José María Olazábal

This article is about the Spanish golfer. For other persons of the same name, see Olazábal.

This name uses Spanish naming customs: the first or paternal family name is Olazábal and the second or maternal family name is Manterola.

José María Olazábal
— Golfer —

Personal information
Full name	José María Olazábal Manterola
Nickname	Ollie
Born	(1966-02-05) 5 February 1966 Hondarribia, Gipuzkoa, Spain
Height	5 ft 10 in (1.78 m)
Weight	160 lb (73 kg; 11 st)
Nationality	Spain
Residence	Hondarribia, Gipuzkoa, Spain
Career
Turned professional	1985
Current tour(s)	PGA Tour (joined 2001) European Tour (joined 1986)
Professional wins	30
Number of wins by tour
PGA Tour	6
European Tour	23 (T8th all time)
Japan Golf Tour	2
Best results in major championships (wins: 2)
Masters Tournament	Won: 1994, 1999
U.S. Open	T8: 1990, 1991
The Open Championship	3rd/T3: 1992, 2005
PGA Championship	T4: 2000
Achievements and awards
World Golf Hall of Fame	2009 (member page)
Sir Henry Cotton Rookie of the Year	1986
Prince of Asturias Award	2013

José María Olazábal Manterola (Spanish pronunciation: [xoˈse maˈria olaˈθaβal manteˈrola], Basque: [olas̻abal]; born 5 February 1966) is a Spanish professional golfer who has enjoyed success on both the European Tour and the PGA Tour, and has won two major championships.

In 2012 he captained Europe's Ryder Cup team to a narrow victory over the USA, which seemed improbable at the start of the final day's play when the Europeans trailed 10–6. They came back to win 14½–13½. Olazábal was very emotional with the win, saying in an interview that that was his number one happiest golf moment and happiest moment of his life. The win was inspired by his late friend Seve Ballesteros, to whom he dedicated the win.^[1]

Career

Olazábal was born in Hondarribia, a town in the Basque autonomous region of Spain. He burst onto the golf scene in 1984 as a junior, winning the (British) Amateur Championship aged 18. Then, in his rookie professional season of 1986, he finished second on the European Tour Order of Merit aged 20. In his first nine seasons, he finished in the top 10 every year except two, including another second place in 1989, and he was a regular member of the top 10 of the Official World Golf Ranking (over 300 weeks).^[2] Had Olazábal beaten Ian Woosnam at The Masters in 1991 (he finished second) he would have become the World No. 1. He was unable to play in 1996 due to a foot injury but he recovered and recorded further top 10 placings in the Order of Merit in 1997, 1999 and 2000. He has more than 20 career titles on this tour.

Both of Olazábal's majors have come in the United States, namely The Masters in 1994 and 1999. These wins make him the only winner of the Amateur Championship since World War II to have gone on to win a professional major. He has been highly placed in The Masters on a number of other occasions. Olazábal shares the record for the lowest round in the PGA Championship (63), which he accomplished in the third round at Valhalla Golf Club in 2000.^[3]

In 2001 Olazábal began to play on the PGA Tour, while also retaining his membership of the European Tour. He had a solid year on the PGA Tour in 2002, when he won nearly $2 million and came 24th on the money list, but has not duplicated the success he enjoyed in Europe in the 1980s and 1990s. He has six career PGA Tour titles, five of them won before he became a full member of the Tour. In 2006 he made a return to the top 15 of the world rankings.

José Maria Olazabal (in the bunker)

Olazábal was a member of Europe's Ryder Cup team seven times from 1987 to 2006. He formed a famous partnership with fellow Spaniard Seve Ballesteros that spanned many years,^[4] and formed a similarly successful partnership with Sergio García in 2006. Olazábal captained the European team at the 2012 Ryder Cup for the defence of the trophy at Medinah Country Club in Illinois.^[5] After his team went down 10–6 going into the last day, he helped engineer the greatest ever Ryder Cup comeback with the European team eventually winning by 14½ points to 13½. He confirmed afterwards that he would not consider himself for captaincy in the next Ryder Cup.

Olazábal holds the world record distance for a completed putt. During the 1999 European Ryder Cup team's Concorde flight to the United States, he holed a putt which travelled the full length of the cabin. The ball was in motion for 26.17s, during which time the Concorde, at 1,270 mph, traveled 9.232 miles, beating U.S. golfer Brad Faxon's previous record of 8.5 miles, set in 1997.^[6]

Olazábal was elected to the World Golf Hall of Fame in 2009 with 56% of the vote on the international ballot.^[7]

On June 19, 2013, Olazábal was presented with Spain's most prestigious sporting honor, the Prince of Asturias Award in recognition of his accomplishments as a player and leader of the 2012 Ryder Cup team. He is only the second golfer to be honored since the awards were launched in 1987; Seve Ballesteros was honored in 1989.^[8]

Amateur wins (7)

1983 Italian Open Amateur Championship, Spanish Open Amateur Championship, Boys Amateur Championship
1984 The Amateur Championship, Belgian International Youths Championship, Spanish Open Amateur Championship
1985 British Youths Amateur Championship

Professional wins (30)

European Tour wins (23)

Legend
Major championships (2)
Other European Tour (21)

No.	Date	Tournament	Winning score	Margin of victory	Runner(s)-up
1	7 Sep 1986	Ebel European Masters Swiss Open	−26 (64-66-66-66=262)	3 strokes	Anders Forsbrand
2	12 Oct 1986	Sanyo Open	−15 (69-68-69-67=273)	3 strokes	Howard Clark
3	19 Jun 1988	Volvo Belgian Open	−15 (67-69-64-68=269)	4 strokes	Mike Smith
4	25 Sep 1988	German Masters	−9 (69-72-70-68=279)	2 strokes	Anders Forsbrand, Des Smyth
5	26 Feb 1989	Tenerife Open	−13 (69-68-68-70=275)	3 strokes	José Maria Cañizares
6	30 Jul 1989	KLM Dutch Open	−11 (67-66-68-76=277)	Playoff	Roger Chapman, Ronan Rafferty
7	7 May 1990	Benson & Hedges International Open	−9 (69-68-69-73=279)	1 stroke	Ian Woosnam
8	24 Jun 1990	Carroll's Irish Open	−6 (67-72-71-72=282)	3 strokes	Mark Calcavecchia, Frank Nobilo
9	16 Sep 1990	Lancome Trophy	−11 (68-66-70-65=269)	1 stroke	Colin Montgomerie
10	17 Mar 1991	Open Catalonia	−17 (66-68-64-73=271)	6 strokes	David Feherty
11	22 Sep 1991	Epson Grand Prix of Europe	−19 (64-68-67-66=265)	9 strokes	Mark James
12	23 Feb 1992	Turespana Open de Tenerife	−20 (71-68-66-63=268)	5 strokes	Miguel Ángel Martín
13	1 Mar 1992	Open Mediterrania	−12 (68-71-69-68=276)	2 strokes	José Rivero
14	6 Mar 1994	Turespana Open Mediterrania	−12 (70-65-71-70=276)	Playoff	Paul McGinley
15	10 Apr 1994	Masters Tournament	−9 (74-67-69-69=279)	2 strokes	Tom Lehman
16	30 May 1994	Volvo PGA Championship	−17 (67-68-71-65=271)	1 stroke	Ernie Els
17	23 Mar 1997	Turespana Masters Open de Canarias	−20 (70-67-68-67=272)	2 strokes	Lee Westwood
18	1 Mar 1998	Dubai Desert Classic	−19 (69-67-65-68=269)	3 strokes	Stephen Allan
19	11 Apr 1999	Masters Tournament	−8 (70-66-73-71=280)	2 strokes	Davis Love III
20	14 May 2000	Benson & Hedges International Open	−13 (75-68-66-66=275)	3 strokes	Phillip Price
21	6 May 2001	Open de France	−12 (66-69-66-67=268)	2 strokes	Paul Eales, Costantino Rocca, Greg Turner
22	2 Dec 2001	Omega Hong Kong Open^	−22 (65-69-64-64=262)	1 stroke	Henrik Bjørnstad
23	23 Oct 2005	Mallorca Classic	−10 (69-65-70-66=270)	5 strokes	Paul Broadhurst, Sergio García, José Manuel Lara

^ Co-sanctioned by the Asian Tour

PGA Tour wins (6)

Legend
Major championships (2)
Other PGA Tour (4)

No.	Date	Tournament	Winning score	Margin of victory	Runner(s)-up
1	27 Aug 1990	NEC World Series of Golf	−18 (61-67-67-67=262)	12 strokes	Lanny Wadkins
2	18 Aug 1991	The International	10 points (5-6-8-10)	3 points	Ian Baker-Finch, Scott Gump, Bob Lohr
3	10 Apr 1994	The Masters	−9 (74-67-69-69=279)	2 strokes	Tom Lehman
4	28 Aug 1994	NEC World Series of Golf	−19 (66-67-69-67=269)	1 stroke	Scott Hoch
5	11 Apr 1999	The Masters	−8 (70-66-73-71=280)	2 strokes	Davis Love III
6	10 Feb 2002	Buick Invitational	−13 (71-72-67-65=275)	1 stroke	J. L. Lewis, Mark O'Meara

PGA Tour playoff record (0–2)

No.	Year	Tournament	Opponents	Result
1	2005	BellSouth Classic	Arjun Atwal, Rich Beem, Brandt Jobe, Phil Mickelson	Mickelson won with birdie on fourth extra hole Olazábal eliminated with par on third hole Atwal and Jobe eliminated with par on first hole
2	2006	Buick Invitational	Nathan Green, Tiger Woods	Woods won with par on second extra hole Green eliminated with par on first hole

Japan Golf Tour wins (2)

1989 Visa Taiheiyo Masters
1990 Visa Taiheiyo Masters

Other wins (1)

1995 Tournoi Perrier de Paris (with Seve Ballesteros)

Major championships

Wins (2)

Year	Championship	54 holes	Winning score	Margin	Runner-up
1994	Masters Tournament	1 shot deficit	−9 (74-67-69-69=279)	2 strokes	Tom Lehman
1999	Masters Tournament (2)	1 shot lead	−8 (70-66-73-71=280)	2 strokes	Davis Love III

Results timeline

Tournament	1984	1985	1986	1987	1988	1989
Masters Tournament	DNP	CUT	DNP	CUT	DNP	T8
U.S. Open	DNP	DNP	DNP	T68	DNP	T9
The Open Championship	CUT	T25 LA	T16	T11	T36	T23
PGA Championship	DNP	DNP	DNP	CUT	DNP	CUT

Tournament	1990	1991	1992	1993	1994	1995	1996	1997	1998	1999
Masters Tournament	13	2	T42	T7	1	T14	DNP	T12	T12	1
U.S. Open	T8	T8	CUT	CUT	CUT	T28	DNP	T16	T18	WD
The Open Championship	T16	T80	3	CUT	T38	T31	DNP	T20	T15	CUT
PGA Championship	T14	CUT	CUT	T56	T7	T31	DNP	CUT	CUT	CUT

Tournament	2000	2001	2002	2003	2004	2005	2006	2007	2008	2009
Masters Tournament	CUT	T15	4	T8	30	CUT	T3	T44	CUT	CUT
U.S. Open	T12	CUT	T50	CUT	DNP	DNP	T21	T45	DNP	DNP
The Open Championship	T31	T54	CUT	CUT	DNP	T3	T56	DNP	DNP	DNP
PGA Championship	T4	T37	69	T51	CUT	T47	T55	CUT	DNP	DNP

Tournament	2010	2011	2012	2013	2014	2015
Masters Tournament	DNP	CUT	CUT	T50	T34	CUT
U.S. Open	DNP	DNP	DNP	CUT	DNP	DNP
The Open Championship	DNP	DNP	DNP	DNP	DNP	DNP
PGA Championship	DNP	CUT	CUT	DNP	DNP	DNP

LA = Low amateur
DNP = Did not play
WD = Withdrew
CUT = missed the half-way cut
"T" indicates a tie for a place
Green background for wins. Yellow background for top-10

Summary

Tournament	Wins	2nd	3rd	Top-5	Top-10	Top-25	Events	Cuts made
Masters Tournament	2	1	1	5	8	13	27	18
U.S. Open	0	0	0	0	3	7	18	11
The Open Championship	0	0	2	2	2	9	21	16
PGA Championship	0	0	0	1	2	3	21	10
Totals	2	1	3	8	15	32	87	55

Most consecutive cuts made – 9 (1994 Open Championship – 1997 Open Championship)
Longest streak of top-10s – 2 (twice)

Team appearances

Amateur

Eisenhower Trophy (representing Spain): 1982, 1984
Jacques Léglise Trophy (representing Continental Europe): 1982, 1984
St Andrews Trophy (representing Continental Europe): 1984

Professional

Alfred Dunhill Cup (representing Spain): 1986, 1987, 1988, 1989, 1992, 1993, 1998, 1999 (winners), 2000 (winners)
Four Tours World Championship: 1987, 1989
Ryder Cup (representing Europe): 1987 (winners), 1989 (tied; retained trophy), 1991, 1993, 1997 (winners), 1999, 2006 (winners), 2012 (winners, non-playing captain)
World Cup (representing Spain): 1989, 2000
Seve Trophy (representing Continental Europe): 2000 (winners), 2002, 2003, 2005 (playing captain), 2013 (winners, non-playing captain)
Royal Trophy (representing Europe): 2009 (non-playing captain), 2012 (playing captain)

References

↑ Williams, Richard (1 October 2012). "Europe seal Ryder Cup win with comeback of epic proportions". The Guardian. Retrieved 3 October 2012.
↑ "69 Players Who Have Reached The Top-10 In World Ranking" (PDF). Official World Golf Ranking. Retrieved 28 October 2013.
↑ Kelley, Brent. "PGA Championship Records". About.com. Retrieved 28 October 2013.
↑ Critchley, Bruce (8 September 2008). "Top Ryder Cup pairings". The Daily Telegraph. Retrieved 17 July 2009.
↑ "Jose Maria Olazabal named captain". ESPN. Associated Press. 18 January 2011. Retrieved 28 October 2013.
↑ Donegan, Lawrence (21 September 1999). "Hope that the US can be put to Ryder flight". The Guardian. Retrieved 17 July 2009.
↑ "Olazabal to be inducted in Hall of Fame". USA Today. Associated Press. 20 May 2009. Retrieved 17 July 2009.
↑ "Prince of Asturias awards: Olazabal follows in Seve’s footsteps". EuroNews. 25 October 2013. Retrieved 28 October 2013.

External links

José María Olazábal at the European Tour official site
José María Olazábal at the PGA Tour official site
José María Olazábal at the Japan Golf Tour official site
José María Olazábal at the Official World Golf Ranking official site
Golden Heart Award granted by Spanish Heart Foundation

Awards
Preceded by Iker Casillas & Xavi	Prince of Asturias Award for Sports 2013	Succeeded by New York City Marathon

Masters Tournament champions

1934 Horton Smith 1935 Gene Sarazen† 1936 Horton Smith 1937 Byron Nelson 1938 Henry Picard 1939 Ralph Guldahl 1940 Jimmy Demaret 1941‡ Craig Wood 1942 Byron Nelson† 1943–45 cancelled due to World War II 1946 Herman Keiser 1947 Jimmy Demaret 1948 Claude Harmon 1949 Sam Snead 1950 Jimmy Demaret 1951 Ben Hogan 1952 Sam Snead 1953 Ben Hogan 1954 Sam Snead† 1955 Cary Middlecoff 1956 Jack Burke, Jr. 1957 Doug Ford 1958 Arnold Palmer 1959 Art Wall, Jr. 1960‡ Arnold Palmer 1961 Gary Player 1962 Arnold Palmer† 1963 Jack Nicklaus 1964 Arnold Palmer 1965 Jack Nicklaus 1966 Jack Nicklaus† 1967 Gay Brewer 1968 Bob Goalby 1969 George Archer 1970 Billy Casper† 1971 Charles Coody 1972‡ Jack Nicklaus 1973 Tommy Aaron 1974 Gary Player 1975 Jack Nicklaus 1976‡ Raymond Floyd 1977 Tom Watson 1978 Gary Player 1979 Fuzzy Zoeller† 1980 Seve Ballesteros 1981 Tom Watson 1982 Craig Stadler† 1983 Seve Ballesteros 1984 Ben Crenshaw 1985 Bernhard Langer 1986 Jack Nicklaus 1987 Larry Mize† 1988 Sandy Lyle 1989 Nick Faldo† 1990 Nick Faldo† 1991 Ian Woosnam 1992 Fred Couples 1993 Bernhard Langer 1994 José María Olazábal 1995 Ben Crenshaw 1996 Nick Faldo 1997 Tiger Woods 1998 Mark O'Meara 1999 José María Olazábal 2000 Vijay Singh 2001 Tiger Woods 2002 Tiger Woods 2003 Mike Weir† 2004 Phil Mickelson 2005 Tiger Woods† 2006 Phil Mickelson 2007 Zach Johnson 2008 Trevor Immelman 2009 Ángel Cabrera† 2010 Phil Mickelson 2011 Charl Schwartzel 2012 Bubba Watson† 2013 Adam Scott† 2014 Bubba Watson 2015‡ Jordan Spieth 2016 Danny Willett

† indicates the event was won in a playoff; ‡ indicates the event was won wire-to-wire

Sir Henry Cotton Rookies of the Year

1960 Tommy Goodwin
1961 Alex Caygill
1962 No award
1963 Tony Jacklin
1964 No award
1965 No award
1966 Robin Liddle
1967 No award
1968 Bernard Gallacher
1969 Peter Oosterhuis
1970 Stuart Brown
1971 David Llewellyn
1972 Sam Torrance
1973 Pip Elson
1974 Carl Mason
1975 No award
1976 Mark James
1977 Nick Faldo
1978 Sandy Lyle
1979 Mike Miller
1980 Paul Hoad
1981 Jeremy Bennett
1982 Gordon Brand, Jnr
1983 Grant Turner
1984 Philip Parkin
1985 Paul Thomas
1986 José María Olazábal
1987 Peter Baker
1988 Colin Montgomerie
1989 Paul Broadhurst
1990 Russell Claydon
1991 Per-Ulrik Johansson
1992 Jim Payne
1993 Gary Orr
1994 Jonathan Lomas
1995 Jarmo Sandelin
1996 Thomas Bjørn
1997 Scott Henderson
1998 Olivier Edmond
1999 Sergio García
2000 Ian Poulter
2001 Paul Casey
2002 Nick Dougherty
2003 Peter Lawrie
2004 Scott Drummond
2005 Gonzalo Fernández-Castaño
2006 Marc Warren
2007 Martin Kaymer
2008 Pablo Larrazábal
2009 Chris Wood
2010 Matteo Manassero
2011 Tom Lewis
2012 Ricardo Santos
2013 Peter Uihlein
2014 Brooks Koepka
2015 An Byeong-hun

Spanish Sportsman of the Year

José Marín (1982)
Juan Antonio Corbalán (1983)
José Manuel Abascal (1984)
José Amengual (1985)
José Luis González (1986)
Jorge Martínez (1987)
José Doreste (1988)
Manuel Pereira (1989)
Carlos Sainz (1990)
Martin López-Zubero (1991)
Miguel Indurain (1992)
Jesús Ángel García and Valentí Massana (1993)
José María Olazábal (1994)
Miguel Indurain (1995)
Fermín Cacho (1996)
Joan Llaneras (1997)
Àlex Corretja (1998)
Abel Antón (1999)
Joan Llaneras and Gervasio Deferr (2000)
Pau Gasol (2001)
Alberto García (2002)
Juan Carlos Ferrero (2003)
David Cal (2004)
Fernando Alonso (2005)
Rafael Nadal (2006)
Rafael Trujillo (2007)
Rafael Nadal (2008)
Xavi Hernández (2009)
Jorge Lorenzo (2010)
Juan Carlos Navarro (2011)
Joel González (2012)
Francisco Javier Gómez Noya (2013)
Marc Márquez (2014)

José María Olazábal in the Ryder Cup

European Ryder Cup Captains

Great Britain

Great Britain & Ireland

Europe

European Ryder Cup team – 1987

Seve Ballesteros Gordon Brand, Jnr Ken Brown Howard Clark Eamonn Darcy Nick Faldo Bernhard Langer Sandy Lyle José María Olazábal José Rivero Sam Torrance Ian Woosnam Tony Jacklin (non-playing captain)

Won: 15 – 13

European Ryder Cup team – 1989

Seve Ballesteros Gordon Brand, Jnr José Maria Cañizares Howard Clark Nick Faldo Mark James Bernhard Langer Christy O'Connor Jnr José María Olazábal Ronan Rafferty Sam Torrance Ian Woosnam Tony Jacklin (non-playing captain)

Tied: 14 – 14

European Ryder Cup team – 1991

Seve Ballesteros Paul Broadhurst Nick Faldo David Feherty David Gilford Mark James Bernhard Langer Colin Montgomerie José María Olazábal Steven Richardson Sam Torrance Ian Woosnam Bernard Gallacher (non-playing captain)

Lost: 13.5 – 14.5

European Ryder Cup team – 1993

Peter Baker Seve Ballesteros Nick Faldo Joakim Haeggman Mark James Barry Lane Bernhard Langer Colin Montgomerie José María Olazábal Costantino Rocca Sam Torrance Ian Woosnam Bernard Gallacher (non-playing captain)

Lost: 13 – 15

European Ryder Cup team – 1997

Thomas Bjørn Darren Clarke Nick Faldo Ignacio Garrido Per-Ulrik Johansson Bernhard Langer Colin Montgomerie José María Olazábal Jesper Parnevik Costantino Rocca Lee Westwood Ian Woosnam Seve Ballesteros (non-playing captain)

Won: 14.5 – 13.5

European Ryder Cup team – 1999

Darren Clarke Andrew Coltart Sergio García Pádraig Harrington Miguel Ángel Jiménez Paul Lawrie Colin Montgomerie José María Olazábal Jesper Parnevik Jarmo Sandelin Jean van de Velde Lee Westwood Mark James (non-playing captain)

Lost: 13.5 – 14.5

European Ryder Cup team – 2006

Paul Casey Darren Clarke Luke Donald Sergio García Pádraig Harrington David Howell Robert Karlsson Paul McGinley Colin Montgomerie José María Olazábal Henrik Stenson Lee Westwood Ian Woosnam (non-playing captain)

Won: 18.5 – 9.5

European Ryder Cup team – 2012

Nicolas Colsaerts Luke Donald Sergio García Peter Hanson Martin Kaymer Paul Lawrie Graeme McDowell Rory McIlroy Francesco Molinari Ian Poulter Justin Rose Lee Westwood José María Olazábal (non-playing captain)

Won: 14.5 – 13.5

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