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| Miguel Ángel Jiménez |
 |
| Personal information |
| Full name |
Miguel Ángel Jiménez |
| Nickname |
The Mechanic |
| Born |
5 January 1964 (1964-01-05) (age 45)
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 (m.1991) |
| Children |
Miguel Ángel (b.1995),
Victor (b.1999) |
| Career |
| Turned professional |
1982 |
| 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.
[edit] Professional wins
[edit] 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 |
[edit] Other wins (3)
- 1988 Open de L'inforatique (France)
- 1989 Benson & Hedges Trophy (with Xonia Wunach-Ruiz)
- 1999 Oki Telepizza - Olivia Nova (Spain)
[edit] 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.
[edit] 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.
[edit] 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
[edit] See also
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