Jimenez wins 4th Hong Kong Open title in playoff

Miguel Angel Jimenez successfully defended his Hong Kong Open title Sunday to extend his record as the oldest winner in European Tour history.

The Spaniard won at 49 years, 337 days to break the record he set last year at Hong Kong Golf Club, holing an 18-foot birdie on the first hole of a playoff with Thailand’s Prom Meesawat and Wales’ Stuart Manley.

Jimenez won the event for the fourth time to match the tournament victory record set by Taiwan’s Hsieh Yong Yo, the winner in 1963, ’64, ’75 and ’78.

Manley holed a birdie chip on the final hole of regulation for a 68, and Meesawat had two eagles in a 65.

After Manley and Meesawat failed to hole their third shots, Jimenez rolled in his birdie putt.