Miguel Ángel Jiménez
Spain
Miguel Ángel Jiménez Rodríguez (born 5 January 1964) is a Spanish professional golfer. He has won 18 times on the European Tour.
Personal information
Full name Miguel Ángel Jiménez Rodríguez
Nickname The Mechanic
Born 5 January 1964 (1964-01-05) (age 48)
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 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
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.
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.
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
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