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Miguel \u00c1ngel Jim\u00e9nez has been proclaimed champion of the UBS Hong Kong Open<\/strong> and has written a page in the history of golf, breaking three records: he becomes the oldest winner on the European Tour at 48 years and 318 days (Churriana, M\u00e1laga, January 5, 1964); he achieves 12 titles at the age of 40; and he adds his sixth victory in Asia. This is the third time that the player from Malaga, who has 22 victories to his name, has won this tournament: 2005, 2008 and 2012. <\/p>\n Jimenez has won in Hong Kong with 15 under par (65-67-68-65=265) and one stroke ahead of Fredrik Andersson Hed conquering the third Spanish title in 2012: Rafa Cabrera-Bello (Omega Dubai Desert Classic) and Gonzalo Fernandez-Casta\u00f1o (Italian Open). The total of Spanish victories on the European Tour amounts to 166. <\/p>\n In addition to climbing several places in the Race to Dubai -from 41st to 27th- and the World Ranking, this tournament has opened the doors to the Volvo Golf Champions and the WGC-HSBC Champions 2013, where he has already secured his place.<\/p>\n Miguel \u00c1ngel Jim\u00e9nez<\/strong>: “It was time to win again, it must be that olive oil and Rioja help me to stay on top! I had been playing well for some time, picking up fairways and greens although the results did not reflect it. I have been patient and I knew that sooner or later the victory had to come. I played very solid: 17 birdies and only two bogeys in 72 holes say a lot about my game, I missed a lot of birdie chances that didn’t go in. <\/p>\n During these two years without winning (Omega European Masters September 2010) there have been highs and lows of motivation; you see that time goes by, you get good positions but the triumph does not come and you hear everything: many people ask you if you are going to play the Senior Tour and it seems that they already want you to retire. I always said: ‘time will tell’. This victory means a lot and is special; better late than never, and I think the end of my career is not yet here. <\/p>\n I love the city of Hong Kong, this tournament and this course, there’s something about it that really appeals to me and I haven’t missed it since I first came here in 2004. The course is not too long but it is demanding, and that suits me. Here it’s not a question of hitting it hard but of thinking about where you leave it. <\/p>\n I’m 48 years old and I’m already close to 49, next year I’ll be 25 years on Tour, what a great thing! But I am very lucky to still enjoy golf, I like what I do and I feel happy, and that is the most important thing. Golf has given me everything and I give it whatever it needs: I work, I train and go to the gym, I try to keep in shape because if not… the youngsters come and wet my ear. I know I’m hitting the ball well, I still control it and I feel competitive, the day I don’t feel it… that’s the day I’ll retire, but in the meantime, I hope to keep on fighting. <\/p>\n On the 18th hole, with all the tension of the moment and knowing that I only had a one-stroke lead, I hit a good shot, that tee is very narrow, with trees and you have to hit it very straight. The second was also good, I played three quarters of an eight iron and it was a perfect shot. <\/p>\n Tonight I will celebrate at the airport in Hong Kong with the Spaniards flying to Dubai, I’m running to the hotel to pack my suitcase”.<\/p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Miguel \u00c1ngel Jim\u00e9nez has been proclaimed champion of the UBS Hong Kong Open and has written a page in the history of golf, breaking three records: he becomes the oldest winner on the European Tour at 48 years and 318 days (Churriana, M\u00e1laga, January 5, 1964); he achieves 12 titles at the age of 40; […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1711,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","rank_math_title":"","rank_math_description":"","rank_math_canonical_url":"","rank_math_focus_keyword":""},"categories":[125],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-20780","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/andaluciagolf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/20780","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/andaluciagolf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/andaluciagolf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/andaluciagolf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/andaluciagolf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=20780"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/andaluciagolf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/20780\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/andaluciagolf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1711"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/andaluciagolf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=20780"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/andaluciagolf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=20780"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/andaluciagolf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=20780"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}