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Jimenez wins Mallorca Classic

MALLORCA, Spain, Oct. 19 (UPI) -- Miguel Angel Jimenez won the rain-shortened Turespana Majorca Classic Sunday after a late collapse by Jose Maria Olazabal.

Olazabal led by two shots with two holes to play but drove out of bounds to double-bogey the 17th hole and then bogeyed the last as well to hand his fellow Spaniard the title.

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Jimenez had set the clubhouse target with a 6-under-par 204 after a closing 65, but was so confident Olazabal would win he had changed clothes.

News then filtered through of Olazabal's mishap and Jimenez changed back into his golfing gear to watch the tense finale from the driving range.

Olazabal missed a par putt which would have forced a playoff.

The two-time Masters champion did well to hole from five feet just to cling on to second place at 5-under, with England's Jamie Spence and Gary Emerson sharing third a shot further back.

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