{"id":21758,"date":"2023-02-24T12:01:46","date_gmt":"2023-02-24T11:01:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lamonacillagolf.com\/jose-maria-olazabal\/"},"modified":"2023-08-23T10:00:11","modified_gmt":"2023-08-23T08:00:11","slug":"jose-maria-olazabal","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/lamonacillagolf.com\/en\/jose-maria-olazabal\/","title":{"rendered":"Jos\u00e9 Mar\u00eda Olazabal"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-page\" data-elementor-id=\"21758\" class=\"elementor elementor-21758\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-73bb626 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default sc_fly_static\" data-id=\"73bb626\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-extended\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-2668195 sc_inner_width_none sc_content_align_inherit sc_layouts_column_icons_position_left sc_fly_static\" data-id=\"2668195\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-682b8b3 sc_fly_static elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"682b8b3\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<style>\/*! elementor - v3.9.2 - 21-12-2022 *\/\n.elementor-widget-text-editor.elementor-drop-cap-view-stacked .elementor-drop-cap{background-color:#818a91;color:#fff}.elementor-widget-text-editor.elementor-drop-cap-view-framed .elementor-drop-cap{color:#818a91;border:3px solid;background-color:transparent}.elementor-widget-text-editor:not(.elementor-drop-cap-view-default) .elementor-drop-cap{margin-top:8px}.elementor-widget-text-editor:not(.elementor-drop-cap-view-default) .elementor-drop-cap-letter{width:1em;height:1em}.elementor-widget-text-editor .elementor-drop-cap{float:left;text-align:center;line-height:1;font-size:50px}.elementor-widget-text-editor .elementor-drop-cap-letter{display:inline-block}<\/style>\t\t\t\t<p>La Monacilla Golf is a design of <strong> D. Jos\u00e9 Mar\u00eda Olaz\u00e1bal<\/strong>.<\/p><p><strong><em>ABOUT JOSE MARIA OLAZABAL, by D. Robert Green, <\/em><\/strong>Editor in Chief, Golf International for the<strong>\u00a0<em>Olaz\u00e1bal Golf Design. (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.olazabaldesign.com\/index.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">www.olazabaldesign.com<\/a>)\u00a0<\/em><\/strong><\/p><p>Born on February 5, 1966, in Fuenterrabia, Spain, Jose Maria Olazabal grew up on a golf course and took up the game aged four. Before turning professional in 1985, he completed the unprecedented and unmatched feat of winning the British Boys\u2019, Youths\u2019 and Amateur Championships.<\/p><p>He claimed his first European Tour title in 1986.He made his debut in the Ryder Cup in 1987 at the age of 21 and played a vital role, notably in partnership with his compatriot, Seve Ballesteros, in enabling arguably the finest European team of all time to win. Olazabal won his first tournament in the United States in 1990, when he took the World Series of Golf by an astonishing 12 shots. In 1994, he won his first major championship, the Masters. Nicknamed \u201cChema\u201c, Olazabal seemed to have the world of golf at his feet. But he was also feeling he had the world on them. In the latter part of 1994, the recurring pains in his feet began to intensify. Within 12 months, the discomfort had at times become excruciating. Bleakly, his illness was diagnosed as rheumatoid polyarthritis.<\/p>\n\t\t<div class='row custom-gallery-row'><div class='custom-gallery col-lg-6 col-md-6 col-sm-6 col-xs-6'><a href='https:\/\/lamonacillagolf.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/Jose-Maria-Olazabal.jpg' title=\"\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"img-fluid\" src=\"https:\/\/lamonacillagolf.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/Jose-Maria-Olazabal-890x664.jpg\" alt=\"Jose Maria Olazabal\"><\/a><\/div><div class='custom-gallery col-lg-6 col-md-6 col-sm-6 col-xs-6'><a href='https:\/\/lamonacillagolf.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/Jose-Maria-Olazabal-CN-2021.jpg' title=\"\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"img-fluid\" src=\"https:\/\/lamonacillagolf.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/Jose-Maria-Olazabal-CN-2021-890x664.jpg\" alt=\"Jose Maria Olazabal (CN 2021)\"><\/a><\/div><\/div>\n<p>Throughout 1996, the pain was so bad that Olazabal was sometimes reduced to crawling around his house. But in the autumn of 1996, he visited a renowned physician, Dr. Hans-Wilhelm Mueller-Wohlfahrt, in Munich, Germany, and began an entirely fresh course of treatment. Remarkably, by February 1997 he was playing in the Dubai Desert Classic. He finished twelfth. Next time out, in Portugal, he was fourth. In his next start, the Turespana Masters, he completed one of the most spectacular comebacks in sports history by winning the tournament. By the end of the year, he was again a crucial figure in Europe\u2019s retention of the Ryder Cup.<\/p><p>Olazabal\u2019s greatest subsequent achievement in golf to that point of his career came in April 1999, when he won the Masters for the second time. In acknowledgement of this he was presented with the Golf Writers\u2019 Association of America\u2019s Ben Hogan Award in recognition of his outstanding comeback from injury. At the 2000 USPGA Championship, he tied the lowest round ever played in a major with a course record of 63 at Valhalla. He won again on the European Tour that season followed by another four victories in the US, Europe and Asia in 2001 and 2002, and 2005, bringing his total of worldwide victories in professional tournaments to 33. In 2006, he made his seventh appearance in the Ryder Cup, winning three matches out of three as Europe retained the trophy at the K Club in Ireland.<\/p>\n\t\t<div class='row custom-gallery-row'><div class='custom-gallery col-lg-6 col-md-6 col-sm-6 col-xs-6'><a title=\"Jose Maria Olazabal of Spain poses with The Ryder Cup trophy after being named Europe&#039;s 2012 captain during a Ryder Cup Press Conference at the 2011 Abu Dhabi HSBC Golf Championship at the Abu Dhabi Golf Club on January 18, 2011 in Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates.\" href='https:\/\/lamonacillagolf.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/JMO_RC-2012.jpg' title=\"Jose Maria Olazabal of Spain poses with The Ryder Cup trophy after being named Europe&#8217;s 2012 captain during a Ryder Cup Press Conference at the 2011 Abu Dhabi HSBC Golf Championship at the Abu Dhabi Golf Club on January 18, 2011 in Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates.\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"img-fluid\" src=\"https:\/\/lamonacillagolf.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/JMO_RC-2012-890x664.jpg\" alt=\"Jose Maria Olazabal of Spain poses with The Ryder Cup trophy aft\"><\/a><\/div><div class='custom-gallery col-lg-6 col-md-6 col-sm-6 col-xs-6'><a href='https:\/\/lamonacillagolf.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/Jose-Maria-Olazabal-_-Photo-Emmanuel-Nguyen-Ngoc-1.jpg' title=\"\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"img-fluid\" src=\"https:\/\/lamonacillagolf.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/Jose-Maria-Olazabal-_-Photo-Emmanuel-Nguyen-Ngoc-1-890x664.jpg\" alt=\"Jose Maria Olazabal _ Photo Emmanuel Nguyen Ngoc\"><\/a><\/div><\/div>\n<p>In 2009, he was inducted into the World Golf Hall of Fame. Finally, and most gloriously, having been assistant captain at the 2008 and 2010 Ryder Cups, in 2012 he captained the European team to victory in Chicago. His team had trailed 10-6 going into the singles but on the final day they defied the odds to win eight matches and halve one, thereby retaining the trophy with Europe\u2019s greatest-ever last day performance, an accomplishment Olazabal and his team dedicated to the memory of Seve, who had passed away in May 2011. In his own words, in terms of his illustrious career, this was \u201cthe No. 1\u201d achievement.<\/p><p>Note: text written by <em><strong>Robert Green<\/strong><\/em>, Editor in Chief, Golf International for the Ol\u00e1zabal Golf Design. <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.olazabaldesign.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">www.olazabaldesign.com<\/a>\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-9671ec0 sc_height_huge sc_fly_static elementor-widget elementor-widget-spacer\" data-id=\"9671ec0\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"spacer.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<style>\/*! elementor - v3.9.2 - 21-12-2022 *\/\n.elementor-column .elementor-spacer-inner{height:var(--spacer-size)}.e-con{--container-widget-width:100%}.e-con-inner>.elementor-widget-spacer,.e-con>.elementor-widget-spacer{width:var(--container-widget-width,var(--spacer-size));--align-self:var(--container-widget-align-self,initial);--flex-shrink:0}.e-con-inner>.elementor-widget-spacer>.elementor-widget-container,.e-con-inner>.elementor-widget-spacer>.elementor-widget-container>.elementor-spacer,.e-con>.elementor-widget-spacer>.elementor-widget-container,.e-con>.elementor-widget-spacer>.elementor-widget-container>.elementor-spacer{height:100%}.e-con-inner>.elementor-widget-spacer>.elementor-widget-container>.elementor-spacer>.elementor-spacer-inner,.e-con>.elementor-widget-spacer>.elementor-widget-container>.elementor-spacer>.elementor-spacer-inner{height:var(--container-widget-height,var(--spacer-size))}<\/style>\t\t<div class=\"elementor-spacer\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-spacer-inner\"><\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>La Monacilla Golf is a design of D. 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