Durban: Miguel Angel Jimenez is embracing the transition to 50 and has set himself the goal of breaking an 87-year-old Ryder Cup record this year.
The pony-tailed Spaniard has already defied Father Time by extending his record as the oldest winner of a European Tour event and now, just days past his 50th birthday, says he wants to be the oldest competitor at the Ryder Cup too.
“If I play well, I believe I will be on the team,” he told reporters on Wednesday ahead of Thursday’s start of the Volvo Golf Champions tournament at the Durban Country Club, which marks the first event of the new year on the European Tour.
It is an event for which Jimenez qualified by successfully defending his Hong Kong Open title in December, extending his own record as the oldest winner in Tour history.
“It would mean a lot, a lot to me. I’m still breaking records. It would be nice. I broke my own record of being the oldest winner, so it would be nice to get another record,” he added.
