Sunday 20 May 2018 22:34, UK
Miguel Angel Jimenez secured a maiden senior major title with a three-shot victory at the Regions Tradition in Alabama.
The Spaniard birdied two of his final three holes to post a two-under 70 at Greystone Golf & Country Club and pull clear of nearest challengers Steve Stricker, Joe Durant and Gene Sauers.
Stricker, a two-time winner on the Champions Tour this season, briefly shared the lead and matched Jimenez's 70, while Durant and Sauers both carded closing 69s.
Beginning the day with a three-shot lead, Jimenez bogeyed the par-four first but bounced back to post birdies at the fifth and seventh to post a front-nine 35.
Jimenez lost his outright advantage with a blemish at the 10th, as Durant moved alongside him with three birdies in a four-hole stretch around the turn.
A tap-in birdie at the 13th lifted Jimenez back ahead, only for Stricker to also pick up a shot on the par-five and drain a winding 20-footer at the next to join Durant one off the pace.
Jimenez responded to a bogey at the 15th by holing a 15-footer at the next, before seeing his lead doubled when Stricker failed to get up-and-down from a bunker to save par at the 17th.
Taking a two-shot cushion to the last, Jimenez found the par-five green in two and two-putted for birdie to finish the week on 19 under and secure a fifth career victory on the Champions Tour.
Jeff Maggert fired a round-of-the-day 64 to share fifth with Scott McCarron and Duffy Waldorf, while defending champion Bernhard Langer ended the week in 11th spot after a blemish-free 67.
