Miguel Angel Jimenez gained the Kaulig Corporations Championship on Sunday for his fourth PGA Tour Champions victory of the season, rallying to drive a playoff and beating Steven Alker with a 20-foot birdie putt on the second further gap.
Two strokes down after taking part in accomplice Alker birdied the par-5 sixteenth, Jimenez made a 10-foot birdie putt on the par-4 seventeenth and an 18-footer on the par-4 18th.
Tied for the lead coming into the spherical at Firestone South, the 61-year-old Jimenez and 53-year-old Alker every shot 2-under 68 to complete at 10-under 270 within the main championship.
They every parred the 18th on the primary playoff gap, with Jimenez lacking an 18-foot birdie attempt to Alker holing a 3 1/2-footer to ship it again to tee for a second further gap.
Earlier than Jimenez’s successful putt, Alker missed a 20-foot birdie strive after a restoration shot from the bushes proper of the golf green.
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Jimenez gained his third main title after taking the Areas Custom and the Senior British Open — each in 2018 — and earned a spot subsequent yr in The Gamers Championship on the TPC Sawgrass. The Spanish star has 17 profession victories on 50-and-over tour.
Jimenez beat Alker by two strokes within the Trophy Hassan II in February in Morocco, then gained the Hoag Traditional in March in Newport Seaside, California, and the Principal Charity Traditional in a playoff three weeks in the past in Des Moines, Iowa.
Stewart Cink was third at 8 below after a 66. Steve Flesch was one other stroke after a 65.
The U.S. Senior Open begins Thursday on the Broadmoor in Colorado Springs, Colorado.