José María Olazábal Masters Record, Masters Finishes

Two-time Masters champion José María Olazábal made his first cut at Augusta National in seven years last April despite not having played competitively since the previous November.

Olazábal, 56, has eight top-10s at the Masters and five top-5s, including his victories in 1994 and 1999.

He was awarded the 2000 Ben Hogan Award for overcoming serious health issues.

He grew up next to Real Golf Club, where his grandfather and father were the greenskeepers. A Ryder Cup stalwart as a player, he captained the European team to victory in the 2012 matches.

Olazabal is a Spanish professional golfer from the Basque region who has enjoyed success on both the European Tour and the PGA Tour, and has won two major championships, both at The Masters.

In 2012 he captained Europe’s Ryder Cup team to a narrow victory over the US, 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.

As an amateur, he represented Spain on all levels. He represented Spain in competing in the Eisenhower Trophy at 16 years of age in 1982, and again two years later, in 1984.

In 1983, he won the Boys Amateur Championship at Glenbervie Golf Club, Scotland, and in 1984, he won The Amateur Championship at Formby Golf Club, Liverpool, England, at age 18, beating Colin Montgomerie 5 and 4 in the final.

The year after, when he won the British Youths Open Amateur Championship, at Ganton Golf Club, England, he became the first player to have won the British Boy’s, Youth’s and Amateur titles in a career.