- Miguel Ángel Jiménez
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- For the Puerto Rican boxer with the same name see Miguel Jiménez
This name uses Spanish naming customs; the first or paternal family name is Jiménez and the second or maternal family name is Rodríguez.Miguel Ángel Jiménez 
Personal information Full name Miguel Ángel Jiménez Rodríguez Nickname The Mechanic Born 5 January 1964
Málaga, SpainHeight 5 ft 10 in (1.78 m) Weight 184 lb (83 kg; 13.1 st) Nationality 
SpainResidence Málaga, Spain Spouse Montserrat Bravo Ramirez (m.1991) Children Miguel Ángel (b.1995),
Victor (b.1999)Career Turned professional 1982 Current tour(s) European Tour (joined 1988) Professional wins 21 Number of wins by tour European Tour 18 (Tied 11th all time) Best results in Major Championships Masters Tournament T8: 2008 U.S. Open T2: 2000 The Open Championship T3: 2001 PGA Championship T10: 1999 Miguel Ángel Jiménez Rodríguez (born 5 January 1964) is a Spanish professional golfer. He has won 18 times on the European Tour.
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Early years
Jiménez first played on the European Tour in 1988 and improved steadily over the next few seasons. His first win on the tour came at the Piaget Belgian Open in 1992. During a fairly up and down career, he has so far had four main periods of success. In 1994 he finished fifth on the European Tour Order of Merit. One highlight was scoring an exceptionally rare albatross (double eagle) on the 17th hole at Valderrama, during the 1994 Volvo Masters, sinking his second shot on the par-5 hole with a 3-iron.[1]
After some weaker seasons he bounced back in 1998 and 1999, finishing fourth on the Order of Merit in consecutive years and winning four tournaments including the prestigious Volvo Masters. In 1999 he also came second in the WGC-American Express Championship, which is one of the elite World Golf Championships events, and made his Ryder Cup debut.
Career since 2000
In 2004 he once again bounced back from some modest seasons, notching up another fourth place finish on the Order of Merit, and winning four European Tour events, which was more than any other player. He maintained his form into 2005, winning the Omega Hong Kong Open, which is a European Tour event, and the Celtic Manor Wales Open. He has featured in the top 20 of the Official World Golf Rankings. Jiménez has had great success in team events representing Europe and Spain, winning the Alfred Dunhill Cup in 1999 and 2000, the Seve Trophy in 2000 and the Ryder Cup in 2004 and 2010.
In 2005 he won the Spanish Pairs final, with Andrés Jiménez at La Cala Resort in Andalucia, Spain.
2008 proved to be another good season with two wins, earning Jiménez a spot on the 2008 Ryder Cup team. He finished the season ranked fourth on the Order of Merit once more.
While defending his BMW PGA Championship title in 2009, Jiménez scored a rare albatross (double eagle) by holing a 206-yard six-iron on his second shot on the par-five fourth. It was the second such feat of his competitive career.[2]
In February 2010, Jiménez won the Omega Dubai Desert Classic, beating Lee Westwood in a playoff[3] and in July added the Alstom Open de France, beating Alejandro Cañizares and Francesco Molinari on the first hole of a playoff. He won his third event of the year at the Omega European Masters, finishing three strokes ahead of Edoardo Molinari
Personal
He is known as "The Mechanic" for his preference for repairing, rather than driving, high performance vehicles, especially his red Ferrari.
Professional wins
European Tour wins (18)
No. Date Tournament Winning Score Margin of
VictoryRunner(s)-up 1 27 Sep 1992 Piaget Belgian Open -10 (71-70-64-69=274) 3 strokes 
Barry Lane2 24 Jul 1994 Heineken Dutch Open -18 (65-68-67-70=270) 2 strokes Howard Clark3 10 May 1998 Turespana Masters Open Baleares -9 (69-68-70-72=279) 2 strokes Miguel Ángel Martín4 20 Sep 1998 Trophée Lancôme -11 (67-70-67-69=273) 2 strokes 
David Duval, Mark O'Meara,
Jarmo Sandelin, 
Greg Turner5 14 Mar 1999 Turespana Masters - Open Andalucia -24 (69-66-62-67=264) 4 strokes Steve Webster6 31 Oct 1999 Volvo Masters -19 (68-67-69-65=269) 2 strokes 
Retief Goosen, 
Pádraig Harrington,
Bernhard Langer7 19 Oct 2003 Turespana Mallorca Classic -6 (72-67-65=204) 1 stroke José María Olazábal8 1 Feb 2004 Johnnie Walker Classic -17 (70-66-67-68=271) 2 strokes 
Thomas Bjørn, 
Jyoti Randhawa9 4 Apr 2004 Algarve Open de Portugal -16 (69-66-70-67=272) 2 strokes 
Terry Price10 16 May 2004 BMW Asian Open -14 (71-66-70-67=274) 3 strokes Simon Dyson11 29 Aug 2004 BMW International Open -21 (68-66-67-66=267) 2 strokes 
Thomas Levet12 5 Dec 2004 Omega Hong Kong Open -14 (65-64-71-66=266) 1 stroke Pádraig Harrington, James Kingston13 5 Jun 2005 Celtic Manor Wales Open -14 (63-67-70-62=262) 4 strokes Martin Erlandsson, José Manuel Lara14 18 Nov 2007 UBS Hong Kong Open -15 (65-67-66-67=265) 1 stroke 
K.J. Choi, Robert Karlsson,
Thongchai Jaidee15 25 May 2008 BMW PGA Championship -11 (70-67-72-68=277) Playoff Oliver Wilson16 7 Feb 2010 Omega Dubai Desert Classic -11 (70-67-68-72=277) Playoff Lee Westwood17 4 July 2010 Alstom Open de France -11 (71-69-66-67=273) Playoff Alejandro Cañizares, 
Francesco Molinari18 5 Sep 2010 Omega European Masters -21 (67-61-68-67=263) 3 strokes Edoardo MolinariOther wins (3)
- 1988 Open de L'inforatique (France)
- 1989 Benson & Hedges Trophy (with Xonia Wunach-Ruiz)
- 1999 Oki Telepizza - Olivia Nova (Spain)
Results in major championships
Tournament 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 The Masters DNP DNP DNP DNP CUT DNP DNP DNP CUT U.S. Open DNP DNP DNP DNP T28 DNP DNP DNP T23 The Open Championship T80 DNP T51 CUT T89 CUT CUT DQ CUT PGA Championship DNP DNP DNP DNP T13 T24 DNP DNP T10 Tournament 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 The Masters T49 T10 T9 CUT DNP T31 T11 T44 T8 T46 U.S. Open T2 CUT DNP DNP DNP CUT T16 DNP T6 CUT The Open Championship T26 T3 CUT DNP T47 DNP DNP T12 CUT T13 PGA Championship T64 DNP DNP DNP T31 T40 DNP CUT CUT T36 Tournament 2010 2011 The Masters T12 T27 U.S. Open CUT CUT The Open Championship T27 T25 PGA Championship CUT T64 DNP = Did not play
CUT = missed the half-way cut
DQ = Disqualified
"T" = tied
Yellow background for top-10.Results in World Golf Championship events
Tournament 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 Accenture Match Play Championship R64 QF DNP DNP DNP R64 R32 R32 R64 R64 Cadillac Championship T2 T25 NT1 DNP DNP T16 T41 DNP DNP T26 Bridgestone Invitational T27 36 T36 DNP DNP T27 57 T54 DNP T10 Tournament 2009 2010 2011 Accenture Match Play Championship R32 R64 QF Cadillac Championship DNP T63 T55 Bridgestone Invitational T6 T22 72 HSBC Champions DNP T41 T38 1Cancelled due to 9/11
DNP = Did not play
QF, R16, R32, R64 = Round in which player lost in match play
"T" = Tied
NT = No tournament
Yellow background for top-10.
Note that the HSBC Champions did not become a WGC event until 2009.Team appearances
- Ryder Cup (representing Europe): 1997 (Non-playing Assistant Captain - winners), 1999, 2004 (winners), 2008, 2010 (winners)
- Alfred Dunhill Cup (representing Spain): 1990, 1992, 1993, 1994, 1995, 1996, 1997, 1998, 1999 (winners), 2000 (winners)
- World Cup (representing Spain): 1990, 1992, 1993, 1994, 2000, 2001, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2007, 2008
- Seve Trophy (representing Continental Europe): 2000 (winners), 2002, 2003, 2005, 2007, 2009, 2011
See also
- Rupesh Shingadia dressed as Miguel Angel Jimenez [1]
References
- ^ The Golf Channel, broadcast of 2010 Andalucia Masters, Oct. 30, 2010
- ^ Casey holds on for Wentworth win
- ^ "Miguel Angel Jimenez beats Lee Westwood in Dubai". BBC Sport. 2010-02-07. http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/golf/8502914.stm. Retrieved 2010-02-08.
External links
- Miguel Ángel Jiménez at the European Tour official site
- Miguel Ángel Jiménez at the PGA Tour official site
- Miguel Ángel Jiménez at the Official World Golf Ranking official site
Categories:- Spanish golfers
- European Tour golfers
- PGA Tour golfers
- People from Málaga (city)
- 1964 births
- Living people
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