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Miguel \u00c1ngel Jim\u00e9nez has been proclaimed champion of the Mississippi Gulf Resort Classic for the second consecutive year after winning the first play-off hole against American Gene Sauers, with whom he finished tied with 13 under par, thus conquering his fourth victory in the Champions Tour.<\/p>\n
The player from Malaga, who was defending his title at the Fallen Oak Golf Club course in Biloxi, has won again and already has one victory per season in the U.S. veterans circuit, in which he recognizes he is “enjoying more and more every day”. In 2014 he won the Greater Gwinnett Championship, the following year he won the Mitsubishi Electric Championship and in 2016 he won the same tournament, repeating his triumph. <\/p>\n
Miguel \u00c1ngel Jim\u00e9nez: “I am very happy to have won, although it was not an easy victory. The two times I played the 18th hole seemed like night and day; first, six shots for a double bogey, I was undecided between the eight or nine iron and, when I went to hit the ball, I got completely blocked. I don’t know what happened to me, I didn’t even know how to hit it. I am human. And I missed a very short putt. The play-off hole was the opposite: I hit a good drive, a magnificent seven iron and I made a three-meter putt for birdie. That’s golf! <\/p>\n
“All three days I played well, leaving myself opportunities and hitting the ball well. After the bogey on hole five -with three putts- I recovered with birdies on the next two holes and when I putted on the ninth I thought that if I kept playing like that I could win the tournament; I made two more birdies on the 11th and 13th and arrived at the 18th tee with a two-stroke lead and 4 under par. But, as I always say: be careful because it’s all bulls up to the tail. <\/p>\n
“I’m glad to have successfully defended the title, I was looking forward to winning again. I had been looking forward to the victory for a long time and finally I did it! It was very nice to do it with all the support of the public, the people here are very welcoming and have been cheering me on all the time. <\/p>\n
“I’m enjoying a lot on the Champions Tour and the intention is to play more on this circuit, probably 90 percent of my calendar; I’m 53 years old and I’ve been going around the world for more than 35 years, and although from time to time I like to participate in the European Tour because I think I’m still competitive there, this is more relaxed, there is no cut and the three rounds of competition are very much appreciated. Maybe we have to give way to the younger players”.<\/p>\n
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List of winners<\/strong><\/p>\n European Circuit<\/p>\n 2014 Spanish Open<\/p>\n 2013 Hong Kong Open<\/p>\n 2012 UBS Hong Kong Open<\/p>\n 2010 Omega European Masters, Crans-sur-Sierre, Switzerland<\/p>\n 2010 French Open, Paris<\/p>\n 2010 Omega Dubai Desert Classic, Dubai<\/p>\n 2008 BMW PGA Championship, Wentworth, England<\/p>\n 2007 Hong Kong Open<\/p>\n 2005 Omega Hong Kong Open<\/p>\n 2005 The Celtic Manor Wales Open, Wales<\/p>\n 2004 Johnnie Walker Classic, Bangkok, Thailand<\/p>\n 2004 Algarve Open de Portugal<\/p>\n 2004 BMW Asian Open, Shanghai, China<\/p>\n 2004 BMW International Open, Munich, Germany<\/p>\n 2003 Turespa\u00f1a Mallorca Classic, Pula Golf, Mallorca<\/p>\n 1999 Volvo Masters, Montecastillo, Jerez de la Frontera, Spain.<\/p>\n 1999 Turespa\u00f1a Open de Andaluc\u00eda, Parador M\u00e1laga Golf<\/p>\n 1998 Turespa\u00f1a Masters Open Baleares, Santa Pon\u00e7a, Mallorca<\/p>\n 1998 Troph\u00e8e Lanc\u00f4me, Paris<\/p>\n 1994 Heineken Dutch Open, The Netherlands<\/p>\n 1992 Open Piaget Belgium<\/p>\n \n Champions Tour<\/strong><\/p>\n 2014 Greater Gwinnett Championship<\/p>\n 2015 Mitsubishi Electric Championship<\/p>\n 2016 Mississippi Gulf Resort Classic presented by C-Spire<\/p>\n 2017 Mississippi Gulf Resort Classic<\/p>\n Ryder Cup: 1999, 2004 (European victory), 2008 and 2010 (European victory). Vice-captain in 1997 under Seve Ballesteros, in 2012 with his great friend Jos\u00e9 Mari Olaz\u00e1bal and in 2014 with Paul McGinley. <\/p>\n \n Dunhill Cup: 1999 and 2000, Spain’s victory with Jim\u00e9nez in the team. <\/p>\n \n Seve Trophy: 2000 (Continental Europe win), 2013 (Continental Europe win)<\/p>\n \n EurAsia Cup 2014: Captain-player (tie)<\/p>\n \n Challenge Tour<\/strong><\/p>\n 1988 Open de L’inforatique, France<\/p>\n \n Other titles<\/strong><\/p>\n Champion of Spain 1999, 2002, 2003 and 2006.<\/p>\n 2003 RCG Sevilla National Circuit<\/p>\n 1999 Oki Telepizza<\/p>\n 1989 Benson and Hedges Trophy (with Xonia Wunsch)<\/p>\n Andalusian Professional Champion 1986 & 89<\/p>\n APG Spanish Doubles Champions together with Andres Jimenez in 2006 and 07<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Miguel \u00c1ngel Jim\u00e9nez has been proclaimed champion of the Mississippi Gulf Resort Classic for the second consecutive year after winning the first play-off hole against American Gene Sauers, with whom he finished tied with 13 under par, thus conquering his fourth victory in the Champions Tour. The player from Malaga, who was defending his title […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":6815,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[125],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-21326","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\/21326","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\/5"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/andaluciagolf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=21326"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/andaluciagolf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/21326\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/andaluciagolf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/6815"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/andaluciagolf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=21326"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/andaluciagolf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=21326"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/andaluciagolf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=21326"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}