ANGEL CABRERA FROM ARGENTINA WINS
UNITED STATES OPEN CHAMPIONSHIP

Angel Cabrera from Argentina exceeded even his own expectations by winning a gruelling US Open with a five-over-par total of 285 at Oakmont Golf Club, Pennsylvania.
Cabrera outlasted them all, even Tiger Woods, to win the championship for his first major title. With a one-under-par 69 in his final round, Cabrera finished at five over, edging Woods and Jim Furyk, both former US Open champions, by one shot.
"I never thought this was possible," Cabrera said. "I feel great. It's a great moment for me, I can't believe it."
He continued: "I watched all the majors on TV when I was a kid and I never thought I would be here at this moment. 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 US Open."
Both Woods and Furyk tried to drive the green at the 306-yard 17th but ran into trouble. Furyk bogeyed the hole from the rough to the left of the green and Woods was unable to get up and down for birdie from a greenside bunker.
"I had to hit a three wood and I was trying to put the ball at the flag or to the right," Woods said of his tee shot at 17.
"They haven't watered that green at all and it's all baked out, it's the hardest hole on the golf course."
It wasn't a bad tournament for English players. Nick Dougherty, the first round leader, finished joint seventh on 290, closing with a 71. Paul Casey and Justin Rose tied for 10th place on 291. Casey and Rose both signed off with 76s.

FINAL TOTALS
Par 280 (4 x 70)

285 Angel Cabrera (Arg) 69 71 76 69
286 Tiger Woods 71 74 69 72, Jim Furyk 71 75 70 70
287 Niclas Fasth (Swe) 71 71 75 70
289 David Toms 72 72 73 72, Bubba Watson 70 71 74 74
290 Jerry Kelly 74 71 73 72, Nick Dougherty (Eng) 68 77 74 71, Scott Verplank 73 71 74 72
291 Paul Casey (Eng) 77 66 72 76, Justin Rose (Eng) 71 71 73 76, Stephen Ames (Can) 73 69 73 76
292 Aaron Baddeley (Aus) 72 70 70 80, Steve Stricker 75 73 68 76, Hunter Mahan 73 74 72 73, Lee Janzen 73 73 73 73
293 Jeff Brehaut 73 75 70 75, Tim Clark (Rsa) 72 76 71 74, Carl Pettersson (Swe) 72 72 75 74
294 Vijay Singh (Fij) 71 77 70 76, Anthony Kim 74 73 80 67, Mike Weir (Can) 74 72 73 75
295 Ken Duke 74 75 73 73, Nick O'Hern (Aus) 76 74 71 74, Brandt Snedeker 71 73 77 74
296 J J Henry 71 78 75 72, Boo Weekley 72 75 77 72, Camilo Villegas (Col) 73 77 75 71, Stuart Appleby (Aus) 74 72 71 79
297 Peter Hanson (Swe) 71 74 78 74, Graeme McDowell (NIrl) 73 72 75 77, Charl Schwartzel (Rsa) 75 73 73 76, DJ Brigman 74 74 74 75, Fred Funk 71 78 74 74, Pablo Martin (Spa) 71 76 77 73
298 Jeev Milkha Singh (Ind) 75 75 73 75, Mathew Goggin (Aus) 77 73 74 74, Ian Poulter (Eng) 72 77 72 77, Tom Pernice jun. 72 72 75 79, Lee Westwood (Eng) 72 75 79 72, Shingo Katayama (Jpn) 72 74 79 73
299 John Rollins 75 74 74 76, Geoff Ogilvy (Aus) 71 75 78 75, Kenneth Ferrie (Eng) 74 76 77 72
300 Jose-Maria Olazabal (Spa) 70 78 78 74, Zach Johnson 76 74 76 74, Chris DiMarco 76 73 73 78, Ben Curtis 71 77 78 74, Olin Browne 71 75 80 74, Marcus Fraser (Aus) 72 78 77 73
301 Dean Wilson 76 74 76 75, Rory Sabbatini (Rsa) 73 77 78 73, Ernie Els (Rsa) 73 76 74 78, Charles Howell III 76 73 77 75
302 Anders Hansen (Den) 71 79 79 73, Michael Putnam 73 74 72 83
303 Chad Campbell 73 72 77 81
304 Bob Estes 75 75 77 77, Michael Campbell (Nzl) 73 77 75 79, Harrison Frazar 74 74 74 82, Kevin Sutherland 74 76 79 75
305 Jason Dufner 71 75 79 80
306 George McNeill 72 76 77 81