Voting Station

Jose Maria Olazabal

Please vote to return to collections.

Golfer

The Resume

    (February 5, 1966- )
    Born in Fuenterrabía, Guipúzcoa, Spain
    PGA Masters Champion (1994, 1999)
    23 European Tour championship victories
    6 PGA Tour victories
    World Golf Hall of Fame inductee (2009)

Why he might be annoying:

    His nicknames are ‘Ollie’ and ‘Chema.’
    He looks like David Schwimmer.
    He missed the entire 1996 golf season due to injuries.
    He was obsessed with golf as a child.
    He was a perfectionist when it came to his golf game.

Why he might not be annoying:

    He grew up around the golf courses as a child, which peaked his interest in the sport.
    He is the second golfer since World War II to win both an amateur and a professional championship in his career.
    He was considered one of the European Tour’s most accomplished golfers.
    He overcame a serious bout of rheumatoid arthritis to win the Masters tournament two years later (1999).
    He captained Team Europe to an improbable victory over the Americans at the Ryder Cup (2012).

Credit: Ricky


Featured in the following Annoying Collections:

Year In Review:

    For 2024, as of last weekly ranking, Out of 1 Votes: 100% Annoying
    In 2022, Out of 6 Votes: 50.0% Annoying