The Mechanic

[iBanesto]

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[imakaveli]

Awesome!

 

26 ways Miguel Angel Jimenez would celebrate winning the Masters

 

http://www.golfdiges...-jimenez-w.html

 

I am sure Matteo would have learnt a few things from MAJ in the 1st 2 days at the Masters!

 

They are very good friends, hopefully he asked him for some advices, Matteo doesn't looks very good right now

 

 

What happened to MM in the 2nd round? 81!

 

I don't really know, he said he was playing pretty good, just some concentration issues, but you don't shoot 81 with just concentration issues... let's see this week in Malaysia

[imakaveli]

[quote name='WilCox' timestamp='1397643375' post='9102521']
I enjoy watching Jiminez play. My favorite moment is on the Road Hole at St Andrews during the Open when he purposely hit into the wall to rebound onto the green. Classic.
[/quote]

The face of Peter Hanson after that shot is priceless

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QIKGf0Xl_CA

[kemau]

it's early but....maj tied for the lead at 2 under

[Yuck]

I guess he might be able to hang with the old men.

[kemau]

maj 6 under thru 9 holes and leading the tournament by 3 shots

[deasy55]

Looking at that leaderboard, I think the rest of the Champions Tour are delighted he isn't going to play it full time just yet.

[vjswing]

Now -7 through 12. The legend continues!

[Sean2]

That's what happens when you don't hit the gym, smoke five cigars a day, and drink a lot of wine.

[kemau]

[quote name='Sean2' timestamp='1397851555' post='9120987']
[b]That's what happens when you don't hit the gym[/b], smoke five cigars a day, and drink a lot of wine.
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hang on now maj might disagree....he's putting in the work my friend!

“The more old you get, the more hard you need to work,” he said. “You need to have some cardio and you need to lose some weight to keep the strength of the muscle and the elasticity, because the older we get, the more stronger we get but not if you are lazy and sitting on the couch, you are getting old quickly. Just pushing things, pushing things, moving, stretch, walking, running, doing things, keep you alive and keep you happy.”

[hogans71]

[quote name='imakaveli' timestamp='1397651494' post='9102947']
[quote name='WilCox' timestamp='1397643375' post='9102521']
I enjoy watching Jiminez play. My favorite moment is on the Road Hole at St Andrews during the Open when he purposely hit into the wall to rebound onto the green. Classic.
[/quote]

The face of Peter Hanson after that shot is priceless

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QIKGf0Xl_CA
[/quote]


That is fantastic. Love that place...

[Forged4ever]

[quote name='kemau' timestamp='1397347572' post='9076527']
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[/quote]After watching the vid that Kemau posted of his warm-up with Phil next to him, when it was over, all of those other videos appeared. There was one that I believe was 3:01 that was Miguel's warm-up video, taken on a range. It actually is a nice video and he goes through and explains his warm-up excercises, sans socks, LMAO. Legit warm-up routine if anyone's looking and nice commentary by Miguel.

For a lot of guys, it's work or it's a front where they tolerate the fans. I realy believe that he is the real deal and just loves life and appreciates how fortunate he is amd really enjoys being in the public eye & interacting with the fans.

That's great to see!!

Have a Blessed Easter All

Fairways & Greens My Friends,
Richard

[kemau]

go maj! bogey free debut on the champions tour. and actually not a bad leaderboard either

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[iBanesto]

Best senior golfer in the world.

Go MAJ!

[kemau]

[url="http://www.pgatour.com/content/pgatour/champions/news/2014/04/18/miguel-angel-jimenez-greater-gwinnett-championship.html"][b]Jimenez making the most of Champions Tour debut[/b][/url]

Sits atop leaderboard after Round 1 of the Greater Gwinnett Championship

April 18, 2014

Miguel Angel Jimenez is on a busman’s holiday. He planned to take a month off after the Masters Tournament to do other things, like get married.

But Jimenez, like so many golfers, simply couldn’t resist the temptation of teeing it up again on a golf course he knew and liked. So he squeezed in another tournament – and another week on the road, one of about 30 each year for the world traveler from Spain.

There was nothing to suggest that Jimenez would not enjoy himself at TPC Sugarloaf where he made his Champions Tour debut Friday at the Greater Gwinnett Championship. On the contrary, everything pointed thumbs-up after a fourth-place finish at the Masters Tournament. The form Jimenez flashed at Augusta National Golf Club is the same he put on display at TPC Sugarloaf.

On a rain-soaked day, the kind he would never imagine experiencing in his native Malaga, Jimenez opened with a bogey-free 7-under-par 65 to lead by three shots over three players – Steve Pate, Bernhard Langer and Kenny Perry. Jimenez made five birdies and an eagle 3 at the par 5 18th hole (his ninth) the first time he teed it up on the Champions Tour.

“What do you want me to say?” Jimenez said. “I love it.”

Jimenez is getting the lion’s share of the attention at TPC Sugarloaf, and rightfully so.

“I love watching him,” Pate said. “I’m glad he’s come out and playing our events.”

Perry said, “I figured he’d have more of a letdown.”

“This tour is so much more laid back and relaxed,” Perry said. “The atmosphere is so much different. I actually didn’t know what he’d do today. Honestly didn’t think he’d shoot 65. Amazing man. Great player. Fun to watch. He always gives me cigars to give to my dad. Some of the biggest cigars ever seen in my life.”

The fifth of five sons, [color=#ff0000]Jimenez is essentially self-taught. He learned from his older brothers, including Juan.[/color]

“He was a good player,” Jimenez said. “Never play on the tour but he was quite good. [color=#ff0000]I teach myself a lot, yeah. I look at my brother all the time, whatever I need to make, to control the swing.”

When Jimenez does consult with a swing guru, it’s “never to go into big things."

“I don’t let anyone come into big things,” he said. “Just only the feeling, the contour (shape) of the ball is not working properly, the ball is starting too far right, then what happened? Maybe the ball too far back, maybe too far forward, see the flight of the ball, tell you everything and you have to work with that.”

In other words, it’s about seeing and feeling what he does with the golf swing. It’s not overhauling the engine. It’s about fine-tuning it.[/color]

[color=#ff0000]** my swing overhaul begins today with the advice of maj. never go into big things, watch if the ball is working properly and "see the flight of the ball, tell you everything and you have to work with that."....i'm all set! **[/color]

Jimenez is known affectionately as The Mechanic for his affinity for fine, fast cars. The Mechanic also comes from his days working in a garage.

“The garage closed,” Jimenez said. “I went to the golf course working there on the driving range.”

Jimenez went from repairing drives to hitting them, then from driving balls to driving Ferraris, which were paid for by hitting balls – and his earnings from professional victories on the European and Asian tours. The Greater Gwinnett Championship would be victory No. 21 world-wide. Jimenez expects more wins before he’s finished because, he said, “the last 15 years (are) probably the best golf of my life.”

It is little more than a coincidence that Jimenez is playing here this week. He had scheduled a month off for, among other things, exchanging marriage vows with Susanne Stylbo on May 3. They met in Stylbo’s hometown of Vienna, Austria, where Jimenez now lives when he’s not playing on the PGA TOUR or the European Tour.

When Jimenez, who celebrated his 50th birthday on Jan. 5, discovered that the Champions Tour was in suburban Atlanta the week after the Masters, it clicked. He could, with very little effort or travel, investigate the Champions Tour and see what it holds for him in the future.

On Friday at TPC Sugarloaf, he found out. It has every opportunity to be lucrative and a lot of fun for a man who isn’t about to do anything that doesn’t make him happy. When it was over, and the rain gear had been peeled off, Jimenez was trending toward his element.

“Time for a nice warm shower, a nice fat cigar,” he said.

And, of course, some red.

[Yuck]

Good win by Miguel. I guess if he beat Couples and Langer at last week at Augusta, he certainly could do it again this week.

[iBanesto]

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The Boss in action.

[imakaveli]

What a boss!

 

[iBanesto]

What a boss!

 

 

Nice pic.

 

I am just going to call MAJ the Boss from now on!

[tbowles411]

I want to be like him when I grow up.

[kemau]

What a boss!

 

 

Miguel Angel Jimenez WITB

 

Driver: Ping i25 (9.5 degrees, Aldila Tour Blue 65X shaft)

3-Wood: Ping i25 (14 degrees, Aldila Tour Blue 75X shaft)

5-Wood: Ping i25 (18 degrees, Aldila Tour Blue 75X shaft)

7-Wood: Ping i25 (21 degrees, Aldila Tour Blue 75X shaft)

4-9 Irons: Ping S55 (True Temper Dynamic Gold Superlite X100 shaft)

52-Degree Wedge: Ping Tour Gorge (True Temper Dynamic Gold Superlite X100 SL shaft)

60-Degree Wedge: Ping Tour Gorge (True Temper Dynamic Gold Superlite X100 SL shaft)

Putter: Ping Scottsdale Pickmeup

Ball: Srixon Z-Star XV

[tbowles411]

And here's a lesson for all you kids out there: Need more clubhead speed? Need more forgiveness? Get a fairway wood! There's no shame in that!

[Aviador Naval]

Two wedges - awesome.

[Holy Moses]

[quote name='Aviador Naval' timestamp='1398130369' post='9140515']
Two wedges - awesome.
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Almost a 10 degree gap between 9 iron and the 52*. Obviously his setup is working quite well for him.

[bscinstnct]

[quote name='Aviador Naval' timestamp='1398130369' post='9140515']
Two wedges - awesome.
[/quote]

Mechanic mixed up his tools. Put his torque wrench in his golf bag and his pw in his tool box ; )

[Rock Chalk Jayhawk]

[quote name='Holy Moses' timestamp='1398132807' post='9140893'][quote name='Aviador Naval' timestamp='1398130369' post='9140515']
Two wedges - awesome.
[/quote]

Almost a 10 degree gap between 9 iron and the 52*. Obviously his setup is working quite well for him.[/quote]

Doubtful that he is playing standard lofts on all his irons. Can't recall another pro with that big of a gap. That's 30-45 yards!

[trapp20]

That $60k AP Royal Oak Chrono on his wrist is true pimp status - you know, because it's probably just his Sunday-winning-a-senior-event watch.

[Rock Chalk Jayhawk]

[quote name='trapp20' timestamp='1398136152' post='9141251']That $60k AP Royal Oak Chrono on his wrist is true pimp status - you know, because it's probably just his Sunday-winning-a-senior-event watch.[/quote]

Only 60k? He must have left his expensive watch at his lady friend's house.

[tbowles411]

[quote name='Rock Chalk Jayhawk' timestamp='1398168189' post='9142427']
[quote name='trapp20' timestamp='1398136152' post='9141251']That $60k AP Royal Oak Chrono on his wrist is true pimp status - you know, because it's probably just his Sunday-winning-a-senior-event watch.[/quote]

Only 60k? He must have left his expensive watch at his lady friend's house.
[/quote]
And she's probably half his age. #NoShameInHisGame

[jsams222]