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Jose Maria
Canizares
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EXEMPT STATUS: Top 31
on 2001 SENIOR TOUR Money List
FULL NAME: Jose Maria Canizares
HEIGHT: 5-11
WEIGHT: 165
BIRTHDATE: February 18, 1947
BIRTHPLACE: Madrid, Spain
RESIDENCE: Malaga, Spain
FAMILY: Wife, Felicidad; Genoveva (6/21/73), Gabriel
(6/27/74), Jose Alejandro (1/9/83)
SPECIAL INTERESTS: All sports, reading, movies
TURNED PROFESSIONAL: 1967
JOINED TOUR: 1998
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| SENIOR TOUR Victories |
| (1) 2001 Toshiba Senior Classic. |
| Other Victories |
| 1972 Lancia D'Oro. 1980 Avis-Jersey Open, Bob Hope British
Classic. 1981 Italian Open. 1983 Bob Hope British Classic.
1984 World Cup (medalist), Kenya Open. 1988 Open Volvo.
1990 Benson & Hedges Mixed Team (with Tania Abitbol).
1992 Roma Masters. |
| Current Year Charles Schwab Cup
Points and Positions |
| 73 (T35th) |
| Current Year SENIOR PGA TOUR Money
and Positions |
| $150,163 (32) |
| Current Year SENIOR TOUR Best Finishes |
| T4--Audi Senior Classic |
| Current Year SENIOR TOUR Best Round |
| 67 at Round 3, Verizon Classic |
| Best 2001 SENIOR TOUR Finishes |
| 1--Toshiba Senior Classic; 2--SBC Senior Classic, Las
Vegas Senior Classic; T3--3M Championship; T4--Emerald
Coast Classic; T5--ACE Group Classic; T6--Mexico Senior
Classic; T7--Farmers Charity Classic, Lightpath Long Island
Classic; T8--Bruno's Memorial Classic; T9--Verizon Classic,
BellSouth Senior Classic at Opryland |
| 2001 Season SENIOR TOUR |
| Tournaments Entered--30; in money--29; Top-10 finishes--12 |
| 2001 Season Highlights |
| Was the top international player on the SENIOR TOUR
last year, eclipsing the million-dollar mark for the fourth
straight season...Had top-10 finishes in over a third
of his 30 appearances...Got off to a fast start with top-10
performances in eight of his first 11 events...Highlight
of his early run was his first career victory on the SENIOR
TOUR at the Toshiba Senior Classic. Came from five strokes
back on the final day, a best for the 2001 season. Sunk
a 10-foot birdie putt on the final hole of regulation
to force a playoff with Gil Morgan and then defeated Morgan
on the ninth extra hole with a 20-foot birdie putt. Victory
at Newport Beach came in his 109th start and was followed
by a runner-up performance to Jim Colbert at the SBC Senior
Classic...Garnered Player of the Month honors for March
after posting 10 sub-par scores in 12 rounds during that
four-week stretch...Again found himself in contention
at the Las Vegas Senior Classic in late April. Shared
the opening-round lead before eventually tying for second
at the TPC at Summerlin, three strokes back of Bruce Fleisher...Also
shared the first-round lead the following week at the
Bruno's Memorial Classic before T8 in Birmingham...Made
another run at a second victory during the summer at the
3M Championship. Found himself tied with Hale Irwin for
the top spot after 36 holes, but faded into a T3 after
posting a final-round 74 at the TPC at the Twin Cities.
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| Career Highlights |
| 2000: Earned the most money without a win, pocketing
$1,155,939 on the strength of 10 top-10 finishes...Along
with Walter Hall and Tom Watson, lost out to Lanny Wadkins
in a playoff at the ACE Group Classic...Finished third
late in the year at The Transamerica and T3 at the season-ending
IR SENIOR TOUR Championship after being the 36-hole leader
at the TPC of Myrtle Beach...Fired a career-best 10-under
61 in the second round of the EMC Kaanapali Classic, equalling
Jim Colbert's Kaanapali North Course record. 1999: Over
the million-dollar mark for the second straight year and
came close to victory on several occasions...Along with
Bruce Fleisher, lost in overtime to John Mahaffey at the
Southwestern Bell Dominion event in San Antonio...Also
in contention at the PGA Seniors' Championship, but eventually
T3 after a final-round 72...Also T3 at both the Nationwide
Championship and Lightpath Long Island Classic...Ranked
second on the SENIOR TOUR in Rounds-in-the-60s with 48
and was fourth in Sub-Par Rounds (68). 1998: One of 11
players to hit the million mark in season earnings...Came
close to the winner's circle twice...T2 at the GTE Classic
after taking a two-stroke lead to the 16th tee on the
final day...Also lost in a playoff to Jay Sigel at the
Bell Atlantic Classic on the third extra hole. 1997: Made
the most of his limited appearances...Debuted in April
at the PGA Seniors' Championship and T35 at PGA National...Had
four straight top-10 finishes at one point, starting with
a T10 at the U.S. Senior Open, where he shot a third-round
66, the low round of the event...Nearly reached the winner's
circle at the Northville Long Island Classic...After rounds
of 64-70, was tied for the 36-hole lead with Dana Quigley
and Walter Hall...Contended until the final hole before
missing a short putt that would have put him in a playoff
with Jay Sigel and eventual winner Quigley...In addition,
made five starts on the PGA European Seniors Tour, finishing
seventh on the final Order of Merit...Earned fully exempt
status for the 1998 season by finishing second at the
SENIOR TOUR National Qualifying Tournament. |
| Personal |
| Began playing the game after working as a caddie as
a youngster in Madrid...Says his biggest thrill in golf
was winning his first event as a professional at South
Sebastian in 1969. |
| SENIOR TOUR Playoff Record |
| 1-3 |
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