Des Moines, Iowa – Miguel Angel Gimenez won the Principal Charity Classic for his third PGA Tour Champions victory at the Waconda Club on Sunday, beating Soren Kierdsen and Cameron Percy on birdies on the first hole of the playoffs.
Jimenez was closed with a birdie for 311 yards, 18th place with a par 4 at 2 under 70, then made a 4 footer for another birdie in the extra hole. The 61-year-old Spanish star led the wires out of the wires and opened in rounds 63 and 66.
Jimenez has 16 career PGA Tour champion victories, winning the Trophy Hassan II in Morocco in February and the Hoag Classic in Newport Beach, California in March.
Kjeldsen finished with 63, and Percy shot a 67 to match Jimenez at 17 under 199. Kevin Sutherland suffered a stroke after 68.