Miguel Angel Jimenez won the Kaulig Companies Championship in Akron on Sunday for his fourth PGA Tour Champions victory of the season, rallying to force a playoff and beating Steven Alker with a 20-foot birdie putt on the second extra hole.
Jimenez was two strokes down after playing partner Alker birdied the par-5 16th hole when he made a 10-foot birdie putt on the par-4 17th and topped that with an 18-footer on the par-4 18th.
Jimenez, 61, and Alker, 53, each shot 2-under 68 to finish at 10-under 270 in the major championship after starting the day tied on the leaderboard.
They each parred the 18th on the first playoff hole, but Jimenez missed an 18-foot birdie try, and Alker holed a 3 1/2-footer to send it back to the tee for a second extra hole.
Alker missed a 20-foot birdie try after a recovery shot from the trees right of the fairway, setting Jimenez up for the winning putt.
Jimenez won his third major title after taking the Regions Tradition and the Senior British Open – both in 2018 – and earned a spot next year in The Players Championship at the TPC Sawgrass. The Spanish star has 17 career victories on the 50-and-over tour, keeping him 18th in the all-time wins column.
Stewart Cink was third at 8 under after a 66. Steve Flesch had another stroke after a 65.
