Miguel Ángel Martín (born 2 May 1962) is a Spanish professional golfer.
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| Personal information | |
| Full name | Miguel Ángel Martín |
| Born | 2 May 1962 Huelva, Spain |
| Height | 5 ft 6 in (1.68 m) |
| Weight | 154 lb (70 kg; 11.0 st) |
| Sporting nationality |  Spain |
| Residence | Madrid, Spain |
| Career | |
| Turned professional | 1981 |
| Current tour(s) | European Senior Tour |
| Former tour(s) | European Tour Champions Tour |
| Professional wins | 14 |
| Highest ranking | 68 (23 March 1997)[1] |
| Number of wins by tour | |
| European Tour | 3 |
| PGA Tour of Australasia | 1 |
| Other | 11 |
| Best results in major championships | |
| Masters Tournament | DNP |
| PGA Championship | DNP |
| U.S. Open | DNP |
| The Open Championship | T24: 1999 |
Professional career edit
Martín was born in Huelva. He started out as a caddie and turned professional in 1981. He has been a member of the European Tour for more than twenty seasons, and in 2005 he became the first Continental European golfer to make 500 appearances on the tour.[2] He also attempted to make the PGA Tour in 1988. He was one of the 1988 PGA Tour Qualifying School graduates. His best finish on the Order of Merit was 17th in 1996 and he has won three European Tour events. He was also a member of the winning Spanish team at the 2000 Alfred Dunhill Cup.
In 1997 Martín earned a spot in the European Ryder Cup team via the money list, but was forced to withdraw after failing to recover from a wrist injury sustained in July. At the time he felt that he had been excluded in order to have a bigger name player involved. Martín wanted to make his own decision nearer the time, as José María Olazábal had done two years before, but the European Ryder Cup committee requested that he play 18 holes to prove his fitness. He refused as it was just 30 days after his surgery, and despite receiving support from many players, his place on the team was taken by Olazábal, who was next on the qualification list.[3][4]
Professional wins (14) edit
European Tour wins (3) edit
| No. | Date | Tournament | Winning score | Margin of victory |
Runner-up |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 28 Jun 1992 | Peugeot Open de France | −8 (70-71-66-69=276) | 2 strokes |  Martin Poxon
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| 2 | 2 Feb 1997 | Heineken Classic1 | −15 (70-67-65-71=273) | 1 stroke |  Fred Couples
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| 3 | 20 Jun 1999 | Moroccan Open | −12 (67-71-70-68=276) | Playoff |  David Park
|
1Co-sanctioned by the PGA Tour of Australasia
European Tour playoff record (1–1)
| No. | Year | Tournament | Opponent | Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 1996 | One 2 One British Masters |  Robert Allenby
|
Lost after concession on first extra hole |
| 2 | 1999 | Moroccan Open | David Park
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Won with par on sixth extra hole |
Hi5 Pro Tour wins (1) edit
| No. | Date | Tournament | Winning score | Margin of victory |
Runner-up |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 29 Feb 2012 | Lumine Lakes Open 1 | −8 (66-68=134) | Playoff | Jordi García Pinto
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Evolve Pro Tour wins (2) edit
| No. | Date | Tournament | Winning score | Margin of victory |
Runner(s)-up |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 28 Feb 2017 | Hacienda Riquelme | −13 (67-68-68=203) | 12 strokes | David Borda
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| 2 | 1 Feb 2019 | Hacienda Riquelme (2) | −13 (70-70-63=203) | 5 strokes |  Jarand Ekeland Arnøy,  Jonathan Caldwell
|
Other wins (8) edit
- 1986 SHA Grand Prix
- 1987 Spanish PGA Championship, Madrid Championship, South Open, Carilo Open
- 1996 Campeonato de Espana
- 2000 Madrid Championship
- 2004 Madrid Championship
Results in major championships edit
| Tournament | 1987 | 1988 | 1989 | 1990 | 1991 | 1992 | 1993 | 1994 | 1995 | 1996 | 1997 | 1998 | 1999 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| The Open Championship | T62 | T30 | CUT | T64 | CUT | CUT | CUT | T24 |
Note: Martín only played in The Open Championship.
CUT = missed the half-way cut
"T" = tied
Results in senior major championships edit
Results not in chronological order before 2022.
| Tournament | 2012 | 2013 | 2014 | 2015 | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| The Tradition | NT | |||||||||||
| Senior PGA Championship | CUT | CUT | CUT | T39 | T38 | T69 | CUT | NT | CUT | |||
| U.S. Senior Open | CUT | CUT | T37 | T54 | CUT | CUT | NT | CUT | ||||
| Senior Players Championship | T63 | T61 | ||||||||||
| The Senior Open Championship | CUT | T45 | T13 | T22 | T63 | T6 | CUT | T16 | NT | T24 | T29 | CUT |
CUT = missed the halfway cut
"T" indicates a tie for a place
NT = No tournament due to COVID-19 pandemic
Team appearances edit
See also edit
References edit
- ^ "Week 12 1997 Ending 23 Mar 1997" (pdf). OWGR. Retrieved 29 October 2019.
- ^ "Miguel Angel Martin – Biography". European Tour. Retrieved 16 October 2018.
- ^ Farrell, Andy (4 September 1997). "Axed Martin points the finger at Ballesteros". The Times. London. Archived from the original on 14 May 2022. Retrieved 13 July 2009.
- ^ "Grounded: Miguel Angel Martín, and more, was sacrificed to ensure a European win". Sports Illustrated. 6 October 1997. Retrieved 15 October 2018.
External links edit
- Miguel Ángel Martín at the European Tour official site
- Miguel Ángel Martín at the Official World Golf Ranking official site