Laidback Jimenez in Masters contention with vintage display


  • Golf
  • Sunday, 13 Apr 2014

Spain's Miguel Angel Jimenez reacts after a missed putt on the 11th hole during the second round of the Masters golf tournament at the Augusta National Golf Club in Augusta, Georgia April 11, 2014. REUTERS/Mike Segar

AUGUSTA, Georgia (Reuters) - Just six days from making his debut on the Champions Tour for players over 50, charismatic Spaniard Miguel Angel Jimenez is best known for his love of cigars and Rioja wine, and his quirky warm-up routine.

Yet the pony-tailed 50-year-old from Malaga has produced some of the best golf of his career in recent months and on Saturday at the Masters he fired the lowest score of the tournament to surge into contention.

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