Paula Martí Zambrano (born 29 January 1980) is a

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from Spain. She used to be a member of the

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and now plays the Ladies European Tour.

Amateur career

Martí was born in

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, Catalonia, Spain. As an amateur, she was National Spanish Champion in 1996 and a member of the European Junior Ryder Cup teams of 1995 and 1997. She moved to the United States in 1998, and graduated from Saddlebrook Prep School and the Arnold Palmer Golf Academy. She was 1998 AJGA All-American. Martí attended the

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in Gainesville, Florida, United States, where she played for the

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team in 2000 and was recognized as a second-team All-

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(SEC) selection. She turned professional in 2000, starting her professional career on the Ladies European Tour in 2001.

Professional career

She had two victories in her rookie season, winning the

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and Ladies British Masters. In 2002 Marti won the EDUCOM ALPG Players' Championship, came second at the

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and topped the money list on the Ladies European Tour. She was a member of the

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European

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Team and was awarded the Spanish Royal Order of Merit for Sports in the bronze category. At the end of 2002, she tied for 31st at the LPGA Final Qualifying Tournament to earn non-exempt status for the 2003 LPGA season. During 2003–2005 her best

finish was a tie for sixth at the Franklin American Mortgage Championship. She teamed with Ana Belen Sánchez to represent Spain at the inaugural

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in 2005 and teamed with Marta Prieto in the 2006

. She did not play on the LPGA in 2006 due to the birth to her first child, son Izan Corretja. Marti returned to the LET in 2007. She finished tied 3rd at the MFS Women's Australian Open Championship, her first event of the season. She posted seven top ten finishes in seventeen 2007 starts however was not selected for the 2007 Solheim Cup team. Marti finished second at the 2007 Deutsche Bank Ladies Swiss Open, losing to

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at the fourth extra hole of a play-off. In 2008, she posted ten top ten finishes, including three runner-up spots, ending the year ranked 8th on the tour's money list. She had a second son with partner Ivan Corretja, a boy named Jan, on 22 November 2010.

Professional wins (3)

Ladies European Tour wins

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(2)

, Kellogg's All-Bran Ladies British Masters

ALPG Tour wins

*2002 (1) EDUCOM ALPG Players' Championship

Team appearances

Amateur *

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(representing Spain): 1997 (winners) * Junior Ryder Cup (representing Europe): 1997 Professional *

(representing Europe):

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(representing Spain): 2005, 2006, 2008

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Marti, Paula Spanish female golfers Golfers from Catalonia Florida Gators women's golfers Ladies European Tour golfers LPGA Tour golfers Solheim Cup competitors for Europe Sportspeople from Barcelona 1980 births Living people 20th-century Spanish women 21st-century Spanish women