Posted April 10, 2014, 9:30 pm |

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Miguel Angel Jimenez gets off to fast start

Miguel Angel Jimenez got off to a roaring start in the opening nine holes Thursday, enough to put him in position after one round.

Jimenez shot 4-under 32 on the front nine and finished 1-under after the first round, putting him in a tie for 12th.

“It’s the best chance that I have here,” he said. “I played beautiful golf today. Only two holes I made bad mistakes.”

Jimenez is playing in his 15th Masters Tournament. He has three career top-10 finishes in Augusta, including a tie for eighth in 2008.

The 50-year-old said he’s having fun this week as he enters the second round in contention. He said he has to remain focused to play well at Augusta National.

“This one is really hard, because you need to be mentally here, mentally strong, and then you need to be passionate,” he said.

Jimenez smoked his usual cigar while warming up before the first round. He said he does it to hide himself in the smoke on the driving range.

“On the course, I don’t smoke,” he said. “There’s enough worry about the game to worry about where I left my cigar. I smoke them before and after, or while practicing.”

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Round 1
Hole	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	Out	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	In	T
Par	4	5	4	3	4	3	4	5	4	36	4	4	3	5	4	5	3	4	4	36	72
Rnd	4	4	4	3	4	2	3	5	3	32	4	5	5	5	4	5	3	4	4	39	71
Tot.	0	-1	-1	-1	-1	-2	-3	-3	-4	-4	-4	-3	-1	-1	-1	-1	-1	-1	-1	-1	-1

Masters Record

Year	Place	Score	Round				Money
Year	Place	Score	1	2	3	4	Money
2012	56	+10	69	72	76	81	$ 18,560
2011	27	-1	71	73	70	73	$ 54,400
2010	12	-3	72	75	72	66	$ 165,000
2009	46	+6	70	73	78	73	$ 21,850
2008	8	-1	77	70	72	68	$ 217,500
2007	44	+16	79	73	76	76	$ 22,533
2006	11	-1	72	74	69	72	$ 161,000
2005	31	+5	74	74	73	72	$ 46,550
2003	60	+9	76	77			$ 5,000
2002	9	-3	70	71	74	70	$ 151,200
2001	10	-8	68	72	71	69	$ 128,800
2000	49	+10	76	71	79	72	$ 11,623
1999	57	+5	72	77			$ 5,000
1995	48	+2	71	75			$ 1,500

Miguel Angel Jimenez gets off to fast start

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