Jaime Gonzalez (golfer)

Jaime Gonzalez
Personal information
Full nameJaime Gonzalez
Born (1954-07-25) 25 July 1954 (age 70)
São Paulo, Brazil
Height5 ft 10 in (1.78 m)
Sporting nationality Brazil
ResidenceRio de Janeiro, Brazil
Career
CollegeOklahoma State University
Turned professional1977
Former tour(s)PGA Tour
European Tour
Professional wins2
Number of wins by tour
European Tour1
Other1
Best results in major championships
Masters TournamentDNP
PGA ChampionshipDNP
U.S. OpenDNP
The Open ChampionshipT20: 1985

Jaime Gonzalez (born 25 July 1954) is a Brazilian professional golfer. He is one of the few from his country to have enjoyed success on the international circuit.

Early life and amateur career

Gonzalez was born in São Paulo to a golfing family. His father Mário won the Spanish Open as an amateur in 1947. Gonzalez had a lot of success an amateur, winning the Brazil Amateur Championship three times (1969, 1971, 1972) as a teenager. He would win the tournament one more time when he was in college. He attended Oklahoma State University in the United States and won the individual title at the 1974 Eisenhower Trophy.

Professional career

In 1977, Gonzalez turned professional and shortly thereafter represented Brazil twice in the World Cup, in 1978 and 1979.

Gonzalez earned membership on the PGA Tour for three seasons (1978, 1980, 1981) but did not have much success. His only top ten was a T-5 at the 1980 Sammy Davis Jr.-Greater Hartford Open.[1] In 1982, he turned to Europe where he had much more success. He played on the European Tour between 1982 and 1987 and won an event, the 1984 St. Mellion Timeshare TPC.[2] In addition, a month after his victory, he was in the top-10 of the 1984 Open Championship after the first two rounds. He eventually finished T-28. His rank on the European Tour Order of Merit was #16 that year, his best ever.[2]

Amateur wins

  • 1969 Brazil Amateur Open Championship
  • 1971 Brazil Amateur Open Championship
  • 1972 Brazil Amateur Open Championship
  • 1976 Brazil Amateur Open Championship

Professional wins (2)

European Tour wins (1)

No. Date Tournament Winning score Margin of
victory		 Runner-up
1 10 Jun 1984 St. Mellion Timeshare TPC −15 (65-64-69-67=265) Playoff England Mark James

European Tour playoff record (1–0)

No. Year Tournament Opponent Result
1 1984 St. Mellion Timeshare TPC England Mark James Won with par on second extra hole

Other wins (1)

Playoff record

Asia Golf Circuit playoff record (0–1)

No. Year Tournament Opponents Result
1 1979 Thailand Open United States Mike Krantz Lost to birdie on first extra hole

Results in major championships

Tournament 1977 1978 1979 1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986
The Open Championship T43 T47 CUT CUT T28 T20 CUT

Note: Gonzalez only played in The Open Championship.

  Did not play

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

Team appearances

Amateur

Professional

See also

References

  1. ^ "Jaime Gonzalez – Profile". PGA Tour. Retrieved 7 January 2020.
  2. ^ a b "Jaime Gonzalez - Career Records". European Tour. Retrieved 7 January 2020.


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