| Pablo Larrazábal | |||
|---|---|---|---|
 Larrazábal at the 2011BMW International Open | |||
| Personal information | |||
| Full name | Pablo Larrazábal Corominas[1] | ||
| Born | (1983-05-15)15 May 1983 (age 42) Barcelona, Spain | ||
| Height | 1.78 m (5 ft 10 in) | ||
| Weight | 79 kg (174 lb; 12.4 st) | ||
| Sporting nationality |  Spain | ||
| Residence | Barcelona, Spain | ||
| Career | |||
| Turned professional | 2004 | ||
| Current tour | European Tour | ||
| Former tours | Challenge Tour LIV Golf | ||
| Professional wins | 10 | ||
| Highestranking | 50 (4 June 2023)[2] (as of 23 November 2025) | ||
| Number of wins by tour | |||
| European Tour | 9 | ||
| Sunshine Tour | 2 | ||
| Other | 1 | ||
| Best results in major championships | |||
| Masters Tournament | DNP | ||
| PGA Championship | T45: 2011 | ||
| U.S. Open | CUT: 2014, 2023 | ||
| The Open Championship | T30: 2011 | ||
| Achievements and awards | |||
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Pablo Larrazábal Corominas (born 15 May 1983) is a Spanishprofessional golfer who plays on theEuropean Tour. He also played in the inauguralLIV Golf Invitational Series event at theCenturion Club.
In 1983, Larrazábal was born inBarcelona, Spain. He attended high school in theUnited States and returned to Spain in 2002 with the intention of turning professional but his father made him work on the family fish farm inCantabria to understand the value of money.[3]
In 2004, Larrazábal turned professional. Larrazábal played in 8 events on theChallenge Tour in 2006 and made 7 cuts. His best finish came at theVodafone Challenge where he was tied for seventh, his only top ten finish of the year. He earned €7,160 on the year and finished 138th on the money list.
Larrazábal played in 17 events in 2007 and made 10 cuts while recording two top 10 finishes and six top 25 finishes. His best finish came at thePostbank Challenge where he finished in fourth. He earned €21,596 on the year and finished 69th on the money list. Larrazábal finished in a tie for sixth atQ-School and earned his card for the European Tour's 2008 season.
In his rookie season on tour, Larrazábal played in 28 events and made 17 cuts. Larrazábal won his first title on the European Tour at theOpen de France where he led after all four rounds;[1] he had gained entry to the tournament through a 36-hole qualifier.[4] He also had an impressive finish at theMadrid Masters where he finished in third. Larrazábal recorded three top 10 finishes and 7 top 25 finishes. He finished in 18th on the Order of Merit, earning €960,858. This propelled him to theSir Henry Cotton Rookie of the Year award.
Larrazábal had an inconsistent year in 2009 on the European Tour, with only a single top ten finish, and three top 25 finishes. He finished ranked 86th on the inauguralRace to Dubai. The following season was not much better for Larrazábal, making 18 of 31 cuts and finishing in the top ten on three occasions. He earned €332,500 in the 2010 season and finished 88th in the Race to Dubai standings.
Larrazábal started the 2011 season with a fifth-place finish in India at theAvantha Masters before finishing third in his home country's national tournament, theOpen de España finishing three strokes behind the winnerThomas Aiken. A month later he finished fourth at theSaab Wales Open shooting a 67 during the final round to move through the field and into the top five. In June 2011, Larrazábal won his second European Tour title at theBMW International Open inMunich beating compatriotSergio García in a sudden death playoff. Both men entered the final round trailing by two strokes, but fired rounds of 68 to finish on sixteen under par. Larrazábal had a putt to win outright at the 72nd hole but that slipped by, allowing García to birdie the last to take them into a playoff. After both players made birdies at the 18th, on the first and second playoff holes, they advanced to the par three 12th and the par three 17th, where Larrazábal let two more ten footers slide by for the championship. However at the fifth extra hole, the par five 18th, García ran his eagle putt four feet past, with Larrazábal two feet away in three. García's birdie putt then lipped out and Larrazábal holed out for victory.[5]
This win came three weeks after Larrazábal had missed out in a playoff himself in anOpen Championship qualifier at Sunningdale, but the win has ensured himself of a place at the2011 Open Championship atRoyal St. George's. Larrazábal ended the season ranked 17th on theRace to Dubai, his highest finish to date.
Larrazábals best finishes in 2012 were a pair of tied for second places: at theReale Seguros Open de España in May and at theKLM Open in September.[6]
In January 2014, Larrazábal won theAbu Dhabi HSBC Golf Championship by one stroke overRory McIlroy andPhil Mickelson.[7] In a bizarre incident in April, Larrazábal was attacked by a swarm ofhornets during the second round of theMaybank Malaysian Open and resorted to jumping into alake to escape.[8] He received around 20 stings, but still managed to card a round of 68.[8]
In June 2015, Larrazábal won his secondBMW International Open inGermany. This was his fourth career title on theEuropean Tour.
In December, Larrazábal won theAlfred Dunhill Championship atLeopard Creek Country Club in South Africa by one stroke overJoel Sjöholm. This event was also co-sanctioned by theSunshine Tour.[9]
Larrazábal claimed his sixth European Tour victory in March at theMyGolfLife Open in South Africa. He beatJordan Smith with a birdie at the second extra hole of a playoff afterAdri Arnaus had been eliminated on the first playoff hole.[10] A month later, at theISPS Handa Championship in Spain, Larrazábal shot a final-round 62 to win by one shot ahead ofAdrián Otaegui. It was his seventh European Tour win.[11]
In April, Larrazábal won his eighth European Tour title at theKorea Championship by two strokes ahead ofMarcus Helligkilde.[12]In May, he won theKLM Open in the Netherlands, winning by two shots overAdrián Otaegui.[13]
Larrazábal's older brotherAlejandro wonThe Amateur Championship in 2002, with the teenage Pablo acting as caddy.[14] Their Venezuelan father Gustavo and Catalan mother Elena both played golf to a high standard.[3][15][1]
Larrazábal is a lifelong friend of formerFC Barcelona playerAndrés Iniesta, having attendedLa Masia together when they were younger.[16]
In 2008, Larrazábal won theSir Henry Cotton Rookie of the Year award.
| No. | Date | Tournament | Winning score | Margin of victory | Runner(s)-up |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 29 Jun2008 | Open de France Alstom | −15 (65-70-67-67=269) | 4 strokes |  Colin Montgomerie |
| 2 | 26 Jun2011 | BMW International Open | −16 (68-67-69-68=272) | Playoff | Sergio García |
| 3 | 19 Jan2014 | Abu Dhabi HSBC Golf Championship | −14 (69-70-68-67=274) | 1 stroke |  Rory McIlroy, Phil Mickelson |
| 4 | 28 Jun2015 | BMW International Open (2) | −17 (70-66-69-66=271) | 1 stroke |  Henrik Stenson |
| 5 | 1 Dec 2019 (2020 season) | Alfred Dunhill Championship1 | −8 (66-69-70-75=280) | 1 stroke | Joel Sjöholm |
| 6 | 13 Mar2022 | MyGolfLife Open1 | −22 (63-65-71-67=266) | Playoff | Adri Arnaus, Jordan Smith |
| 7 | 24 Apr 2022 | ISPS Handa Championship in Spain | −15 (67-68-68-62=265) | 1 stroke | Adrián Otaegui |
| 8 | 30 Apr2023 | Korea Championship2 | −12 (68-70-71-67=276) | 2 strokes |  Marcus Helligkilde |
| 9 | 28 May 2023 | KLM Open | −13 (66-73-67-69=275) | 2 strokes | Adrián Otaegui |
1Co-sanctioned by theSunshine Tour
2Co-sanctioned by theKorean Tour
European Tour playoff record (2–2)
| No. | Year | Tournament | Opponent(s) | Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2011 | BMW International Open | Sergio García | Won with birdie on fifth extra hole |
| 2 | 2011 | Johnnie Walker Championship at Gleneagles | Thomas Bjørn, George Coetzee,Mark Foster, Bernd Wiesberger | Bjørn won with birdie on fifth extra hole Foster eliminated by par on fourth hole Larrazábal eliminated by par on second hole Wiesberger eliminated by par on first hole |
| 3 | 2022 | MyGolfLife Open | Adri Arnaus,Jordan Smith | Won with birdie on second extra hole Arnaus eliminated by birdie on first hole |
| 4 | 2025 | Bapco Energies Bahrain Championship | Dan Brown,Laurie Canter | Canter won with birdie on first extra hole |
| No. | Date | Tournament | Winning score | Margin of victory | Runner-up |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 28 Apr2012 | Peugeot Alps de Barcelona | −16 (64-65-65=194) | 4 strokes | Ivó Giner |
Results not in chronological order in 2020.
| Tournament | 2008 | 2009 | 2010 | 2011 | 2012 | 2013 | 2014 | 2015 | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Masters Tournament | |||||||||||
| U.S. Open | CUT | ||||||||||
| The Open Championship | T70 | CUT | T30 | T45 | CUT | CUT | CUT | ||||
| PGA Championship | CUT | T45 | CUT | CUT | CUT | CUT | CUT |
| Tournament | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Masters Tournament | |||||
| PGA Championship | CUT | T65 | |||
| U.S. Open | CUT | ||||
| The Open Championship | NT | CUT | CUT |
CUT = missed the half-way cut
"T" = tied
NT = No tournament due toCOVID-19 pandemic
| Tournament | Wins | 2nd | 3rd | Top-5 | Top-10 | Top-25 | Events | Cuts made |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Masters Tournament | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| PGA Championship | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 2 |
| U.S. Open | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| The Open Championship | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 3 |
| Totals | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 20 | 5 |
Results not in chronological order before 2015.
| Tournament | 2008 | 2009 | 2010 | 2011 | 2012 | 2013 | 2014 | 2015 | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Championship | 79 | T66 | T72 | 64 | |||||||||
| Match Play | T33 | NT1 | |||||||||||
| Invitational | 76 | 74 | T63 | T50 | |||||||||
| Champions | T20 | T14 | NT1 |
1Cancelled due toCOVID-19 pandemic
QF, R16, R32, R64 = Round in which player lost in match play
NT = no tournament
"T" = tied
Note that the HSBC Champions did not become a WGC event until 2009.
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