| Pablo Martín | |
|---|---|
| Personal information | |
| Full name | Pablo Martín-Benavides |
| Born | 20 April 1986 Málaga, Spain |
| Height | 1.80 m (5 ft 11 in) |
| Nationality | Spain |
| Residence | Malaga, Spain |
| Career | |
| College | Oklahoma State University |
| Turned professional | 2007 |
| Current tour(s) | European Tour |
| Professional wins | 3 |
| Number of wins by tour | |
| European Tour | 3 |
| Best results in Major Championships |
|
| Masters Tournament | DNP |
| U.S. Open | T30: 2007 |
| The Open Championship | DNP |
| PGA Championship | DNP |
| Achievements and awards | |
| Haskins Award | 2006 |
Pablo Martín-Benavides (born 20 April 1986) is a Spanish professional golfer.
Martín was born in Málaga, and attended Oklahoma State University in the United States. He was awarded the Haskins Award in 2006 and featured in the top ten of the World Amateur Golf Ranking. He won the 2005 Porter Cup.
In April 2007, Martín became the first amateur ever to win a European Tour event when he captured the Estoril Open de Portugal title.[1] As an amateur, he had to forfeit the winner's prize money of €208,330, but the win still granted him exemption on the European Tour until the end of 2009. He turned professional in June 2007, and completed the season playing on both the European Tour and the PGA Tour, relying on sponsors' invitations for PGA Tour events.
Martín did not enjoy immediate success on the European Tour after he turned professional, with only a single top ten finish in the 2008 and 2009 seasons but managed to retain his card for the 2010 season by finishing 118th on the 2009 Race to Dubai. However in the first event of the 2010 season, the Alfred Dunhill Championship, he won again to become the first player to win on the European Tour as both an amateur and as a professional.[2] In December 2010, he defended this title winning the 2011 Alfred Dunhill Championship.[3]
Contents |
| No. | Date | Tournament | Winning Score | Margin of Victory |
Runner(s)-up |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 1 Apr 2007 | Estoril Open de Portugal (as an amateur) |
-7 (73-70-66-68=277) | 1 stroke | Raphaël Jacquelin |
| 2 | 13 Dec 2009 (2010 season) |
Alfred Dunhill Championship (co-sanctioned with Sunshine Tour) |
-17 (68-63-71-69=271) | 1 stroke | Charl Schwartzel |
| 3 | 12 Dec 2010 (2011 season) |
Alfred Dunhill Championship (co-sanctioned with Sunshine Tour) |
-11 (69-70-68-70=277) | 2 strokes | Anthony Michael, Thorbjørn Olesen, Charl Schwartzel |
| Tournament | 2007 | 2008 | 2009 | 2010 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| The Masters | DNP | DNP | DNP | DNP |
| U.S. Open | T30 | DNP | DNP | T82 |
| The Open Championship | DNP | DNP | DNP | DNP |
| PGA Championship | DNP | DNP | DNP | DNP |
DNP = Did not play
CUT = missed the half-way cut
"T" = tied
Green background for wins. Yellow background for top-10.
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