European Tour report and scores
Jimenez rallies to win three-way play-off for French Open
FROM THE AOL GOLF NEWS SERVICE
Miguel Angel Jimenez became the oldest-ever winner of continental Europe's oldest golf title in Paris today - but he did it the hard way after making a real mess of the final hole.
The 46-year-old Spaniard captured the Alstom French Open at Le Golf National by beating compatriot Alejandro Canizares and Italian Francesco Molinari in sudden death after he had gone in the water when two strokes clear.
Jimenez had his second chance when Canizares went twice into the same lake at the first extra hole and Molinari, bunkered off the tee, was forced to lay up on the par 4. Five months after beating Lee Westwood in a play-off in Dubai, Jimenez still had work to do when he missed the green, but a 15-footer gave him the crown after Molinari had holed from 18 feet for bogey.
The first prize of just under £409,000 lifts the pony-tailed Malaga golfer all the way from 17th to fifth in the Ryder Cup race - the same position Molinari would have taken if he had won. Amazingly, 10 of Jimenez's 17th European Tour victories have come since he turned 40 - that is a record for the circuit - and he now becomes the eighth oldest champion in Tour history.
The compensation for Canizares, meanwhile, was that he qualifies for The Open at St Andrews as the leading non-exempt player in the event.
Earlier Jimenez came bursting out of the pack with five successive birdies in six holes from the 11th to be two clear.
Northern Ireland's Rory McIlroy would have been in the play-off as well if he had converted a 12-foot chance at the 18th, but it stayed above the hole and he had to be content with fourth.
Inevitably on a course which would provide spectacular action if it stages the 2018 Ryder Cup - that decision is made next April - there were calamities everywhere you looked.
Dutchman Robert-Jan Derksen was tied for the lead when he put three balls in the water on the 399yd 15th and ran up a sextuple bogey 10. England's Kenneth Ferrie, also trying for The Open spot as well as this treasured trophy, was one behind when he bogeyed the 17th and then had a quintuple bogey 9 on the last.
As for defending champion Martin Kaymer, he finished four back in joint sixth after double bogeys at the 15th and 18th. Meanwhile, Indian Jyoti Randhawa, two off the lead at the start of the round, crashed to an 83 - even though there was nothing worse than a 6 on his card.
FINAL TOTALS
Par 284 (4x71)
Prize money in Euros for leaders and Scots.
273 Francesco Molinari (Ita) 69 69 68 67, Miguel Angel Jimenez (Spa) 71 69 66 67, Alejandro Canizares (Spa) 66 66 73 68 (Jimenez won play-off at first extra hole: Jimenez 500,000; Canizares, Molinari 260,565 each.
274 Rory McIlroy 68 71 69 66 (150,000).
276 Danny Willett 72 67 69 68 (127,200).
277 Peter Hanson (Swe) 68 69 70 70, Oliver Wilson 68 71 71 67, Martin Kaymer (Ger) 66 67 71 73, Gregory Bourdy (Fra) 68 69 70 70, Mark Foster 76 63 70 68 (79,440 each)/.
278 Steve Webster 69 66 70 73, Damien McGrane 68 71 67 72, Luke Donald 70 69 67 72, Graeme Storm 70 67 71 70, Michael Hoey 69 74 69 66 (49,020 each).
279 Robert Jan Derksen (Ned) 63 71 72 73, Jeev Milkha Singh (Ind) 70 73 68 68
280 Richard Bland 73 68 67 72, Thomas Bjorn (Den) 72 70 70 68, Ian Poulter 72 67 71 70, Marcel Siem (Ger) 67 75 70 68, Andrew Dodt (Aus) 68 75 68 69, Kenneth Ferrie 73 70 65 72, Lee Westwood 70 69 71 70, Raphael Jacquelin (Fra) 73 67 72 68
281 Soren Kjeldsen (Den) 71 71 70 69, Felipe Aguilar (Chi) 69 73 72 67, Anders Hansen (Den) 71 68 72 70, Richard Finch 71 72 67 71, Matteo Manassero (Ita) 71 69 76 65, Rhys Davies 71 71 67 72
282 Jean-Baptiste Gonnet (Fra) 72 70 70 70, Charl Schwartzel (Rsa) 68 70 71 73, Gareth Maybin 74 69 70 69, Angel Cabrera (Arg) 72 69 72 69, David Lynn 73 68 70 71, Alvaro Quiros (Spa) 70 69 74 69, Romain Wattel (Fra) 74 67 70 71, Paul Lawrie 72 71 73 66, Richard Green (Aus) 73 70 70 69 (22,312 each).
283 Richie Ramsay 71 71 69 72 (19,500).
284 Joost Luiten (Ned) 73 68 73 70, Geoff Ogilvy (Aus) 73 70 69 72, Benjamin Hebert (Fra) 72 66 72 74, Peter Lawrie 71 67 75 71, Edoardo Molinari (Ita) 70 69 75 70, Marcus Fraser (Aus) 69 72 75 68
285 Adam Scott (Aus) 69 69 71 76, James Kingston (Rsa) 71 72 71 71, Fabrizio Zanotti (Par) 71 72 71 71
286 Alastair Forsyth 71 68 72 75, Jean-Francois Remesy (Fra) 74 68 73 71, Mark Brown (Nzl) 70 73 69 74, Bradley Dredge 74 69 69 74 (12,600 each).
287 Anthony Wall 74 68 72 73
288 Christian Cevaer (Fra) 69 71 78 70, Robert Rock 67 71 79 71, Stephen Gallacher 73 70 75 70, Victor Dubuisson (Fra) 75 66 71 76 (9,900 each).
289 Peter Whiteford 69 73 71 76, Mark Tullo (Chi) 76 67 72 74, Paul Waring 71 71 73 74, Ignacio Garrido (Spa) 74 69 68 78, Jyoti Randhawa (Ind) 67 69 70 83 (8,400 each).
290 Chris Wood 70 71 71 78, Hennie Otto (Rsa) 68 73 73 76, Phillip Price 72 71 73 74, Maarten Lafeber (Ned) 75 68 75 72
291 Danny Lee (Nzl) 67 75 74 75, Stephen Dodd 72 70 74 75, Scott Strange (Aus) 67 74 71 79, Jean Van de Velde (Fra) 66 76 74 75, Rafael Cabrera Bello (Spa) 74 69 73 75
292 Brett Rumford (Aus) 71 72 74 75, Seung-yul Noh (Kor) 72 71 75 74, Thomas Aiken (Rsa) 73 70 78 71, Martin Erlandsson (Swe) 69 73 78 72
293 Alexander Noren (Swe) 70 71 81 71
295 Michael Campbell (Nzl) 75 68 75 77
296 Shiv Kapur (Ind) 70 73 75 78
301 Peter Hedblom (Swe) 70 72 78 81
FROM THE AOL GOLF NEWS SERVICE
Miguel Angel Jimenez became the oldest-ever winner of continental Europe's oldest golf title in Paris today - but he did it the hard way after making a real mess of the final hole.
The 46-year-old Spaniard captured the Alstom French Open at Le Golf National by beating compatriot Alejandro Canizares and Italian Francesco Molinari in sudden death after he had gone in the water when two strokes clear.
Jimenez had his second chance when Canizares went twice into the same lake at the first extra hole and Molinari, bunkered off the tee, was forced to lay up on the par 4. Five months after beating Lee Westwood in a play-off in Dubai, Jimenez still had work to do when he missed the green, but a 15-footer gave him the crown after Molinari had holed from 18 feet for bogey.
The first prize of just under £409,000 lifts the pony-tailed Malaga golfer all the way from 17th to fifth in the Ryder Cup race - the same position Molinari would have taken if he had won. Amazingly, 10 of Jimenez's 17th European Tour victories have come since he turned 40 - that is a record for the circuit - and he now becomes the eighth oldest champion in Tour history.
The compensation for Canizares, meanwhile, was that he qualifies for The Open at St Andrews as the leading non-exempt player in the event.
Earlier Jimenez came bursting out of the pack with five successive birdies in six holes from the 11th to be two clear.
Northern Ireland's Rory McIlroy would have been in the play-off as well if he had converted a 12-foot chance at the 18th, but it stayed above the hole and he had to be content with fourth.
Inevitably on a course which would provide spectacular action if it stages the 2018 Ryder Cup - that decision is made next April - there were calamities everywhere you looked.
Dutchman Robert-Jan Derksen was tied for the lead when he put three balls in the water on the 399yd 15th and ran up a sextuple bogey 10. England's Kenneth Ferrie, also trying for The Open spot as well as this treasured trophy, was one behind when he bogeyed the 17th and then had a quintuple bogey 9 on the last.
As for defending champion Martin Kaymer, he finished four back in joint sixth after double bogeys at the 15th and 18th. Meanwhile, Indian Jyoti Randhawa, two off the lead at the start of the round, crashed to an 83 - even though there was nothing worse than a 6 on his card.
FINAL TOTALS
Par 284 (4x71)
Prize money in Euros for leaders and Scots.
273 Francesco Molinari (Ita) 69 69 68 67, Miguel Angel Jimenez (Spa) 71 69 66 67, Alejandro Canizares (Spa) 66 66 73 68 (Jimenez won play-off at first extra hole: Jimenez 500,000; Canizares, Molinari 260,565 each.
274 Rory McIlroy 68 71 69 66 (150,000).
276 Danny Willett 72 67 69 68 (127,200).
277 Peter Hanson (Swe) 68 69 70 70, Oliver Wilson 68 71 71 67, Martin Kaymer (Ger) 66 67 71 73, Gregory Bourdy (Fra) 68 69 70 70, Mark Foster 76 63 70 68 (79,440 each)/.
278 Steve Webster 69 66 70 73, Damien McGrane 68 71 67 72, Luke Donald 70 69 67 72, Graeme Storm 70 67 71 70, Michael Hoey 69 74 69 66 (49,020 each).
279 Robert Jan Derksen (Ned) 63 71 72 73, Jeev Milkha Singh (Ind) 70 73 68 68
280 Richard Bland 73 68 67 72, Thomas Bjorn (Den) 72 70 70 68, Ian Poulter 72 67 71 70, Marcel Siem (Ger) 67 75 70 68, Andrew Dodt (Aus) 68 75 68 69, Kenneth Ferrie 73 70 65 72, Lee Westwood 70 69 71 70, Raphael Jacquelin (Fra) 73 67 72 68
281 Soren Kjeldsen (Den) 71 71 70 69, Felipe Aguilar (Chi) 69 73 72 67, Anders Hansen (Den) 71 68 72 70, Richard Finch 71 72 67 71, Matteo Manassero (Ita) 71 69 76 65, Rhys Davies 71 71 67 72
282 Jean-Baptiste Gonnet (Fra) 72 70 70 70, Charl Schwartzel (Rsa) 68 70 71 73, Gareth Maybin 74 69 70 69, Angel Cabrera (Arg) 72 69 72 69, David Lynn 73 68 70 71, Alvaro Quiros (Spa) 70 69 74 69, Romain Wattel (Fra) 74 67 70 71, Paul Lawrie 72 71 73 66, Richard Green (Aus) 73 70 70 69 (22,312 each).
283 Richie Ramsay 71 71 69 72 (19,500).
284 Joost Luiten (Ned) 73 68 73 70, Geoff Ogilvy (Aus) 73 70 69 72, Benjamin Hebert (Fra) 72 66 72 74, Peter Lawrie 71 67 75 71, Edoardo Molinari (Ita) 70 69 75 70, Marcus Fraser (Aus) 69 72 75 68
285 Adam Scott (Aus) 69 69 71 76, James Kingston (Rsa) 71 72 71 71, Fabrizio Zanotti (Par) 71 72 71 71
286 Alastair Forsyth 71 68 72 75, Jean-Francois Remesy (Fra) 74 68 73 71, Mark Brown (Nzl) 70 73 69 74, Bradley Dredge 74 69 69 74 (12,600 each).
287 Anthony Wall 74 68 72 73
288 Christian Cevaer (Fra) 69 71 78 70, Robert Rock 67 71 79 71, Stephen Gallacher 73 70 75 70, Victor Dubuisson (Fra) 75 66 71 76 (9,900 each).
289 Peter Whiteford 69 73 71 76, Mark Tullo (Chi) 76 67 72 74, Paul Waring 71 71 73 74, Ignacio Garrido (Spa) 74 69 68 78, Jyoti Randhawa (Ind) 67 69 70 83 (8,400 each).
290 Chris Wood 70 71 71 78, Hennie Otto (Rsa) 68 73 73 76, Phillip Price 72 71 73 74, Maarten Lafeber (Ned) 75 68 75 72
291 Danny Lee (Nzl) 67 75 74 75, Stephen Dodd 72 70 74 75, Scott Strange (Aus) 67 74 71 79, Jean Van de Velde (Fra) 66 76 74 75, Rafael Cabrera Bello (Spa) 74 69 73 75
292 Brett Rumford (Aus) 71 72 74 75, Seung-yul Noh (Kor) 72 71 75 74, Thomas Aiken (Rsa) 73 70 78 71, Martin Erlandsson (Swe) 69 73 78 72
293 Alexander Noren (Swe) 70 71 81 71
295 Michael Campbell (Nzl) 75 68 75 77
296 Shiv Kapur (Ind) 70 73 75 78
301 Peter Hedblom (Swe) 70 72 78 81
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