Miguel Angel Jimenez on Sunday won the rain-shortened Turespana Majorca Classic after an amazing late collapse by Jose Maria Olazabal.

Olazabal led by two shots with two holes to play but drove out of bounds to double-bogey the 17th and then bogeyed the last as well to hand his fellow Spaniard the title.

Jimenez had set the clubhouse target with a six-under-par total of 204 after a superb closing 65, but was so confident Olazabal would win he had changed clothes ready for the prize-giving ceremony.

News then filtered through of Olazabal's mishap and Jimenez changed back into his golfing gear to watch the tense finale from the driving range.

Olazabal found the green on the 203-yard par three 18th but on the bottom tier and had to chip rather than putt, uncharacteristically playing a poor shot 10ft past the hole and then missing the par putt which would have forced a play-off.

The double US Masters champion then did well to hole from five feet just to cling on to second on five under par, with England's Jamie Spence and Gary Emerson sharing third a shot further back.

"Just imagine how I feel right now," said a distraught Olazabal, whose last European Tour win came almost two years ago in Hong Kong.

"The tournament was mine when I was standing on the 17th tee but I just didn't know how to catch it. I wanted to fade my tee shot on 17 but over-cut it and it went out of bounds.

"Then 18 was very difficult. I hit a three-iron, pin-high but to the right and when I got to the ball I couldn't putt it so I had to play a chip up and missed the putt coming back."

Ironically, Jimenez had earlier bogeyed the 17th and thought with it his chances of a seventh tour title and fourth in Spain had disappeared.

"I thought that bogey on the 17th may have cost me the tournament," said the 39-year-old from Malaga. "It was a pity for Jose Maria. He played very well all week and I wasn't expecting it.

"But then I heard he double-bogeyed the 17th so I had to go and get changed.

"I had good feelings all day long. I didn't feel that good at the beginning of the week but yesterday on the driving range and putting green I felt good.

"Then this morning I spent a bit of time analysing my swing in front of the mirror and getting things right.

"I said to may caddie I thought seven or eight under will win this tournament so let's see if I can make a few birdies and put some pressure on the leaders."

Jimenez finished second in the German Masters last month and ninth in the Dutch Open last week and moves into second place on the Ryder Cup points list behind Lee Westwood, who finished in a share of 47th on four over par.

"I think the difference in my form recently has all been down to attitude on the course," he added.

"Sometimes we have to realise that we are only human, and human beings miss putts and fairways and there's nothing we can do about that. You can't put pressure on yourself all day long.

"I knew that I could hit the ball well but my attitude towards my own game has changed. I feel at ease, relaxed and comfortable on the course now."

Spence shed tears of relief after securing his card and avoiding a first visit to the qualifying school since 1989, despite a bogey on the last.

"It's been a nightmare, it's all I've thought about for the last three months," the 39-year-old from Kent told the Press Association.

"I can't tell you what a relief it is.

"It's the most pressure I've ever been under in my career. The thought of going back to the school at my age is not a good one."

Collated scores and totals in final round of Turespana Mallorca Classic, Pula Golf Club: (Gbr&Irl unless stated, Par 70):

(x) denotes amateurs

204 Miguel Angel Jimenez (Spa) 72 67 65 (£47,279 pds)

205 Jose Maria Olazabal (Spa) 66 69 70 (£31,519)

206 Jamie Spence 71 66 69, Gary Emerson 73 64 69 (£15,972 each)

207 Simon Khan 69 72 66, Paul Broadhurst 68 70 69, Tomas Jesus Munoz (Spa) 72 66 69, James Hepworth 70 67 70, Benn Barham 68 68 71 (£8,783 each)

208 Klas Eriksson (Swe) 74 65 69, Jose Manuel Lara (Spa) 69 68 71, Miguel Angel Martin (Spa) 70 67 71, Maarten Lafeber (Ned) 68 68 72, Marcel Siem (Ger) 68 68 72

209 Mattias Eliasson (Swe) 74 69 66, David Carter 71 70 68, Jonathan Lomas 71 69 69, Gustavo Rojas (Arg) 68 70 71, Mark Foster 69 68 72, Jose Manuel Carriles (Spa) 68 68 73, Damien McGrane 64 71 74

210 Andrew Marshall 73 70 67, Michael Jonzon (Swe) 67 71 72, Sion Bebb 68 69 73, Markus Brier (Aut) 71 66 73, Ricardo Gonzalez (Arg) 70 66 74

211 Jamie Elson 73 70 68, Euan Little 72 70 69, Simon Dyson 72 69 70, Francois Delamontagne (Fra) 70 69 72, Charlie Wi (Kor) 71 66 74, David Park 70 64 77

212 Santiago Luna (Spa) 68 75 69, Christian Cevaer (Fra) 71 71 70, Fernando Roca (Spa) 71 71 70, Titch Moore (Rsa) 72 69 71, Lee James 71 70 71, Michael Kirk (Rsa) 70 71 71, Louis Oosthuizen (Rsa) 71 67 74, Henrik Stenson (Swe) 68 68 76

213 Marc Farry (Fra) 75 68 70, Jan-Are Larsen (Nor) 72 71 70, Gary Clark 69 74 70, Eduardo de la Riva (Spa) 69 73 71, Mads Vibe-Hastrup (Den) 71 71 71, Patrik Sjoland (Swe) 71 68 74

214 Jose Rivero (Spa) 73 70 71, Paul Eales 71 71 72, Simon Hurd 69 73 72, Lee Westwood 72 69 73, Fredrik Widmark (Swe) 72 69 73, Jorge Berendt (Arg) 72 69 73, Shaun Webster 71 70 73, James Kingston (Rsa) 72 68 74, Matthew Blackey 68 72 74

215 David Geall 76 67 72, Ben Mason 69 74 72, Olivier David (Fra) 72 70 73, Alvaro Salto (Spa) 72 70 73, Mark Mouland 72 69 74, Jean-Francois Lucquin (Fra) 70 70 75, Christopher Hanell (Swe) 69 71 75, Stuart Little 67 72 76, Warren Bennett 71 66 78

216 Michael Archer 73 70 73, Matthew Cort 73 70 73, Roger Chapman 77 66 73, Jesus Maria Arruti (Spa) 73 69 74, David Drysdale 70 71 75, Scott Drummond 68 72 76

217 Adam Mednick (Swe) 71 72 74, Martin Lemesurier 68 72 77

218 Sam Walker 70 70 78 220 Johan Edfors (Swe) 75 68 77

221 Mark Pilkington 71 71 79

223 Didier De Vooght (Bel) 66 74 83