Jimenez the oldest swinger in town

MIGUEL ANGEL JIMENEZ became the oldest-ever winner of continental Europe’s oldest golf title in Paris yesterday – 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 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 four.