The 27-year-old from Mansfield, runner-up on the European Tour on seven occasions - five this season - looked as though he would end his wretched luck until he drove into a bush on the 17th and paid the penalty with a bogey which cost him his one-shot lead.
Wilson was presented with another chance when his Spanish opponent fluffed a birdie putt after the pair, having tied on 11-under-par after firing 68s, had returned to the 18th in the play-off but his 10-foot effort shaved hole.
Next time round Jimenez, who forced his way into contention with an ace at the fifth, made no mistake when he rolled in the winning putt from four feet.
Swede Robert Karlsson blew a golden opportunity to make it a three-way play-off but astonishingly three-putted from a yard to tie third with England's Luke Donald, who closed with a 65.
PHIL Mickelson won the Crowne Plaza Invitiational at Colonial by a shot after a birdie at the last hole. Rod Pampling and Tim Clark were tied for second.
MATTHEW Nixon, the 2006 British Boys' Champion from Ashton-under-Lyne, was beaten at the fourth extra hole by fellow England player Tommy Fleetwood in the Lancashire County Championship at Formby. Fleetwood, from Formby Hall, won with a par after driving the 401-yard hole as Nixon, runner-up two years ago, bogeyed.
MIKE Bedford, from Prestbury, was crowned Cheshire Matchplay champion when he crushed Ringway's Alex Hogben six and four at Bramall Park.
Tweet
