Premier Ewart Brown could have been forgiven for throwing things at the television in frustration last night as Tiger Woods once again lost out for the second major running to a much lower-profile golfer.

Argentine Angel Cabrera qualified for the PGA Grand Slam of Golf — to be held in Bermuda in October — by winning the US Open at the notoriously treacherous Oakmont Country Club yesterday, winning by a mere shot from the world number one and fellow American Jim Furyk.

In both major championships so far this year — the Masters and now the US Open — Woods has finished second. At the Masters in April, the most famous player in golf lost out in the race for the green jacket to the relatively unknown Zach Johnson.

He now has two more opportunities — at the British Open in July and the PGA Championship in August — to qualify for the Grand Slam, a two-day strokeplay tournament held at the end of the season featuring the year’s four major winners.

The Grand Slam is being used by the Department of Tourism primarily as a marketing tool, with the benefits of Woods’ presence obvious to all involved with event, which is to be staged at the Mid-Ocean Club.

“Obviously, I’m pleased to see such a talented golfer win his first ever major championship, but it’s no secret that I was pulling for Tiger Woods at the Masters and I was pulling for him again at the US Open,” Brown said yesterday.

“So I’m a little disappointed, yet still optimistic because there are two tournaments down, two to go.

“I got an e-mail from (Opposition Leader and golf enthusiast) Michael Dunkley saying that he was watching all afternoon, and like me, he had his fingers crossed for Tiger. We both understand that adding Tiger to the scorecard would put Bermuda’s tourism product on the international stage in way like we’ve never seen before.”