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Gol
f Wr
i
t
er
s Tr
ophy Wi
nner
I
n what has been a f
ant
ast
i
c year f
or
t
he Spani
ar
d, Gar
ci
a has j
ust been
awar
ded t
he Gol
f Wr
i
t
er
s Tr
ophy
,
wi
nni
ng by an over
whel
mi
ng maj
or
i
t
y
of vot
es. Thi
s accol
ade has added t
o
what has been an amazi
ng year
.
Wi
nni
ng t
he Omega Dubai Deser
t
Cl
assi
c i
n Febr
uar
y
, t
hen cl
ai
mi
ng hi
s
f
i
r
st Gr
een Jacket def
eat
i
ng Just
i
n
Rose, i
n a t
hr
i
l
l
i
ng sudden deat
h
pl
ay-
of
f i
n Apr
i
l
. Gar
ci
a’
s next vi
ct
or
y
came at t
he Andal
uci
a Val
der
r
ama
Mast
er
s t
our
nament
, wher
e he won
comf
or
t
abl
y
.
Thi
s i
s t
he second t
i
me Gar
ci
a has
been awar
ded t
he Gol
f Wr
i
t
er
s
Tr
ophy
. Back i
n 1999, Gar
ci
a was
r
unner
-
up t
o Ti
ger Woods, a mer
e 19
year
s of age, at t
he PGA
Champi
onshi
p at t
he Medi
nah
Count
r
y Cl
ub near Chi
cago. t
hi
s was
a pi
vot
al br
eakt
hr
ough i
n Gar
ci
a’
s
car
eer and a f
i
t
t
i
ng awar
d at such an
ear
l
y age.
“
I
t i
s a t
r
emendous honour t
o be
r
ecogni
sed as t
he AGW Gol
f
er of t
he
Year by t
he Associ
at
i
on’
s member
s,
”
sai
d Gar
ci
a. “
I
t i
s somet
hi
ng t
hat i
s
ver
y di
f
f
i
cul
t t
o achi
eve, so i
t
’
s al
ways
a pl
easur
e. To be vot
ed t
he awar
d f
or
a second t
i
me, i
t i
s ext
r
emel
y exci
t
i
ng
and hopef
ul
l
y I wi
l
l be abl
e t
o wi
n i
t
agai
n.