Miguel Ángel Jiménez Rodríguez (born 5 January 1964) is a Spanish

professional golfer A professional golfer is somebody who receives payments or financial rewards in the sport of golf that are directly related to their skill or reputation. A person who earns money by teaching or playing golf is traditionally considered a "golf pr ...

. He has won 21 times on the

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, holds the records for the most starts on the European Tour and being the first player over 50 to win on the European Tour (2014 Open de Espana at age 50 years and 133 days) and has been a member of two victorious

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teams.

Early years

Born in

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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

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(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

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events, and made his

debut.

Career since 2000

2004 2004 was designated as an International Year of Rice by the United Nations, and the International Year to Commemorate the Struggle Against Slavery and Its Abolition (by UNESCO). Events January * January 3 – Flash Airlines Flight 60 ...

, Jiménez 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 2005 was designated as the International Year for Sport and Physical Education and the International Year of Microcredit. The beginning of 2005 also marked the end of the International Decade of the World's Indigenous Peoples, Internationa ...

, 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

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in 1999 and 2000, the Seve Trophy in

2000 2000 was designated as the International Year for the Culture of Peace and the World Mathematics, Mathematical Year. Popular culture holds the year 2000 as the first year of the 21st century and the 3rd millennium, because of a tende ...

and the

and

2010 The year saw a multitude of natural and environmental disasters such as the 2010 Haiti earthquake, the Deepwater Horizon oil spill, and the 2010 Chile earthquake. The 2009 swine flu pandemic, swine flu pandemic which began the previous year ...

. In 2005, Jiménez won the Spanish Pairs final, with Andrés Jiménez at La Cala Resort in Andalucia, Spain.

2008 2008 was designated as: *International Year of Languages *International Year of Planet Earth *International Year of the Potato *International Year of Sanitation The Great Recession, a worldwide recession which began in 2007, continued throu ...

proved to be another good season with two wins, including the

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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

title in

2009 2009 was designated as the International Year of Astronomy by the United Nations to coincide with the 400th anniversary of Galileo Galilei's first known astronomical studies with a telescope and the publication of Astronomia Nova by Joha ...

, Jiménez scored a rare

(double eagle) by holing a six-iron on his second shot on the par-five fourth. It was the second such feat of his competitive career. In February

, Jiménez won the

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, beating

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in a playoff and in July added the Alstom Open de France, beating Alejandro Cañizares and

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on the first hole of a playoff. He won his third event of the year at the

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, finishing three strokes ahead of

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Jiménez was named as Europe's fourth assistant captain for the Ryder Cup in

2012 2012 was designated as: *International Year of Cooperatives *International Year of Sustainable Energy for All Events January *January 4 – The Cicada 3301 internet hunt begins. * January 12 – Peaceful protests begin in the R ...

. Later in

he won his 19th

event at the UBS Hong Kong Open, and in doing so became the oldest ever winner on the European Tour. While

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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. He played in the

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in April

2013 2013 was the first year since 1987 to contain four unique digits (a span of 26 years). 2013 was designated as: *International Year of Water Cooperation *International Year of Quinoa Events January * January 5 – 2013 Craig, Alask ...

but missed the cut and returned to the European Tour in late May. In July, Jiménez was the 36-hole leader at

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

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. Exactly one month later, Jiménez again extended his record as the then oldest winner on the European Tour at 50 years and 133 days. By winning, he secured his first triumph in the

in his 27th time appearance at the event. Jiménez's up-and-down par on the first playoff hole defeated Richard Green and Thomas Pieters. The win was Jiménez's 14th since turning 40 and tied him for 10th all-time among golfers with the most European Tour victories. His record as the oldest winner on tour was eventually broken by

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who won the 2021 PGA Championship at 50 years and 341 days. 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

at the

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, his tenth hole-in-one on the European Tour, which broke the record he jointly held with

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. The ace was Jiménez's third of the season. He went on to finish joint second in the tournament. 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

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. On 17 February 2019, Jiménez won the Chubb Classic on the PGA Tour Champions, with a playoff victory over

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. On 19 January 2020, Jiménez won the season-opening Mitsubishi Electric Championship at Hualalai on the PGA Tour Champions over Ernie Els and

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in a sudden death playoff. At the 2020 Hero Open, Jiménez passed

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for most starts on the European Tour, with 707. Jimenez ended 2024 with 723 career European Tour starts. On 22 January 2022, Jiménez won the season-opening Mitsubishi Electric Championship at Hualalai on the PGA Tour Champions for a third time. Jiménez won over Steven Alker in a sudden death playoff. On 27 February 2022, Jiménez won the Cologuard Classic in Arizona on PGA Tour Champions. This marked his second win in three events. Jiménez made two holes-in-one in the three round tournament. Jiménez earned his 14th PGA Tour Champions win at the 2025 Trophy Hassan II.

Personal

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

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. After the winner's press conference following the 2014

, Jiménez was asked the secret of his longevity. He stated, "There is no secret. Good food, good wine, good cigars and some exercise!"

Professional wins (44)

European Tour wins (21)

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

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²Co-sanctioned by the

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³Co-sanctioned by the

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European Tour playoff record (5–3)

Asian Tour wins (7)

¹Co-sanctioned by the

²Co-sanctioned by the

Asian Tour playoff record (1–0)

Other wins (7)

*1988 Open de l'Informatique (France) *1989 Benson & Hedges Trophy (with Xonia Wunsch-Ruiz) *1999 Oki Telepizza – Olivia Nova (Spain) *1999 Spanish Professional Closed Championship *2002 Spanish Professional Closed Championship *2003 Spanish Professional Closed Championship *2006 Spanish Professional Closed Championship

PGA Tour Champions wins (16)

PGA Tour Champions playoff record (5–3)

European Senior Tour wins (1)

European Senior Tour playoff record (0–1)

Playoff record

PGA Tour playoff record (0–1)

Results in major championships

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

Summary

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

Results in The Players Championship

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

Results in World Golf Championships

''Results not in chronological order before 2015.'' ¹Cancelled due to

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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)

Results timeline

''Results not in chronological order'' "T" indicates a tie for a place
NT = no tournament due to

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Team appearances

(representing Spain):

1990 Important events of 1990 include the Reunification of Germany and the unification of Yemen, the formal beginning of the Human Genome Project (finished in 2003), the launch of the Hubble Space Telescope, the separation of Namibia from South ...

1992 1992 was designated as International Space Year by the United Nations. Events January * January 1 – Boutros Boutros-Ghali of Egypt replaces Javier Pérez de Cuéllar of Peru as United Nations Secretary-General. * January 6 ** The Republ ...

1993 The United Nations General Assembly, General Assembly of the United Nations designated 1993 as: * International Year for the World's Indigenous People The year 1993 in the Kwajalein Atoll in the Marshall Islands had only 364 days, since its ...

1994 The year 1994 was designated as the " International Year of the Family" and the "International Year of Sport and the Olympic Ideal" by the United Nations. In the Line Islands and Phoenix Islands of Kiribati, 1994 had only 364 days, omitti ...

1995 1995 was designated as: * United Nations Year for Tolerance * World Year of Peoples' Commemoration of the Victims of the Second World War This was the first year that the Internet was entirely privatized, with the United States government ...

1996 1996 was designated as: * International Year for the Eradication of Poverty Events January * January 8 – A Zairean cargo plane crashes into a crowded market in the center of the capital city of the Democratic Republic of the Congo ...

1997 Events January * January 1 – The Emergency Alert System is introduced in the United States. * January 11 – Turkey threatens Cyprus on account of a deal to buy Russian S-300 missiles, prompting the Cypriot Missile Crisis. * January 1 ...

1998 1998 was designated as the ''International Year of the Ocean''. Events January * January 6 – The ''Lunar Prospector'' spacecraft is launched into orbit around the Moon, and later finds evidence for Lunar water, frozen water, in soil i ...

1999 1999 was designated as the International Year of Older Persons. Events January * January 1 – The euro currency is established and the European Central Bank assumes its full powers. * January 3 – The Mars Polar Lander is launc ...

(winners),

(winners) *

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(representing Spain):

2001 The year's most prominent event was the September 11 attacks against the United States by al-Qaeda, which Casualties of the September 11 attacks, killed 2,977 people and instigated the global war on terror. The United States led a Participan ...

2003 2003 was designated by the United Nations as the International Year of Fresh water, Freshwater. In 2003, a Multi-National Force – Iraq, United States-led coalition 2003 invasion of Iraq, invaded Iraq, starting the Iraq War. Demographic ...

2006 2006 was designated as the International Year of Deserts and Desertification. Events January * January 1– 4 – Russia temporarily cuts shipment of natural gas to Ukraine during a price dispute. * January 12 – A stampede during t ...

2007 2007 was designated as the International Heliophysical Year and the International Polar Year. Events January * January 1 **Bulgaria and Romania 2007 enlargement of the European Union, join the European Union, while Slovenia joins the Eur ...

2011 The year marked the start of a Arab Spring, series of protests and revolutions throughout the Arab world advocating for democracy, reform, and economic recovery, later leading to the depositions of world leaders in Tunisia, Egypt, and Yemen ...

(representing Europe):

(winners),

(winners) * Seve Trophy (representing Continental Europe):

(winners),

2002 The effects of the September 11 attacks of the previous year had a significant impact on the affairs of 2002. The war on terror was a major political focus. Without settled international law, several nations engaged in anti-terror operation ...

(winners) * Royal Trophy (representing Europe):

* EurAsia Cup (representing Europe):

2014 The year 2014 was marked by the surge of the Western African Ebola epidemic, West African Ebola epidemic, which began in 2013, becoming the List of Ebola outbreaks, most widespread outbreak of the Ebola, Ebola virus in human history, resul ...

(playing captain)

References

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* * * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Jimenez, Miguel Angel Spanish male golfers European Tour golfers PGA Tour golfers PGA Tour Champions golfers Winners of senior major golf championships Ryder Cup competitors for Europe Golfers from Málaga 1964 births Living people 20th-century Spanish sportsmen

Early years

Career since 2000

Personal

Professional wins (44)

European Tour wins (21)

Asian Tour wins (7)

Other wins (7)

PGA Tour Champions wins (16)

European Senior Tour wins (1)

Playoff record

Results in major championships

Summary

Results in The Players Championship

Results in World Golf Championships

Senior major championships

Wins (2)

Results timeline

Team appearances

See also

References

External links