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inteRnAtionAL PLAYeRSMiguel angel Jimenez (Me-gehl ahn-hel hiM-en-ez)FULL nAMe: miguel angel Jimenez rodriguezHeiGHt: 5-10WeiGHt: 165BiRtHDAte: January 5, 1964BiRtHPLAce: malaga, SpainReSiDence: malaga, SpainFAMiLY: miguel angel (5/7/95), Victor (1/5/99)SPeciAL inteReStS: carstURneD PRoFeSSionAL: 1982JoineD toUR: 2000BeSt PGA toUR cAReeR FiniSHeS:2—1999 World golf championships-american Expresschampionship, t2—2000 u.S. open.inteRnAtionAL VictoRieS (18):1992 piaget Belgian open. 1994 Heineken Dutch open.1998 turespana masters open Baleares, trophee Lancome.1999 turespana masters open, Volvo masters. 2003turespana mallorca classic. 2004 Johnnie Walker classic[Eur], algarve open [Eur], BmW asian open [Eur], BmWInternational open [Eur]. 2005 omega Hong Kong open[Eur], celtic manor resort Wales open [Eur]. 2007 uBSHong Kong open [Eur]. 2008 BmW pga championship [Eur].2010 omega Dubai Desert classic [Eur], alstom open deFrance [Eur], omega European masters [Eur].otHeR VictoRieS (5):1988 open de Linforatique [Fr]. 1999 Benson & Hedgestrophy [with Xonia Wunach-ruiz], oki telepizza oliviaNova [Sp], Dunhill cup [with Sergio garcia and Jose mariaolazabal]. 2000 Dunhill cup [with miguel angel martin andJose maria olazabal].BeSt 2010 PGA toUR FiniSHeS:t12—masters tournament; t22—World golfchampionships-Bridgestone Invitational.2010 SeASon:Edged Lee Westwood on the third playoff hole to win theomega Dubai Desert classic at the Emirates gc in earlyFebruary. the pair both shot final-round 72s and halved thefirst two playoff holes with pars before Jimenez parred thethird playoff hole for the win…came back in July to win thealstom open de France in paris which locked up a spot onthe European ryder cup team, his fourth time in the biennialcompetition. added his third title at the omega Europeanmasters in Switzerland in September…at the ryder cup atceltic manor in Wales, compiled a 2-1-0 record during theEuropean team’s win…Shot a final-round 66 to climb up theleaderboard at the Barclays Singapore open to t8.cAReeR HiGHLiGHtS:2009: Best finish on the pga tour was a t6 at the Worldgolf championships-Bridgestone Invitational. reached themilestone of 500 events played on the European tour at theopen de France. the 2009 and 2010 czech open was alsoplayed at his course design, prosper gc. 2008: recordedwhat he considers the greatest victory of his career, at theBmW pga championship, when he defeated oliver Wilsonin one of the European tour’s flagship events. It was hissecond European tour victory of the year (uBS Hong Kongopen). 2004: at age 40, he claimed four titles on his wayto finishing fourth on the European tour order of merit,equaling his highest position. 2000: played in 11 pga tourevents and had two top-10s, including a t2 with Ernie Elsbehind winner tiger Woods at the u.S. open. Finishedthe year by teaming with fellow Spaniard Jose mariaolazabal, for a t7 showing at the year’s last World golfchampionships event, the Emc World cup...Finished 11thon the European tour’s order of merit, where he recordedfour top-10s. 1999: Finished fourth on the European tourorder of merit for a second consecutive season, thanks tovictories at the turespana masters open and the seasonendingVolvo masters at montecastillo. also finishedsecond in the World golf championships-american Expresschampionship at Valderrama, Spain, where he lost to tigerWoods in a playoff...Was fifth in the European ryder cupqualifying table and played superbly near Boston, winningone match and halving two others. 1998: Finished fourthon the order of merit, the highlight coming in the trophéeLancôme, where he chipped in for a birdie-2 at the 72ndhole to win. In the process, won that tour’s canon Shot ofthe Year award.PeRSonAL:one of seven brothers, he took up golf at age 15 whilepicking up the balls at the range and caddying. Inspired bywatching Seve Ballesteros, Sandy Lyle and Sam torrancewhen he was caddying at the 1979 Spanish open attorrequebrada (málaga). Nicknamed “the mechanic,” butenjoys driving cars as opposed to repairing them. Hasan affinity for high-performance vehicles and owns a redFerrari.PLAYeR StAtiSticS2010 PGA TOUR STATISTICSScoring average ...........................................71.24 ....... (N/a)Driving Distance ...........................................288.2 ....... (N/a)Driving accuracy percentage .......................67.01% .... (N/a)greens in regulation percentage ................61.11% .... (N/a)putting average ...........................................1.795 ....... (N/a)MISCELLANEOUS PGA TOUR STATISTICS2010 Low Round/Round: 66–masters tournament/4career PGA toUR Low Round/Round: 62–2001 BobHope chrysler classic/2Largest career PGA toUR Paycheck/Finish: $400,000–1999 World golf championships–american Expresschampionship/2career High official World Rank: after 2004 throughWeek Ending: 1/2/2005/12Section 2 Player BiograPhiesPGA toUR cAReeR SUMMARY PLAYoFF RecoRD: 0-1events cuts Fedexcup Pts/Year Played Made 1st 2nd 3rd top 10 top 25 Rank earnings1995 5 4 1 $57,1961996 3 2 1 26,6311997 11998 11999 11 8 1 3 4 194,1882000 11 9 1 2 4 488,8482001 15 6 1 2 4 464,4572002 19 10 1 3 280,5682003 12004 7 6 1 66,3672005 9 7 1 109,3982006 8 7 3 334,0112007 5 3 1 142,9912008 8 6 3 3 486,4462009 8 7 1 3 148,0992010 7 5 2 213,000total 119 80 2 1 12 31 3,012,199eURoPeAn toURYear events Played cuts Made 1st 2nd 3rd top 10 top 25 earnings2010 25 19 3 1 7 12 $2,150,441* Majors and World Golf championships are considered official on multiple tours*PGA toUR toP toURnAMent SUMMARYYear 91 92 93 94 95 96 97 98 99 00 01 02 03masters cut cut t49 t10 t9 cutthe Barclayst19 cut t73u.S. open t28 t23 t2 cutBritish open t80 t51 cut t88 cut cut DQ cut t26 t3 cutpga t13 t24 t10 t64 cuttHE pLaYErSt38 cut cut cutaccenture match play championship t33 t5Bridgestone Invitational t27 36 t36ca championship 2 t25 cNLYear 04 05 06 07 08 09 10masters t31 t11 t44 t8 t46 t12u.S. open cut cut t16 t6 cut cutBritish open t47 t52 t41 t12 cut t13 t27pga t31 t40 t65 cut cut t36 cuttHE pLaYErS t46 t38 t32accenture match play championship t33 t17 t17 t33 t33 t17 t33Bridgestone Invitational t27 57 t54 t10 t6 t22ca championship t16 t41 t26 75 t63HSBc championst41the Barclayst76nAtionAL teAMS: ryder cup (4) 1999, 2004, 2008, 2010; Dunhill cup (10): 1990, 1992,1993, 1994, 1995, 1996, 1997, 1998, 1999, 2000; World cup (12): 1990, 1992, 1993, 1994, 2000,2001, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008; Seve trophy (6), 2000, 2002, 2003, 2005, 2007,2009.pgatour.com PGA TOUR 2011 Guide2-405