The Most Interesting Man in Golf Is A Lover, Not A Fighter

Documented before his dust-up with Keegan Bradley, the conversation between Alan Shipnuck and Miguel Angel Jimenez is even more enjoyable following his WGC Match Play run-in.

There are a few TMI moments, naturally.

On losing the Ryder Cup captaincy...

"You understand me, right? O.K. then. The Ryder Cup is decided by the players' clubs, not the captain's English."

He spoke these words last month in the shadow of the Augusta National clubhouse, having just shot a second-round 73 to miss the cut at the Masters. It was a stinging disappointment, given that Jiménez tied for fourth last year—his ninth career top 10 in a major—but he was typically upbeat.

"My score is s---, but I did not play s---. It happens. But my game feels good, I feel good about the rest of this season. The game will come. It always does."

Beneath the famous oak tree at Augusta National he fell into the warm embrace of his sons and his wife and hugs from a dozen well-wishers. Before leaving the grounds Jiménez offered a parting thought:

"I am here with the sun shining, I'm surrounded by friends and family, tonight I will eat good food, drink good wine, smoke a good cigar and make love to my beautiful wife. It's a good life, no?"