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Miguel Angel Jimenez
Miguel Angel Jiménez
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| Personal Information |
| Birth: |
January 5, 1964,
Malaga, Spain |
| Height: |
5 ft 10 in (1.78 m) |
| Nationality: |
Spain |
| Residence: |
Malaga, Spain |
| Career |
| College: |
N/A |
| Turned Professional: |
1982 |
| Current Tour: |
European Tour (joined 1988) |
| Professional wins: |
16 (European Tour 13; Others 3) |
| Majors: |
None |
| Awards: |
Ryder Cup winning team (2004) |
Miguel Angel Jiménez (born January 5, 1964) is a Spanish professional golfer. He is known as "The Mechanic" for his preference for driving, rather than repairing, 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 three 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.
European Tour wins (13)
- 1992 (1) Piaget Belgian Open
- 1994 (1) Heineken Dutch Open
- 1998 (2) Turespana Masters Open Baleares, Trophee Lancome
- 1999 (2) Turespana Masters - Open Andalucia, Volvo Masters
- 2003 (1) Turespana Mallorca Classic
- 2004 (4) Johnnie Walker Classic, Algarve Open de Portugal, BMW Asian Open, BMW International Open
- 2005 (2) Omega Hong Kong Open, Celtic Manor Wales Open
Other wins
- 1988 Open de L'inforatique (France)
- 1989 Benson & Hedges Trophy (with Xonia Wunach-Ruiz)
- 1999 Oki Telepizza - Olivia Nova (Spain)
Team appearances
- Ryder Cup (representing Europe): 1997 (Assistant Captain), 1999, 2004 (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
- The Seve Trophy (representing Continental Europe): 2000 (Winners), 2002, 2003, 2005
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