We all fail, at times, to do more random acts of kindness. Pick up a stranger's $3 tab when he's struggling to cover it with dimes. Help an older lady with a flat tire on the side of the road. Help someone move instead of golfing. Angel Cabrera, who has been gifted with a talent we all dream of having, wasn't short of helping others out last week.
At the Deutsche Bank Championship, Cabrera decided to take care of the lesser-known workers on the PGA Tour -- the 2009 Masters champion picked up all the meals for the caddies the entire week, deciding not to disclose the price it would lessen him.
The caddie whose player won the previous week typically will pick up the tab for one meal (breakfast or lunch), a tradition that has been around almost as long as the Caddywagon. But a player paying for an entire week?Parked somewhere near the course is a thing called the Caddywagon, that serves meals for caddies at the tune of $5 a pop. Cabrera walked into the wagon and said he'd be buying the meals all week for anyone with a bag.
"That's unheard of," said Chuck Mohr, the looper for Bob Estes.
You know how people say that everyone should work in the service industry at one point so they know how to treat/tip their waiters and waitresses? Cabrera is a good example of this. The Argentinian caddied back in his younger days, so he gets the act of touting a bag for someone and how tough it can be.
After winning the Masters, he said he "wanted to give the guys a present," but his playing schedule on the PGA and European tours didn't allow him an opportunity sooner.It's the little things that make or break character. Opening doors, smiling at strangers, understanding that the waitress you have is new and is being slammed with eight tables at the same time. Sure, the bill Cabrera was saddled with probably won't even be a blip on his financial radar, but I guarantee in years to come, the caddies won't forget what El Pato did.
"It is customary in Argentina that when you win a tournament, you invite the caddies to dinner," said Cabrera, who started out as a caddie himself. "I was just waiting for the right time."
In a world of beaten girlfriends and contract holdouts, these little stories make you hopeful. I just wish there were more Cabreras around to show others the definition of manners.
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Pretty class act in my book changes my opinion about the man,outstanding
I SALUTE You Angel Cabrera ...........
It's those little things that makes the world turns....
*This world could use a lot more like him. Salute, Angel! Tradition or not, it's pure CLASS! He's probably annoyed that this is being reported--guys like that don't do it for notoriety, but we need to hear about these things.
I too was a caddy as a youngster..You never forget the ones that treated you like you were more than a golfers pack mule. I REALLY like this guy.
Nice going El Pato.
He is from humble origins and looped as a youngster at a prestigious club in Argentina. A few members showed him kindness by paying his expenses at early local tournaments.
It is nice to see such a gesture made by a cool guy.
The Duck soars in my mind now.
He really don't care about anybody but himself. He did this gesture so the press can talk about him. He is so gridy. When he was 16 years old he moved in with his aunt's friend 15 years his senior and a mother of 4 boys his age, she abandoned them like he was abandoned by his parents because seh beacame pregnant with their first child. With all the money that he makes her 4 boys are still liivng in the poverty. Do not tell me this guy is humble and he likes to help. He's seeking for fame.why he doesn't help these 4 boys?
manners..this guy is an ignorant rude. You should see when he yell at this caddy I was watching him practicing and I saw him throwing a shirt on the floor because his caddy didn't fold it well. He was yellign at him . The caddy picked the shirt and fold it well again. This guy doesn't have any education or manners he just does these gestures to show of....