MASTERS champion Angel Cabrera is in the enviable position of being able to play as badly as he wants these two weeks – and still earn a fortune.

Cabrera was in Bermuda yesterday for the second round of the 36-hole fourman Grand Slam and even if he was beaten by the year’s other three major winners, last place money of £120,000 should soften the blow.

Next week, he is at the Volvo World Match Play and even if he loses all three of his group games and fails to advance to the semi-finals he will walk away with nearly £110,000.

Such are the riches on offer to those at the top of the golfing tree – but that has not stopped Cabrera taking an overnight flight across the Atlantic so that he can also compete at the Castello Masters in Spain today.

And there he will actually have to play well if he wants to collect more big bucks at the weekend. The draw has been kind to the 40-year-old from Argentina. He is among the later starters and can therefore catch up on some sleep first.

Assuming he wakes up in time and can find his way to the tee, Cabrera will be partnering Martin Kaymer on his return from two months out injured. The 24-year-old German broke toes in a gokart crash in Arizona and during his lay-off has dropped from first to third on the European Tour money list.

With new leader Lee Westwood and Rory McIlroy both resting before next week’s Match Play in Marbella, Kaymer has the chance to go back to the top on Sunday.

But he would have to win the £300,000 first prize for that.

Tournament host Sergio Garcia is also the defending champion on his home course in a year when he is still searching for a top three finish.