Miguel-Angel Jimenez chalked up his third Tour victory of the season when he claimed the European Masters title Sunday. The 46-year-old Spaniard held off his Ryder Cup teammate Edoardo Molinari to head the Italian by three shots with a closing four-under-par 67. Jimenez, twice runner-up in an event he has played for 22 consecutive years, became the European Tour's first three-time winner of the season. It looked as though the Spanish veteran was strolling to his 18th tour title when he held a six-stroke advantage over Molinari after 11 holes. But the determination that earned Molinari his Ryder Cup debut as one of Colin Montgomerie's wildcards enabled the Italian to reduce that margin to just a stroke by the 15th. There had been a two-shot swing in Molinari's favor on the 14th and the 29-year-old Italian, also looking for a third win in 2010, hit a supreme approach to just less than three feet to eagle the long 15th. A vital save on the short 16th, while Molinari bogeyed, took off the pressure on Jimenez, though, and when the pony-tailed Spaniard rolled in a curling 12ft birdie putt on the 17th, the $422,000 prize was his. Molinari went off for a three-week break knowing he is in the sort of form that should give him confidence for the Ryder Cup. His teenage compatriot Matteo Manassero secured his tour card for 2011 with a final round 68 to take third place, five behind Jimenez. Korean 19-year-old Noh Seung-yul (67) increased his lead on the Asian Tour in the co-sanctioned event by finishing fourth on 13-under. Woods trails Tiger Woods shot a respectable third round at the Deutsche Bank Championship Saturday but will likely go another week without winning. The word No. 1 started the day seven strokes off the lead and while a two-under-par 69 was credible in windy conditions, it was not enough to lift him into contention at the Boston TPC. Barring a poor final round, he should be among the 70 players who advance to next week's BMW Championship, the third of four events in the PGA Tour's FedEx Cup playoff series. On Saturday, American Brandt Snedeker putted brilliantly to take a share of the lead with Australian Jason Day. Schulz shoots 64 Ted Schulz shot an 8-under 64 – his best competitive round in nearly 20 years – at Pebble Beach Saturday to take a three-stroke lead at the Champions Tour First Tee Open. The 50-year-old Schulz, a two-time PGA Tour winner who has only conditional status on the Champions Tour, had nine birdies – all from 15 feet or closer – and one bogey in the second round to reach 12-under 132 in the dual-course event. First round-leader Mark Calcavecchia followed his opening 64 at Del Monte with a 71 at Pebble Beach. He was tied for second with Tom Kite, who shot a 68, also at Pebble Beach. Schulz, the director of golf at the University of Kentucky, his alma mater, hadn't shot a competitive round as low as 64 since the 1992 Walt Disney World Open. It was also the only other pro tournament in his career he's lead or shared the lead entering the final round. Tom Pernice was 8-under after a 70 at Del Monte. Olin Browne (70), Jay Don Blake (68), Jay Haas (67), Fred Couples (70) and 2006 winner Scott Simpson (70) were 7 under.
