José María Olazábal

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José Maria Olazábal
José Maria Olazabal.jpg
José María Olazábal at the
Open de France 2014
Personnel
Nation: SpainSpain Spain
Nickname: Ollie
Career data
Professional since: 1985
Current tour: European Tour , PGA TOUR
Tournament wins: 29
Major wins : 2 (1994, 1999)
Awards: Sir Henry Cotton Rookie of the Year Award (1986), World Golf Hall of Fame (2009)

José María Olazábal Manterola (born February 5, 1966 in Fuenterrabia , Spain ) is a Spanish professional golfer who plays on both the European Tour and the North American PGA TOUR . He is a two-time major winner.

Career

His grandfather and father were greenkeepers at the golf club; He started playing golf at the age of two. Before starting his professional career in 1985, he won several major amateur championships.

At the age of 21 he made his debut in the Ryder Cup , which was followed by another six participations (initially successfully alongside Seve Ballesteros ). Olazábal was on the Spanish team at the Dunhill Cup nine times , with the last two events in 1999 and 2000 being victorious. At the Seve Trophy he was represented four times, and in 2005 he was playing captain of the continental European selection. In 2012 he led the European team to victory as the captain of the Ryder Cup. The following year he did the same with the continental European team at the Seve Trophy and with the European team at the Royal Trophy . He achieved a historic triple in professional team golf.

Olazábal has won 26 tournaments so far in the two most important tournament series in Europe and the USA, including two Masters victories (1994 and 1999). Between 1986 and 2000 he was in the top 10 of the European money list ten times.

In 2013 he was awarded the Prince of Asturias Prize for Sports.

Personal

He became known not only for his outstanding golf game, but also for his emotions: after a bad opening round at the US Open in 1999, he broke his right hand when he hit the wall of his hotel room out of sheer pent-up anger. Even more remarkable is his fighting spirit away from the golf course; after all, he was on the verge of disability in 1995 when he was diagnosed with rheumatoid arthritis in both ankles. For over 18 months, Olazábal was hardly able to run, let alone train.

After a series of unsuccessful treatments, he finally went to the Munich sports doctor Hans-Wilhelm Müller-Wohlfahrt , who was able to determine that the actual cause of Olazábal's disease was a pinched nerve in the spine.

After appropriate therapy, Olazábal fought his way back to the top of the world within a short time.

European Tour victories

PGA Tour victories

Major championships are in bold .

Other tournament victories

  • 1989 Visa Taiheiyo Masters ( Japan Golf Tour )
  • 1990 Visa Taiheiyo Masters (Japan Golf Tour)

Participation in team competitions

  • Ryder Cup (for Europe): 1987 (winner), 1989 (draw, cup defended), 1991, 1993, 1997 (winner), 1999, 2006 (winner); 2012 ( non playing captain )
  • Alfred Dunhill Cup (for Spain): 1986, 1987, 1988, 1989, 1992, 1993, 1998, 1999 (winner), 2000 (winner)
  • World Cup (for Spain): 1989, 2000
  • Four Tours World Championship : 1987, 1989
  • Seve Trophy (for continental Europe): 2000 (winner), 2002, 2003, 2005 ( playing captain ), 2013 (winner, as non playing captain )
  • Royal Trophy (for Europe): 2009 ( non playing captain ), 2013 (winner, non playing captain )

Results at major championships

competition 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998
Masters DNP CUT DNP CUT DNP T8 13 2 T42 T7 1 T14 DNP T12 T12
US Open DNP DNP DNP T68 DNP T9 T8 T8 CUT CUT CUT T28 DNP T16 T18
Open Championship CUT T25 LA T16 T11 T36 T23 T16 T80 3 CUT T38 T31 DNP T20 T15
PGA Championship DNP DNP DNP CUT DNP CUT T14 CUT CUT T56 T7 T31 DNP CUT CUT
competition 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019
Masters 1 CUT T15 4th T8 30th CUT T3 T44 CUT CUT DNP CUT CUT T50 T34 CUT DNP CUT CUT CUT
US Open WD T12 CUT T50 CUT DNP DNP T21 T45 DNP DNP DNP DNP DNP CUT DNP DNP DNP DNP DNP
Open Championship CUT T31 T54 CUT CUT DNP T3 T56 DNP DNP DNP DNP DNP DNP DNP DNP DNP DNP DNP DNP
PGA Championship CUT T4 T37 69 T51 CUT T47 T55 CUT DNP DNP DNP CUT CUT DNP DNP DNP DNP DNP DNP

DNP = not taken part
CUT = cut not made
"T" = split placement
LA = best placed amateur
Green background for victories
Yellow background for top 10

See also

Web links

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  1. ^ Adrian Grosser: Tee: Admired Loser. In: welt.de . April 1, 2008, accessed October 7, 2018 .
personal data
SURNAME Olazábal, José María
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Olazábal Manterola, José María (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION spanish golfer
DATE OF BIRTH 5th February 1966
PLACE OF BIRTH Fuenterrabia , Spain