Jimenez as consistent as one of his fine cigars

Just six days from making his debut on the Champions Tour for players over 50, charismatic Spaniard Miguel Angel Jimenez is best known for his love of fine cigars and Rioja wine ... and his quirky warm-up routine.

Yet the pony-tailed 50-year-old from Malaga has produced some of the best golf of his career in recent months and on Saturday at the Masters he fired the lowest score of the tournament to surge into contention.

Jimenez, who bettered his own record as the European Tour's oldest winner at the Hong Kong Open in December, piled up seven birdies and a lone bogey en route to a sparkling six-under-par 66 in the third round at Augusta National.