News - Miguel Ángel Jiménez
Britain-Ireland won the European Tour's Vivendi Trophy with Seve Ballesteros for the fifth straight time Sunday, topping Continental Europe by five points. The Britain-Ireland team needed just two points in the final round to clinch the trophy in Paris and got them in the first two matches, a 3 and 2 win by Graeme McDowell over Robert Karlsson and Rory McIlroy's 1-up decision over Henrik Stenson. The event, which was played at the Saint- Nom-la-Breteche Golf Club, was formerly known as the Seve Trophy, named for for longtime golf star Seve Ballesteros. Other winners in the final round were Robert Rock for Britain-Ireland and Anders Hansen, Soren Hansen, Miguel Angel Jimenez, Soren Kjeldsen and Francesco Molinari of Continental Europe.
Argentina's Estanislao Goya opened with a 7-under-par 65 Thursday and leads the European Tour's Moravia Silesia Open in Celadna, Czech Republic, by one stroke. The inaugural tournament field includes course designer Miguel Angel Jimenez. Goya, nicknamed Tano, closed his first round with birdies at the 17th and 18th holes, giving him five birdies, a bogey at the second and an eagle at the par-5 16th. I'm very happy, Goya said following his lowest round this season.
Miguel Angel Jimenez shot a 6-under 64 at the British Open Thursday and prevented Tom Watson from becoming the oldest major championship leader in history. Watson, less than two months away from his 60th birthday, shot a stunning 65 over the Turnberry course in the first round of the year's third major golfing event.
Miguel Angel Jimenez shot 6-under par 64 Thursday and holds a one-stroke lead after the first 18 holes at the British Open in Turnberry, Scotland. Jimenez, a native of Malaga, Spain, and one of the day's late starters, finished his bogey-free round by overtaking American Tom Watson and Ben Curtis with
Three players shot 6-under-par 66 Thursday and share the lead after the first 18 holes at the European Tour's Qatar Masters in Doha. The trio is Andrew Coltart of Scotland, Sweden's Henrik Stenson, and Spain's Miguel Angel Jimenez. They have a slim one-stroke lead over five players -- Lee Westwood,
