PABLO A WINNER AGAIN ... BUT ON THE GECKO TOUR

By COLIN FARQUHARSON

Colin@scottishgolfview.com
So Pablo Martin, the three-time winner on the European Tour player from Spain, did stoop to conquer - he won a play-off against England's John E Morgan to claim the 2,000 Euros first prize in the two-day, 36-hole Gecko Pro Tour event at Atalya Golf and Country Club on Spain's Costa del Sol today.
A bogey at the last in a second-round 69 (38-31) for 11-under-par 133 meant that Martin, who had had an eagle 2 at the 11th and birdies at the 12th, 14th, 15th and 17th, finished up with the same two-round total as Morgan (68-65).
Morgan, pictured above, birdied the first, fourth, sixth, eighth, 11th, 12th, 14th and 17th in halves of 33-32.
Martin won the play-off ... at which hole we don't know at the time of writing: 2,000 Euros to Pablo
and 1,000 Euros to John.
Martin was the first amateur to win on the European Tour k

was a winner very early on the European Tour having been an outstanding junior golfer - possibly won the British boys' championship, if I recall correctly. But his star waned on the European Tour and he eventually lost his players' card and
I don't think he played on the Challenge Tour latterly.
LEADING FINAL TOTALS
Par 144 (2x72)
133 Pablo Martin (Spain) 64 69 (38-31), John E Morgan (England) 68 65 (33-32). Martin won sudden-death play-off.
135 Juan Quiros (Spain) 69 66
137 James Maw (England) 68 69, Lloyd Kennedy (England) 67 70.

SELECTED OTHER TOTALS
139 James Watts (England) 68 71 (8th)
141 Rod Bastard (England) 73 68, Brian Casey (Ireland) 69 72 (T9)
142 Adam Sagar (England) 71 71 (T16)
143 Sam Connor (England) 71 73, Mike Kelly (Ireland) 70 73 (T21).
144 Luke Johnson (England) (am) 71 73 (T25)
145 William Harrold (England) 73 72 (T27)
147 Rhodri Fieldhouse (Wales) 76 71, Luke Donnelly (Ireland) (am) 72 75 (T30)
148 Matt McAlpin (England) 76 72, Rob Aldred (England) 78 70, Jason Kelly (England) 71 77 (T34)
149 Gary Walsh (Ireland) 75 74 (T40)
150 Jack Winer (England) 75 75 (T42)
151 Simon Ward (Ireland) 79 72 (T47)
153 Scott Freer (England) (am) 75 78, Brian Sweeney (Ireland) 77 76 (T56)
154 Nick Garland (England) 78 76 (T59)
155 David Gregory (England) 79 76 (T61)
156 Jamie Storey (England) 83 74 (T63)
159 Matthew Heath (England) (am) 82 77 (71st)
160 Daragh Conlon (Ireland) (am) 80 80 (72nd)
162 Sean Denny (Ireland) (am) 76 86 (76th)
Field of 84 players.