Men: If You Sport A Ponytail Your Likely To Win [View All]

sorry to all the folically challenged.

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LONDON (Reuters) - Pony-tails appear to be a guarantee of success for sportsmen at the moment with flame-haired Spaniard Miguel Angel Jimenez leading the way.

Jimenez, who won the Johnnie Walker Classic in Bangkok on Sunday hours after pony-tailed tennis player Roger Federer stormed to victory at the Australian Open (news - web sites) in Melbourne, believes fashion individuality is important in the sporting arena.

"Two years ago, I decided to let my hair grow and I try to be a little different on the tour," the 40-year-old Jimenez told reporters at the Alpine Golf and Sports Club course after clinching his eighth European Tour title.

"It's a kind of fashion statement in a place (a sport) where everyone has the same haircut and the same everything.

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