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 In 1954, 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.
Gonzalez 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: in 1978, 1980, 1981. However, he did not have much success. His only top ten was a T-5 at the 1980 Sammy Davis Jr.-Greater Hartford Open.
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. 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.
Amateur wins 1969 Brazil Amateur Open Championship 1971 Brazil Amateur Open Championship 1972 Brazil Amateur Open Championship 1974 Eisenhower Trophy (individual winner) 1975 Sunnehanna Amateur 1976 Brazil Amateur Open Championship
Professional wins (2) European Tour wins (1) No.DateTournamentWinning scoreMargin ofvictoryRunner-up110 Jun 1984St. Mellion Timeshare TPC−15 (65-64-69-67=265)Playoff Mark James
European Tour playoff record (1–0) No.YearTournamentOpponentResult11984St. Mellion Timeshare TPC Mark JamesWon with par on second extra hole
Other wins (1) 1980 Oklahoma Open
Playoff record Asia Golf Circuit playoff record (0–1) No.YearTournamentOpponentsResult11979Thailand Open Mike KrantzLost to birdie on first extra hole
Results in major championships Tournament1977197819791980198119821983198419851986The Open ChampionshipT43T47CUTCUTT28T20CUT Note: Gonzalez only played in The Open Championship.
CUT = missed the half-way cut "T" = tied
Team appearances Amateur Eisenhower Trophy (representing Brazil): 1970, 1972, 1974 (joint individual leader), 1976
Professional World Cup (representing Brazil): 1978, 1979 Hennessy Cognac Cup (representing the Rest of the World): 1982, 1984 Dunhill Cup (representing Brazil): 1985
See also
Fall 1977 PGA Tour Qualifying School graduates Fall 1979 PGA Tour Qualifying School graduates
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