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COMMERCIALBANK QATAR MASTERS PRESENTED BY DOLPHIN ENERGYJanuary 22, 2009Miguel Angel JimenezDOHA, QATAR Q. Not such a good week last week, steady enough start in the season, what did you do in the winter month? MIGUEL ÃNGEL JIMÉNEZ: Yeah, took some time off after playing Sun City, and for five weeks I did not play golf, two weeks skiing. Q. Have you improved at all? MIGUEL ÃNGEL JIMÉNEZ: I'm four years skiing now and you can improve. I enjoyed myself with my family and my kids. Q. Was this in Granada? MIGUEL ÃNGEL JIMÉNEZ: Yes. Q. And you had an injury? MIGUEL ÃNGEL JIMÉNEZ: Not an injury, it's almost about to finish today, and it's almost like walking, I fall down and stuck my thumb. Q. So is it affecting your golf? MIGUEL ÃNGEL JIMÉNEZ: Well, it hurts a little bit, especially with the long clubs. With the short clubs, it's fine, but with the long clubs, that's what you feel the pain. Q. It didn't affect you today, though. MIGUEL ÃNGEL JIMÉNEZ: Well, it's going straight from the tee, but it's fine. Not solid drivers, but going in with irons is pretty good. It's not that painful with the short game, and hit some good shots. Q. Good start to the week. What about the year ahead, we hear of all the young players talking of their targets and plans for the year; at this stage of your career, do you still do all that at the start are of the year? MIGUEL ÃNGEL JIMÉNEZ: Every year of course you have long-term goals, but every day, what I want to do is enjoy myself and enjoy life, that's it. Q. When you stop playing, I think we'll make you the Tour philosopher. You'll have the position to make everyone happy; would you enjoy that? MIGUEL ÃNGEL JIMÉNEZ: We are here to learn and here to enjoy yourself. Q. What was working for you today? MIGUEL ÃNGEL JIMÉNEZ: Playing very well, especially my iron shots. My driver is not straight, solid, because of my injury, I feel pain in my swing. But I'm hitting my irons very good today, and holed some putts, and that's what you need to make the score. Q. I see the base of your thumb is taped up, so what have you done? MIGUEL ÃNGEL JIMÉNEZ: Skiing. I was skiing in Sierra Nevada, and fell down holding my son, and I got the stick between my hand and the ground and my thumb, tore some ligaments. Q. You're a good skier, aren't you? MIGUEL ÃNGEL JIMÉNEZ: Handicap 15 maybe. I can go down all the red slopes, no problem. Q. You don't tackle the black? MIGUEL ÃNGEL JIMÉNEZ: I go down one black in Sierra Nevada. Q. So how does that hinder your game at present? MIGUEL ÃNGEL JIMÉNEZ: Well, it affects me because I cannot practice as much as I want, and you feel worry on the golf course. But I still can play golf, but it's painful and sometimes you see on some swings, I am not going through the ball, and maybe you will see me missing shots during the week because it pain. I need at least six weeks to recover doing nothing. But I'm still playing and doing things, so it will probably take longer. Q. So what is the thinking, these events are just too good to miss? MIGUEL ÃNGEL JIMÉNEZ: No, I need to start. I need to compete. That's what I like, to compete. I feel at home, okay, it's painful, but I think I can play. If I cannot play, I would not stay here. I would be at home for sure. Q. I take it it's better than it was in Abu Dhabi? MIGUEL ÃNGEL JIMÉNEZ: A little better. Last week was the same kind of of game, but last week I cannot hole any putts. I made too many putts, and you cannot play like that. That's the game. And then missed by one last week, the cut there, and it happens. Too many good players there on the Tour these days. Q. Tell me about this 66. That's a very good start here, and we have tended to see down the years that if you shoot a good round in the afternoon, and you've got a morning, weather conditions tend to be better. Good foundation? MIGUEL ÃNGEL JIMÉNEZ: Tomorrow we will see. I played well today. I started on the first hole, left myself four meters for birdie and I played very solid all day, and I left lots of chances there. I'm playing very well with my irons, and that's what I like to see in myself. Maybe the irons are the best part of my game. End of FastScripts |
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