Miguel Ángel Jiménez

Miguel Ángel Jiménez Rodríguez (born 5 January 1964) is a Spanish professional golfer. He has won 21 times on the European Tour and has been a member of two victorious Ryder Cup teams.

This article uses Spanish naming customs: the first or paternal family name is Jiménez and the second or maternal family name is Rodríguez.

Miguel Ángel Jiménez
Jiménez in 2012
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	Vienna, Austria
Spouse	Montserrat Bravo Ramirez (m. 1991-d. 2010) Susanna Styblo (m. 2014)
Children	Miguel Ángel, Victor
Career
Turned professional	1982
Current tour(s)	European Tour (joined 1988) PGA Tour Champions (joined 2014)
Former tour(s)	PGA Tour
Professional wins	33
Highest ranking	12 (5 December 2004)[1]
Number of wins by tour
European Tour	21 (Tied 10th all time)
Asian Tour	7
PGA Tour of Australasia	1
Challenge Tour	1
PGA Tour Champions	9
European Senior Tour	1
Other	3
Best results in major championships
Masters Tournament	4th: 2014
PGA Championship	T10: 1999
U.S. Open	T2: 2000
The Open Championship	T3: 2001

Early years

Born in Málaga in southern Spain, 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.[2]

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 (188 m) six-iron on his second shot on the par-five fourth. It was the second such feat of his competitive career.[3]

In February 2010, Jiménez won the Omega Dubai Desert Classic, beating Lee Westwood in a playoff[4] 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 Ryder Cup in 2012.[5] 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.

While skiing in southern Spain on 29 December 2012, Jiménez fell and suffered a right tibial plateau fracture, which required surgery and kept him out of competition for several months.[6] He played in the Open de España in April 2013 but missed the cut and returned to the European Tour in late May.[7] In July, Jiménez was the 36-hole leader at The Open Championship. Later that summer, he lost a playoff to Joost Luiten at the KLM Open. In December 2013 Jiménez retained his Hong Kong Open title and broke his own record as the European Tour's oldest winner.[8]

On 18 April 2014, Jiménez made his Champions Tour debut by shooting a course record 65 at the Greater Gwinnett Championship.[9] Jiménez went on to win the tournament by two shots over Bernhard Langer.

Exactly one month later, Jiménez again extended his record as the oldest champion on the European Tour, securing his first triumph in the Open de España in his 27th time playing the event. Jiménez's up-and-down par on the first playoff hole defeated Richard Green and Thomas Pieters.[10] The win was Jiménez's 14th since turning 40 and tied him for 10th all-time among golfers with the most European Tour victories.

In January 2015, Jiménez won his second Champions Tour event at the Mitsubishi Electric Championship at Hualalai. On 23 May 2015, Jiménez aced the par-3 second hole during the BMW PGA Championship at the Wentworth Club, his tenth hole-in-one on the European Tour, which broke the record he jointly held with Colin Montgomerie. The ace was Jiménez's third of the season. He went on to finish joint second in the tournament.[11]

In April 2016, Jiménez won for the third time on the Champions Tour, with a two-stroke victory at the Mississippi Gulf Resort Classic over Scott Dunlap. In April 2017, Jiménez repeated as champion at the Mississippi Gulf Resort Classic.

In May 2018, Jiménez won a major title on the PGA Tour Champions by winning the Regions Tradition. In July 2018, Jiménez won another major title on the PGA Tour Champions by winning the Senior Open Championship at the Old Course at St Andrews.

On 17 February 2019, Jiménez won the Chubb Classic on the PGA Tour Champions, with a playoff victory over Bernhard Langer and Olin Browne. This victory was his 7th career title on the PGA Tour Champions. On 21 October 2019, Jiménez won the Dominion Energy Charity Classic on the PGA Tour Champions. He won with a final round of 63.[12]

On 19 January 2020, Jiménez won the season-opening Mitsubishi Electric Championship at Hualalai on the PGA Tour Champions over Ernie Els and Fred Couples in a sudden death playoff. [13]

At the 2020 Hero Open, Jiménez passed Sam Torrance for most starts on the European Tour, with 707.[14]

Personal

Jiménez is known as "The Mechanic" for his preference for driving, rather than repairing, high-performance vehicles, especially his red Ferrari.[15]

After the winner's press conference following the 2014 Open de España, Jiménez was asked the secret of his longevity. He stated, "There is no secret. Good food, good wine, good cigars and some exercise!"[16]

Professional wins (33)

European Tour wins (21)

Legend

BMW PGA Championships (1)

Other European Tour (20)

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	Turespaña 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	Turespaña Masters - Open Andalucía (2)	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	Turespaña Mallorca Classic^1	72-67-65=204*	−9	1 stroke	José María Olazábal
8	1 Feb 2004	Johnnie Walker Classic^2,3	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 Open^2	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 (2005 season)	Omega Hong Kong Open^2	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 (2008 season)	UBS Hong Kong Open^2 (2)	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 Jul 2010	Alstom Open de France	71-69-66-67=273	−11	Playoff	Alejandro Cañizares, Francesco Molinari
18	5 Sep 2010	Omega European Masters^2	67-61-68-67=263	−21	3 strokes	Edoardo Molinari
19	18 Nov 2012	UBS Hong Kong Open^2 (3)	65-67-68-65=265	−15	1 stroke	Fredrik Andersson Hed
20	8 Dec 2013 (2014 season)	Hong Kong Open^2 (4)	70-67-65-66=268	−12	Playoff	Stuart Manley, Prom Meesawat
21	18 May 2014	Open de España	69-73-69-73=284	−4	Playoff	Richard Green, Thomas Pieters

*Note: The 2003 Turespaña Mallorca Classic was shortened to 54 holes due to bad weather.
¹Dual-ranking event with the Challenge Tour
²Co-sanctioned by the Asian Tour
³Co-sanctioned by the PGA Tour of Australasia

European Tour playoff record (5–3)

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 Wilson	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
6	2013	KLM Open	Joost Luiten	Lost to par on first extra hole
7	2013	Hong Kong Open	Stuart Manley, Prom Meesawat	Won with birdie on first extra hole
8	2014	Open de España	Richard Green, Thomas Pieters	Won with par on first extra hole

Asian Tour wins (7)

No.	Date	Tournament	Winning score	To par	Margin of victory	Runner(s)-up
1	1 Feb 2004	Johnnie Walker Classic^1,2	70-66-67-68=271	−17	2 strokes	Thomas Bjørn, Jyoti Randhawa
2	16 May 2004	BMW Asian Open^1	71-66-70-67=274	−14	3 strokes	Simon Dyson
3	5 Dec 2004	Omega Hong Kong Open^1	65-64-71-66=266	−14	1 stroke	Pádraig Harrington, James Kingston
4	18 Nov 2007	UBS Hong Kong Open^1 (2)	65-67-66-67=265	−15	1 stroke	K. J. Choi, Robert Karlsson, Thongchai Jaidee
5	5 Sep 2010	Omega European Masters^1	67-61-68-67=263	−21	3 strokes	Edoardo Molinari
6	18 Nov 2012	UBS Hong Kong Open^1 (3)	65-67-68-65=265	−15	1 stroke	Fredrik Andersson Hed
7	8 Dec 2013	Hong Kong Open^1 (4)	70-67-65-66=268	−12	Playoff	Prom Meesawat, Stuart Manley

¹Co-sanctioned by the European Tour
²Co-sanctioned by the PGA Tour of Australasia

Asian Tour playoff record (1–0)

No.	Year	Tournament	Opponents	Result
1	2013	Hong Kong Open	Prom Meesawat, Stuart Manley	Won with birdie on first extra hole

Challenge Tour wins (1)

No.	Date	Tournament	Winning score	To par	Margin of victory	Runner-up
1	19 Oct 2003	Turespaña Mallorca Classic^1	72-67-65=204*	−9	1 stroke	José María Olazábal

*Note: The 2003 Turespaña Mallorca Classic was shortened to 54 holes due to bad weather.
¹Dual-ranking event with the European Tour

Other wins (3)

• 1988 Open de l'Informatique (France)
• 1989 Benson & Hedges Trophy (with Xonia Wunsch-Ruiz)
• 1999 Oki Telepizza – Olivia Nova (Spain)

PGA Tour Champions wins (9)

Legend

PGA Tour Champions major championships (2)

Other PGA Tour Champions (7)

No.	Date	Tournament	Winning score	To par	Margin of victory	Runner(s)-up
1	20 Apr 2014	Greater Gwinnett Championship	65-70-67=202	−14	2 strokes	Bernhard Langer
2	25 Jan 2015	Mitsubishi Electric Championship at Hualalai	69-64-66=199	−17	1 stroke	Mark O'Meara
3	3 Apr 2016	Mississippi Gulf Resort Classic	68-70-64=202	−14	2 strokes	Scott Dunlap
4	2 Apr 2017	Mississippi Gulf Resort Classic (2)	67-66-70=203	−13	Playoff	Gene Sauers
5	20 May 2018	Regions Tradition	64-69-66-70=269	−19	3 strokes	Joe Durant, Gene Sauers, Steve Stricker
6	29 Jul 2018	The Senior Open Championship	68-67-72-69=276	−12	1 stroke	Bernhard Langer
7	17 Feb 2019	Chubb Classic	68-66-66=200	−13	Playoff	Olin Browne, Bernhard Langer
8	21 Oct 2019	Dominion Energy Charity Classic	67-68-63=198	−18	2 strokes	Tommy Tolles
9	18 Jan 2020	Mitsubishi Electric Championship at Hualalai (2)	64-71-67=202	−14	Playoff	Fred Couples, Ernie Els

PGA Champions Tour playoff record (3–2)

No.	Year	Tournament	Opponent(s)	Result
1	2016	3M Championship	Joe Durant	Lost to eagle on first extra hole
2	2017	Mississippi Gulf Resort Classic	Gene Sauers	Won with birdie on first extra hole
3	2017	PowerShares QQQ Championship	Bernhard Langer	Lost to birdie on second extra hole
4	2019	Chubb Classic	Olin Browne, Bernhard Langer	Won with par on first extra hole
5	2020	Mitsubishi Electric Championship at Hualalai	Fred Couples, Ernie Els	Won with birdie on second extra hole Couples eliminated with bogey on first hole

European Senior Tour wins (1)

Legend

Senior major championships (1)

Other European Senior Tour (0)

No.	Date	Tournament	Winning score	To par	Margin of victory	Runner-up
1	29 Jul 2018	The Senior Open Championship	68-67-72-69=276	−12	1 stroke	Bernhard Langer

European Senior Tour playoff record (0–1)

No.	Year	Tournament	Opponent	Result
1	2018	Costa Blanca Benidorm Senior Golf Masters	Paul Streeter	Lost to birdie on first extra hole

Playoff record

PGA Tour playoff record (0–1)

No.	Year	Tournament	Opponent	Result
1	1999	WGC-American Express Championship	Tiger Woods	Lost to birdie on first extra hole

Results in major championships

Tournament	1991	1992	1993	1994	1995	1996	1997	1998	1999
Masters Tournament					CUT				CUT
U.S. Open					T28				T23
The Open Championship	T80		T51	CUT	T88	CUT	CUT	DQ	CUT
PGA Championship					T13	T24			T10

Tournament	2000	2001	2002	2003	2004	2005	2006	2007	2008	2009
Masters Tournament	T49	T10	T9	CUT		T31	T11	T44	T8	T46
U.S. Open	T2	CUT				CUT	T16		T6	CUT
The Open Championship	T26	T3	CUT		T47	T52	T41	T12	CUT	T13
PGA Championship	T64				T31	T40		CUT	CUT	T36

Tournament	2010	2011	2012	2013	2014	2015	2016	2017	2018
Masters Tournament	T12	T27	56		4	CUT
U.S. Open	CUT	CUT	CUT		CUT	CUT
The Open Championship	T27	T25	T9	T13	CUT	CUT	T18
PGA Championship	CUT	T64	T27	T29	CUT	CUT

Tournament	2019
Masters Tournament
PGA Championship
U.S. Open
The Open Championship	CUT

  Top 10

  Did not play

CUT = missed the half-way cut
DQ = Disqualified
"T" = tied

Summary

Tournament	Wins	2nd	3rd	Top-5	Top-10	Top-25	Events	Cuts made
Masters Tournament	0	0	0	1	4	6	16	12
PGA Championship	0	0	0	0	1	3	15	10
U.S. Open	0	1	0	1	2	4	13	5
The Open Championship	0	0	1	1	2	7	25	14
Totals	0	1	1	3	9	20	69	41

• Most consecutive cuts made – 6 (1999 PGA – 2001 Masters)
• Longest streak of top-10s – 2 (twice)

Results in The Players Championship

Tournament	1999	2000	2001	2002	2003	2004	2005	2006	2007	2008
The Players Championship	T38	CUT	CUT	CUT			T46	T38		T32

  Did not play

CUT = missed the halfway cut
"T" indicates a tie for a place

Results in World Golf Championships

Results not in chronological order prior to 2015.

Tournament	1999	2000	2001	2002	2003	2004	2005	2006	2007	2008	2009	2010	2011	2012	2013	2014	2015
Championship	2	T25	NT^1			T16	T41			T26		T63	T55	T45		T13
Match Play	R64	QF				R64	R32	R32	R64	R64	R32	R64	QF	R16		R64	T34
Invitational	T27	36	T36			T27	57	T54		T10	T6	T22	72		T4	T45
Champions												T41	T38		72	71	T46

¹Cancelled due to 9/11

  Top 10

  Did not play

QF, R16, R32, R64 = Round in which player lost in match play
"T" = Tied
NT = No tournament
Note that the HSBC Champions did not become a WGC event until 2009.

Senior major championships

Wins (2)

Year	Championship	54 holes	Winning score	Margin	Runner(s)-up
2018	Regions Tradition	3 shot lead	−19 (64-69-66-70=269)	3 strokes	Joe Durant, Gene Sauers, Steve Stricker
2018	The Senior Open Championship	Tied for lead	−12 (68-67-72-69=276)	1 stroke	Bernhard Langer

Results timeline

Results not in chronological order before 2017.

Tournament	2014	2015	2016	2017	2018	2019
The Tradition				T20	1	T37
Senior PGA Championship				T3	5
U.S. Senior Open		T17	T2	T18	T2	T6
Senior Players Championship			T2	4	T10	T13
The Senior Open Championship	T8	4	T3	T11	1	T10

  Win

  Top 10

  Did not play

CUT = missed the halfway cut
"T" indicates a tie for a place

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, 2013
• Ryder Cup (representing Europe): 1999, 2004 (winners), 2008, 2010 (winners)
• Seve Trophy (representing Continental Europe): 2000 (winners), 2002, 2003, 2005, 2007, 2009, 2011, 2013 (winners)
• Royal Trophy (representing Europe): 2012
• EurAsia Cup (representing Europe): 2014 (playing captain)

See also

• List of golfers with most European Tour wins
• List of golfers with most Asian Tour wins

References

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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