Open Championship 2013 blog: Quotes of the day

In this Open Championship 2013 blog we round up some of the interesting and unusual things said today by interviewers and interviewees in press conferences and on-course interviews at Muirfield.

Miguel Angel Jimenez

Here we round up some of the interesting and unusual things that have been said today by interviewers and interviewees in press conferences and on-course interviews here at Muirfield.

Miguel Angel Jimenez explains the objective of golf in layman's terms:

"One-under par is good. More under par is more good. Three-under par is nice."

The veteran Spaniard talks about his recent skiing injury, and the dangers of the winter sport, in the language of a matador:

"You cannot become distracted for anything because the bull can take you."

Jimenez on memory loss (perhaps, one too many red wines last night:)

"I don't know who I played with today."

A questioner fails to get his facts right talking to Rafael Cabrera Bello:

Q - "I'm right in thinking you're a former Amateur champion?

Rafa - "No."

Cabrera-Bello is asked to compare himself to fellow Spaniard Miguel Angel Jimenez:

"I look a little different to Miguel. Not saying I look better, I'm just saying different... I don't smoke, I am younger, I like to do sports... I have a more athletic body... I'm from a different generation."

So, not very similar then

For some reason the Spaniard is asked about his choice of hairstyle:

"I've tried to grow my hair a little bit, but it completely defies the laws of gravity."

China's Ashun Wu after an opening 76:

"I have to practice more."

Fergus Bisset
Contributing Editor

Fergus is Golf Monthly's resident expert on the history of the game and has written extensively on that subject. He is a golf obsessive and 1-handicapper. Growing up in the North East of Scotland, golf runs through his veins and his passion for the sport was bolstered during his time at St Andrews university studying history. He went on to earn a post graduate diploma from the London School of Journalism. Fergus has worked for Golf Monthly since 2004 and has written two books on the game; "Great Golf Debates" together with Jezz Ellwood of Golf Monthly and the history section of "The Ultimate Golf Book" together with Neil Tappin , also of Golf Monthly. 

Fergus once shanked a ball from just over Granny Clark's Wynd on the 18th of the Old Course that struck the St Andrews Golf Club and rebounded into the Valley of Sin, from where he saved par. Who says there's no golfing god?