FIFTY-YEAR-OLD SPANIARD WITH HIS FOCUS ON THE FUTURE

                                   Miguel Angel Jimenez .. Ryder Cup place his goal in 2014

JIMENEZ MAKES US SENIOR DEBUT 

LATER THIS MONTH
FROM THE US CHAMPIONS TOUR WEBSITE
Miguel Angel Jimenez will make his Champions Tour debut in the second Greater Gwinnett Championship at TPC Sugarloaf, April 18-20. Next up on his busy international agenda is the Masters Tournament. 
Last week, Jimenez was player/captain of the European side in Malaysia for the Eurasia Cup, which ended in a draw. 
Jimenez is another of the 50-year-olds who doesn’t have time to look back. His standard remains high and his focus is on the future. 
The popular Spaniard has his sights set on earning a spot on Captain Paul McGinley’s European Ryder Cup squad for the September match at Gleneagles.

Jimenez, nicknamed the Mechanic for his preference for driving fast cars, including his gleaming red Ferrari, became the oldest winner in European Tour history when he won the 2012 UBS Hong Kong Open aged 48 and 318 days.

Jimenez has won 30 times worldwide and has finished top 10 eight times in major championships, including at least once in each of the four grand slam events. 
His best is a T2 at the 2000 U.S. Open at Pebble Beach where Tiger Woods dominated. The next year, Jimenez tied for third in The Open Championship at Royal Lytham behind another American standout, David Duval. 
Jimenez got his American campaign started this year at the World Golf Championships-Accenture Match Play (lost in the first round to Bill Haas, 4-and-3) and the WGC-Cadillac Championship. At Doral, he opened with 70, added a third-round 69 and was on the periphery of contending before a T13 finish.
“I love feeling that knot in my stomach, I love it,” he said at Doral.
Jimenez resumes his U.S. schedule next week at Augusta National Golf Club, where he has three top-10 finishes in 2001, 2002 and 2008. Then he will drive a couple of hours north to TPC Sugarloaf.