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Miguel Angel Jimenez’s first task in becoming the new Senior Open champion was to rename his victory claret jug the ‘Rioja Jug’. The pony-tailed Malaga golfer denied double Senior Open winning Bernhard Langer and with the German signing for a 68 to finish runner-up in the event for a third time since 2013. Jimenez also not only became the first Spaniard to win the Senior Open since the inaugural event in 1987 but he now joins the late, great Seve Ballesteros as only the second Spaniard to win ...

St. Andrews, Scotland … Miguel Angel Jimenez has joined his late, great compatriot Seve Ballesteros to become only the second Spaniard in the history of the game to win a Major Championship at St. Andrews. Jimenez posted a final round 69 to win by a shot with a 12-under par tally on the Old Course at the Home of Golf. Germany’s Bernhard Langer and defending Senior Open champion signed for a four-under par 68 to finish runner-up on 11-under par to finish second for a third occasion in ...

England’s Richard McEvoy has created a European first in eight years in birding the last to brilliantly capture the Porsche European Open in Hamburg. A week ago, McEvoy won the Challenge Tour’s La Vaudreuil Golf Challenge in France and he’s now captured a maiden main European Tour title a week later in birding the last hole to break clear of a four-way tie for the lead and win by a shot in Germany. It is McEvoy’s first European Tour victory in his 285th appearance He is ...

St. Andrews, Scotland … Miguel Angel Jimenez is determined to become just a second Spaniard since the late, great Seve Ballasteros to win a Major Championship at St. Andrews. Jimenez, 54 battled the bright but very windy conditions in posting a third-round level par 72 and to a two-stroke nine-under par lead into the final round of the Senior Open. Ballesteros is the only Spanish-born golfer to have won golf’s oldest Major, in capturing the 1979 Open at Royal Lytham and St. Annes before his ...

St. Andrews, Scotland … Paul McGinley insists his golf game will need to be better than just ‘okay’ if he is to win the Senior Open championship at St. Andrews. McGinley posted a third round 72 for a five-under par tally but trail just four shots behind Spain’s Miguel Angel Jimenez into the final round of the Senior Open at St. Andrews. McGinley had been well in contention late in Friday’s second round only to come unstuck with bogeys at 15, 16 and the last in a 73 for a five-under ...

St. Andrews, Scotland …. Miguel Angel Jiménez  now looks to follow in the footsteps of the late, great Seve Ballesteros after moving into the clubhouse lead late on day two of the Senior Open Championship at St. Andrews. Jimenez ended his round near 9pm enjoying a one shot lead at nine-under par and thanks to a three-hole stretch where the golfer known as ‘The Mechanic’ eagled the 14th and then birdied the next two holes in a round of a five-under par 67. Three players – ...

St. Andrews, Scotland … Paul McGinley rolled back the years posting a ‘magical and mystical’ 66 for his lowest Old Course score and a best round in five years on day one of the Senior Open championship at St. Andrews. McGinley, 51 grabbed eight birdies and dropped just one shot to be among two others, Canadian Stephen Ames sharing third place and just one shot off the lead in the $US 2m Home of Golf event. American Kirk Triplett  and Thailand’s Thaworn Wiratchant head the over-50s ...