People say of Jimenez that he is comfortable in his own skin and he is absolutely that. Far from being embarrassed by his beginnings as a caddie, he is inordinately proud of being the last of a long line of Spaniards to have played their way on to the European Tour via the caddie ranks.
He may have a reputation as a bit of a ladies’ man but Jimenez manages to remain on good terms with Montserrat and has a lovely relationship with his two sons, Miguel Angel and Victor. Miguel Angel, the older at 19, is now at university in the United States but was with his father when he won in Gerona.
Miguel Angel Jnr had watched his father many times but this was only the second occasion he had seen him win and the first time in 15 years. Since Jiménez’s new bride was back home in Austria that week, the victory - it was at the first extra hole, just like at Fanling - made for the best of father-son moments.
With regard to the new bride, there was something which Jiménez wanted to make clear. Namely, that this was his second marriage rather than his third. The confusion, he explained, had arisen because Maria, the girlfriend in the middle of the two wives, bore the 'Jiménez’ surname without being related to him in any way.
The new edition is called Susanna and works as a bank auditor.
"I may be 50," said Jiménez, “but good things keep happening to me - first the wedding and now I win the Spanish Open.”
It’s not outside the realms of possibility that the good things will extend to everyone’s favourite player claiming his fifth Hong Kong Open this month.
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