 at Augusta took him to new heights, taking home to Córdoba the famous green jacket awarded to the winning player. He was the first Argentine and South American player to win both titles.