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Miguel Ángel Jiménez |
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| Personal
information |
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Full name |
Miguel Ángel Jiménez |
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Nickname |
The Mechanic |
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Born |
5 January 1964 (1964-01-05)
(age 46)
Málaga, Spain |
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Height |
5 ft 10 in (1.78 m) |
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Weight |
184 lb (83 kg; 13.1 st) |
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Nationality |
 Spain |
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Residence |
Málaga, Spain |
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Spouse |
Montserrat (m.1991) |
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Children |
Miguel Ángel (b.1995),
Victor (b.1999) |
| Career |
|
Turned professional |
1982 |
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Current tour(s) |
European Tour (joined
1988) |
|
Professional wins |
18 |
| Number of wins
by tour |
|
European Tour |
15
(14th all
time) |
Best results in
Major Championships
|
| The
Masters |
T8: 2008 |
| U.S.
Open |
T2: 2000 |
| Open
Championship |
T3: 2001 |
| PGA
Championship |
T10: 1999 |
Miguel Ángel Jiménez (born 5 January 1964) is a
Spanish professional golfer. He is known as
"The Mechanic" for his preference for repairing, rather than
driving, high performance vehicles, especially his gleaming red Ferrari.
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. 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.
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.
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.
Professional
wins
European Tour wins
(15)
| No. |
Date |
Tournament |
Winning Score |
Margin of
Victory |
Runner(s)-up |
| 1 |
27 Sep 1992 |
Piaget Belgian Open |
-10 (71-70-64-69=274) |
3 strokes |
 Barry Lane |
| 2 |
24 Jul 1994 |
Heineken Dutch Open |
-18 (65-68-67-70=270) |
2 strokes |
Howard
Clark |
| 3 |
10 May 1998 |
Turespana Masters Open Baleares |
-9 (69-68-70-72=279) |
2 strokes |
Miguel Ángel Martín |
| 4 |
20 Sep 1998 |
Trophée Lancôme |
-11 (67-70-67-69=273) |
2 strokes |
 David Duval, Mark O'Meara,
 Jarmo Sandelin,
 Greg Turner |
| 5 |
14 Mar 1999 |
Turespana Masters - Open Andalucia |
-24 (69-66-62-67=264) |
4 strokes |
Steve Webster |
| 6 |
31 Oct 1999 |
Volvo
Masters |
-19 (68-67-69-65=269) |
2 strokes |
 Retief Goosen,
 Pádraig
Harrington,
 Bernhard
Langer |
| 7 |
19 Oct 2003 |
Turespana
Mallorca Classic |
-6 (72-67-65=204) |
1 stroke |
José María Olazábal |
| 8 |
1 Feb 2004 |
Johnnie Walker Classic |
-17 (70-66-67-68=271) |
2 strokes |
 Thomas Bjørn,
 Jyoti
Randhawa |
| 9 |
4 Apr 2004 |
Algarve Open
de Portugal |
-16 (69-66-70-67=272) |
2 strokes |
 Terry
Price |
| 10 |
16 May 2004 |
BMW Asian
Open |
-14 (71-66-70-67=274) |
3 strokes |
Simon Dyson |
| 11 |
29 Aug 2004 |
BMW International Open |
-21 (68-66-67-66=267) |
2 strokes |
 Thomas Levet |
| 12 |
5 Dec 2004 |
Omega Hong Kong Open |
-14 (65-64-71-66=266) |
1 stroke |
Pádraig
Harrington, James
Kingston |
| 13 |
5 Jun 2005 |
Celtic Manor Wales Open |
-14 (63-67-70-62=262) |
4 strokes |
Martin
Erlandsson, José Manuel
Lara |
| 14 |
18 Nov 2007 |
UBS Hong Kong Open |
-15 (65-67-66-67=265) |
1 stroke |
 K.J. Choi, Robert
Karlsson,
 Thongchai
Jaidee |
| 15 |
25 May 2008 |
BMW PGA Championship |
-11 (70-67-72-68=277) |
Playoff |
Oliver Wilson |
Other 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
DNP = Did not play
CUT = missed the half-way cut
DQ = Disqualified
"T" = tied
Green background for wins. Yellow background for top-10.
Results in World
Golf Championship events
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
Green background for wins. Yellow background for top-10.
Team
appearances
- Ryder Cup
(representing Europe): 1997 (Assistant Captain), 1999, 2004 (winners),
2008
- 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
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