Miguel Ángel Jiménez

For the Puerto Rican boxer, 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	(1964-01-05) 5 January 1964 Málaga, Spain
Height	5 ft 10 in (1.78 m)
Weight	184 lb (83 kg; 13.1 st)
Nationality	Spain
Residence	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	22
Number of wins by tour
European Tour	19
Asian Tour	6
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 19 times on the European Tour.

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. He has finished inside the top 100 on the European Tour Order of Merit every season since 1989. 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.

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, including the BMW PGA Championship at Wentworth, in which he beat Oliver Wilson in a play off. His form earned 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.

In February 2010, Jiménez won the Omega Dubai Desert Classic, beating Lee Westwood in a playoff 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

Jiménez was named as Europe's fourth assistant captain for the 2012 Ryder Cup. Later in 2012 he won his 19th European Tour event at the UBS Hong Kong Open, and in doing so became the oldest ever winner on the European Tour.

Personal

He is known as "The Mechanic" for his preference for driving, rather than repairing, high-performance vehicles, especially his red Ferrari.

Professional wins

European Tour wins (19)

No.	Date	Tournament	Winning score	To par	Margin of victory	Runner(s)-up
1	27 Sep 1992	Piaget Belgian Open	71-70-64-69=274	–10	3 strokes	Barry Lane
2	24 Jul 1994	Heineken Dutch Open	65-68-67-70=270	–18	2 strokes	Howard Clark
3	10 May 1998	Turespana Masters Open Baleares	69-68-70-72=279	–9	2 strokes	Miguel Ángel Martín
4	20 Sep 1998	Trophée Lancôme	67-70-67-69=273	–11	2 strokes	David Duval, Mark O'Meara, Jarmo Sandelin, Greg Turner
5	14 Mar 1999	Turespana Masters - Open Andalucia	69-66-62-67=264	–24	4 strokes	Steve Webster
6	31 Oct 1999	Volvo Masters	68-67-69-65=269	–19	2 strokes	Retief Goosen, Pádraig Harrington, Bernhard Langer
7	19 Oct 2003	Turespana Mallorca Classic	72-67-65=204	–9	1 stroke	José María Olazábal
8	1 Feb 2004	Johnnie Walker Classic1	70-66-67-68=271	–17	2 strokes	Thomas Bjørn, Jyoti Randhawa
9	4 Apr 2004	Algarve Open de Portugal	69-66-70-67=272	–16	2 strokes	Terry Price
10	16 May 2004	BMW Asian Open1	71-66-70-67=274	–14	3 strokes	Simon Dyson
11	29 Aug 2004	BMW International Open	68-66-67-66=267	–21	2 strokes	Thomas Levet
12	5 Dec 2004	Omega Hong Kong Open1	65-64-71-66=266	–14	1 stroke	Pádraig Harrington, James Kingston
13	5 Jun 2005	Celtic Manor Wales Open	63-67-70-62=262	–14	4 strokes	Martin Erlandsson, José Manuel Lara
14	18 Nov 2007	UBS Hong Kong Open1	65-67-66-67=265	–15	1 stroke	K.J. Choi, Robert Karlsson, Thongchai Jaidee
15	25 May 2008	BMW PGA Championship	70-67-72-68=277	–11	Playoff	Oliver Wilson
16	7 Feb 2010	Omega Dubai Desert Classic	70-67-68-72=277	–11	Playoff	Lee Westwood
17	4 July 2010	Alstom Open de France	71-69-66-67=273	–11	Playoff	Alejandro Cañizares, Francesco Molinari
18	5 Sep 2010	Omega European Masters1	67-61-68-67=263	–21	3 strokes	Edoardo Molinari
19	18 Nov 2012	UBS Hong Kong Open1	65-67-68-65=265	–15	1 stroke	Fredrik Andersson Hed

¹ Co-sanctioned by the Asian Tour

European Tour playoff record (3–2)

No.	Year	Tournament	Opponent(s)	Result
1	1994	Honda Open	Robert Allenby	Lost to par on third extra hole
2	1999	WGC-American Express Championship	Tiger Woods	Lost to birdie on first extra hole
3	2008	BMW PGA Championship	Oliver Fisher	Won with birdie on second extra hole
4	2010	Omega Dubai Desert Classic	Lee Westwood	Won with par on third extra hole
5	2010	Alstom Open de France	Alejandro Cañizares, Francesco Molinari	Won with par on first extra hole

Asian Tour wins (6)

No.	Date	Tournament	Winning score	To par	Margin of victory	Runner(s)-up
1	1 Feb 2004	Johnnie Walker Classic1	70-66-67-68=271	–17	2 strokes	Thomas Bjørn, Jyoti Randhawa
2	16 May 2004	BMW Asian Open1	71-66-70-67=274	–14	3 strokes	Simon Dyson
3	5 Dec 2004	Omega Hong Kong Open1	65-64-71-66=266	–14	1 stroke	Pádraig Harrington, James Kingston
4	18 Nov 2007	UBS Hong Kong Open1	65-67-66-67=265	–15	1 stroke	K.J. Choi, Robert Karlsson, Thongchai Jaidee
5	5 Sep 2010	Omega European Masters1	67-61-68-67=263	–21	3 strokes	Edoardo Molinari
6	18 Nov 2012	UBS Hong Kong Open1	65-67-68-65=265	–15	1 stroke	Fredrik Andersson Hed

¹ Co-sanctioned with the European Tour

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

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	2012
The Masters	T12	T27	56
U.S. Open	CUT	CUT	CUT
The Open Championship	T27	T25	T9
PGA Championship	CUT	T64	T27

DNP = Did not play
CUT = missed the half-way cut
DQ = Disqualified
"T" = tied
Yellow background for top-10.

Summary

• Starts – 55
• Wins – 0
• 2nd place finishes – 1
• 3rd place finishes – 1
• Top 3 finishes – 2
• Top 5 finishes – 2
• Top 10 finishes – 8
• Top 25 finishes – 16
• Missed cuts – 18
• Most consecutive cuts made – 6
• Longest streak of top-10s – 2 (twice)

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	2012
Accenture Match Play Championship	R32	R64	QF	R16
Cadillac Championship	DNP	T63	T55	T45
Bridgestone Invitational	T6	T22	72	DNP
HSBC Champions	DNP	T41	T38	DNP

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

• 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, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2011
• Ryder Cup (representing Europe): 1999, 2004 (winners), 2008, 2010 (winners)
• Seve Trophy (representing Continental Europe): 2000 (winners), 2002, 2003, 2005, 2007, 2009, 2011
• Royal Trophy (representing Europe): 2012

See also

• List of golfers with most European Tour wins

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