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Pablo Martin: Dunhill Defense & Race to Dubai Redux

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Pablo Martin 2009/2010
Alfred Dunhill Championship
Exactly one year ago upon winning the 2009/2010 Alfred Dunhill Championship, Pablo Martin proudly cradled the regal looking bronze leopard trophy.

His down to the wire, one-stroke victory over Charl Schwartzel at Leopard Creek Country Club  had earned him the impressive trophy and made him the first golfer to win on the European tour as both an amateur and a professional.  It also earned him a short-lived lead in the 2010 Race to Dubai.

Pablo Martin 2010/2011
Alfred Dunhill Championship
Flash forward 365 days and the picture is practically identical:  Same young man (he's only 24-years-old)... same beautiful course... same stately sculpted leopard.   There was even another nail-biting finish.  The only major difference being that with his  2010/2011 Alfred Dunhill Championship win the Spaniard becomes the first man to retain a Euro Tour title since Padraig Harrington won a second straight British Open in 2008.

And in what's been a banner year for athletes from Spain, Pablo Martin's successful title defense is one more reason for Spanish sports fans to celebrate. ¡Claro que si! Felicitaciones a Pablo y a España.

December 12, 2009 - Photos by Warren Little/Getty Images Europe
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5 comments:

  1. LisaS12/14/2010 4:46 PM

    I can't believe that was a year ago maybe Pablo can join the ranks of the young guns this year. Unless 24 is too old to be a young gun. ;)

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  2. JB12/14/2010 4:48 PM

    That trophy is pretty cool. I'd rather win that than the one Manaserro got.

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  3. langston12/14/2010 7:14 PM

    Lisa, Dustin Johnson is 25 and he is often referred to as a young gun.

    Pablo Martin went from from 286th to 182nd in the rankings but he's still got a long ways to go. What I'm saying is, it's not the young Pablo is lacking, it's the gun. ;)

    That said, who knows what 2011 will bring for anyone?

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  4. ashgolf12/14/2010 7:20 PM

    What about the Nike hats? One's black on white, the other's white on black. That's definitely mixing it up. ;)

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  5. Alejandro José Castillo12/14/2010 11:55 PM

    If you come in Spain you see there are very beautiful golf courese and now golfers man and woman are playing real well. I hope you come there some day.

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