Pablo Larrazabal

Brother of 2002 British Amateur champion Alejandro, for whom Pablo caddied at the Masters the following year. He finished his final year of High School in 2002 in the United States. He returned to Spain and wanted to turn professional straight away. But his father, Gustavo, who played for Venezuela in the World Cup, had other ideas, making his son work on the family fish farm to learn and understand the value of money and a day's hard labor. At 21, Pablo turned professional and competed on the Challenge Tour for two years before winning his full Tour card at Qualifying School in November 2007. An excellent second round of 66 put Pablo in a fantastic position, and the young Spaniard took advantage to earn his European Tour card.
Burst onto the scene in 2008, a year which culminated in him being named the Sir Henry Cotton Rookie of the Year, when he won the Open de France ALSTOM after coming through the 36-hole pre-qualifying event at Chantilly the week before many of the European Tour's biggest stars arrived at Le Golf National in Versailles. The son of a fish farmer from Santander, he overwhelmed a field that included Angel Cabrera, Lee Westwood, and Colin Montgomerie, who finished in second place, four strokes behind Larrazabal, who recorded an impressive maiden Tour win.
He added a second win in 2011 at the BMW International Open, where he edged out compatriot Sergio Garcia in a playoff. He finished the year 17th in the Race to Dubai with earnings of 1,183,040
2012 Notes: Finished 37th in the Race to Dubai, with a pair of runner-up finishes at the Reale Seguros Open de Espana and the KLM Open.
2013 Notes: Finished 17th in the Race to Dubai in 31 starts and had eight top-ten finishes; the best was 4th at the Trophee Hassan and Irish Open.
2014 Notes: He started the year with a bang, winning at Abu Dhabi by one shot over Rory McIlroy and Phil Mickelson; he added another top-ten with a T-8th at Maybank Malaysian Open, then T-7th at the BMW PGA Championship and T-8th at the BMW International Open. He got to play in the U.S. Open, The Open, and PGA Championship missing the cut in all three. After that had a pair of T-5ths at the KLM Open and Volvo World Match Play Championship. He finished 28th in the Race to Dubai.
2015 Notes: Played in 24 European Tour events making 17 cuts with 2, top-tens. They had a T-3rd at the Trophee Hassan, then at the BMW International, shot a final round 66 and won, beating Henrik Stenson by a shot. Finished the year 51st in the Race to Dubai with euros752,209 in earnings.
2016 Notes: Played in 26 European Tour events making 18 cuts with 4 top-tens. Best finish T-6th at the Maybank Championship. Was again 51st in the Race to Dubai with euros719,503.
2017 Notes: Played in 26 European Tour events making 18 cuts with three top-ten finishes. He played well early; in his first event of the season, he was T-8th at the UBS Hong Kong Open, and his 2nd season event was T-2nd at the Abu Dhabi Championship, with 1 shot back of winner Tommy Slideway. He was 3rd at the Volvo China Open, one back of the Levy/Frittelli playoff. He was T-55th at the season-ending DP World Tour Championship, Dubai. He finished the year 45th in the Race to Dubai with earnings of euro919,965.
2018 Notes: Played in 22 European Tour events making 14 cuts with three top-ten finishes. Shot 64-66 on the weekend to finish T-3rd at the Maybank Championship, three shots back of winner Shubhankar Sharma. He was T-4th at the Commercial Bank Qatar Masters, three shots back of winner Eddie Pepperell. He was T-4th at the Hero Indian Open, four shots back of the Matt Wallace/Andrew Johnston playoff. He was T-11th at the KLM Open. He couldn't qualify for the DP World Tour Championship; Dubai finished the year 67th in the Race to Dubai with earnings of euro548,168.
2019 Notes: Played in 26 European Tour events making 18 cuts with five top-ten finishes. He was T-9th in the Alfred Dunhill Championship and T-6th at the Abu Dhabi Championship. He was T-8th at the Betfred British Masters and T-4th at the Made In Denmark. He was T-7th at the Porsche European Open. For the second year in a row wasn't able to qualify for the DP World Tour Championship, Dubai, and finished the year 70th in the Race to Dubai with earnings of euro626,489.
2020 Notes: Played in 21 European Tour events making 16 cuts with two top-ten finishes. He started the season winning the Alfred Dunhill Championship, shooting 75 as he struggled with blisters on his feet during the final day, beating Joel Sjohollm by a shot. Was T-7th at the Commercial Bank Qatar Masters. In his last 14 events, his best finish was T-21st at the Betfred British Masters. In the season-ending DP World Tour Championship, Dubai, he finished T-48th. He was 34th in the Race to Dubai with earnings of euro502,805.
2021 Notes: Played in 20 European Tour events making 11 cuts with one top-ten finish. He was T-8th at the Italian Open. Though unable to qualify for the DP World Tour Championship, Dubai finished 112th in the Race to Dubai with earnings of euro263,019.
2022 Notes: Played in 21 DP World Tour events making 14 cuts with five top-ten finishes. He was 23rd in the Race to Dubai. Was T-3rd at the Ras al Khaimah Classic, six-shot back of winner Ryan Fox. He won for the six-time at the MyGolfLife Open in South Africa. He shot 67 in the final round but tied Jordan Smith and Adri Amaus and won with a birdie on the second playoff hole. At the Commercial Bank, Qatar Masters led after the 1st and 2nd but shot 75-74 to finish T-5th, three shots back of winner Ewen Ferguson. Shot a final round of 62 to claim his seventh DP World Tour title of his career and a first on home soil in the ISPS Handa Championship. He recorded nine birdies and a solitary bogey despite the windy conditions to finish 15 under par, a shot ahead of fellow Spaniard Adrian Otaegui. Was T-5th at the BMW International Open, five shots back of the Haotong Li/Thomas Pieters playoff. In the season-ending DP World Tour Championship was T-47th.
2023 Notes: Was T-10th at the Hero Indian Open. He won the Korea Championship by two shots over Marcus Helligkilde and then three weeks later won the KLM Open by two shots over Adrian Otaegui.