Question: Facts: - open: t45 : 1958 - masters: dnp - death date: 11 august 2007 - college: trinity university - status: professional - pga: t65 : 1970 - extour: pga tour champions tour - birth date: 10 june 1926 - usopen: t45 : 1958 - name: joe jimenez - prowins: 11 - death place: san antonio , texas - birth place: kerrville , texas Based on these bullet points, write a short biography describing the life of joe jimenez .
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joe jimenez -lrb- june 10 , 1926 -- august 11 , 2007 -rrb- was an american professional golfer best known for winning the 1978 pga seniors ' championship .jimenez , who was of mexican american descent , was born in kerrville , texas .he was a 1952 graduate of trinity university with majors in biology and physical education .jimenez played on the pga tour in the 1950s , 1960s and 1970s .he spent many years -lrb- 1964 -- 1991 -rrb- as the club pro at the jefferson city country club in jefferson city , missouri .his best showing in a major championship was a t-45 at the 1958 u.s. open .the highlight of his career came when he won the 1978 pga seniors ' championship in a playoff over manuel de la torre and joe cheves with a birdie on the first extra hole of a sudden-death playoff .jimenez holds or formerly held two of golf 's '' shoot below your age '' records .at the 1991 gte northwest classic , a senior pga tour event , 65-year-old jimenez became the youngest player to shoot his age or lower in a tournament on one of golf 's major professional circuits by shooting a 63 .this record was later broken when 61-year-old walter morgan shot a 60 in the at&t canada senior open championship .jimenez still holds the most-strokes-below-age -lrb- 7 -rrb- record .he shot a 62 during the 1995 ameritech senior open at the age of 69 .since 1974 , the jefferson city country club has hosted a tournament in his honor , the '' joe jimenez invitational '' he holds several georgia-pacific grand champions records .jiminez died at his home in san antonio , texas from renal failure brought on by lung cancer .he was 81 years old .