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Miguel Angel Jiménez holds first-round lead at Principal Charity Classic
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Miguel Angel Jiménez makes eagle putt on No. 15 at Principal Charity Classic
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Things to know
- After bogeying his opening hole, Charles Schwab Cup leader Miguel Angel Jiménez posted eight birdies and an eagle on his way to 9-under 63 and a one-stroke lead over Cameron Percy after the first round of the Principal Charity Classic.
Miguel Angel Jiménez (9-under)
- Matched his low 18-hole score since September 2016 on PGA TOUR Champions.
- Low 18-hole score: 61 (2015 Rogers Charity Classic, 2nd Round; 2016 Pacific Links Bear Mountain Championship, Final round)
- Other rounds of 63 by Jiménez on PGA TOUR Champions: 2016 3M Championship (Round 2); 2019 Dominion Energy Charity Classic (Final Round); 2019 Charles Schwab Cup Championship (Round 3)
- This is his 20th time leading/co-leading after the first round on PGA TOUR Champions (5-for-19).
- Is 0-for-2 when leading/co-leading after the first round in 2025
- The 61-year-old seeks his 16th win on PGA TOUR Champions (195th start)
- Would remain 18th on the Champions Tour all-time wins list
- Seeks his third win of the 2025 season (11th start)
- Previous wins in 2025: Trophy Hassan II (Feb. 6-8); Hoag Classic (March 21-23)
- Entered the week atop the Charles Schwab Cup standings
- Would be his second three-win season on PGA TOUR Champions dating back to when he joined in 2014
- Previous instance: 2022 (three wins)
- Would match Ángel Cabrera (three wins) for the most wins by any player this season on PGA TOUR Champions
- Making his sixth appearance at the Principal Charity Classic, he has two top-10 finishes
- Best finish: T2 (2016)
- Today’s 63 was his low 18-hole score at the Principal Charity Classic (16th round)
- Achieved the best birdie streak of the 2025 season by any player on PGA TOUR Champions with six consecutive birdies from Nos. 5-10
- Previous best birdie streak by a player in 2025: 5 birdies in a row (three different instances)
Other notes
- Cameron Percy (second) closed with eagle on No. 18 to post 8-under 64. The 51-year-old seeks his first win on PGA TOUR Champions (27th start).
- Best finish: third (2024 American Family Insurance Championship)
- Thomas Bjørn (T3) birdied four of his last six holes en route to an opening 65. The 54-year-old seeks his first win on PGA TOUR Champions (34th start).
- Best finish: second (2024 Trophy Hassan II); T2 (2025 Senior PGA Championship)
- Open qualifier Jeff Schmid, a club professional from Brown Deer Golf Club (Coralville, Iowa), opened with 7- under 65 and sits T3.
- Was one of three open qualifiers this week after shooting 5-under 67 at Veenker Memorial Golf Course (Ames, Iowa) on Tuesday.
- The 56-year-old seeks his first win on PGA TOUR Champions (seventh start).
- Past champions Scott McCarron (2016) and Kevin Sutherland (2019) are among the players T6 at 5-under.
- Recently turned 50-year-olds Søren Kjeldsen and Bo Van Pelt are among the group sitting T12 at 4-under. They are each making their second start on PGA TOUR Champions after debuting at last week’s Senior PGA Championship.
- Van Pelt, who turned 50 on May 16, missed the cut at the Senior PGA Championship.
- Kjeldsen, who turned 50 on May 17, finished T8 at the Senior PGA Championship. He was the medalist at 2025 Q-School (Final Stage), held in December 2024.
- Making his Principal Charity Classic record-tying 17th appearance, three-time champion (2007, 2008, 2012) Jay Haas (T54) opened with 72.
- Looking to win for the third consecutive week and for the fourth time in six starts, Ángel Cabrera (T67) carded 1-over 73.
- Looks to become the 10th player in PGA TOUR Champions history to win three consecutive starts.
- Two-time champion (2021, 2023) Stephen Ames withdrew during the first round.