US PGA CHAMPIONSHIP

Martin Kayrmer beats Bubba Watson in play-off

FROM THE AOL GOLF NEWS SERVICE
Germany's Martin Kaymer is the United States PGA champion after a three-hole play-off with American Bubba Watson.
But the real drama was the two-shot penalty handed to Watson's compatriot Dustin Johnson for grounding his club on sand at the last.
Johnson was one ahead at the time, but bogeyed. He thought that was enough to be in the play-off, but was then demoted to fifth.
As Johnson was left to reflect on another his disappointment, Kaymer and Watson went at it alone after both finished on the 11-under-par total of 277, one ahead of Rory McIlroy and Zach Johnson.
Watson struck first by pitching to two feet at the 10th, but Kaymer responded with a 15-foot putt on the short 17th.

The decisive moment came when Watson then struck his second into the water when they returned to the 18th.

He did hit the flag with a chip, but could do no better than a double-bogey 6 and 25-year-old Kaymer, having laid up from the rough, won with a bogey 5.

Kaymer's victory makes it two European wins in the last three majors following Graeme McDowell's US Open triumph.

Northern Ireland's McIlroy was joint leader with four to go, but bogeyed the 15th and missed a 15-foot birdie putt on the last and so ended up joint third - just as he did in the event last year and at The Open last month.
FINAL TOTALS
Par 288 (4x72)
277 Martin Kaymer (Ger) 72 68 67 70, Bubba Watson 68 71 70 68 (Kaymer won after three-hole play-off)
278 Rory McIlroy (NIrl) 71 68 67 72, Zach Johnson 69 70 69 70
279 Jason Dufner 73 66 69 71, Steve Elkington (Aus) 71 70 67 71, Dustin Johnson 71 68 67 73
280 Camilo Villegas (Col) 71 71 70 68, Wen-chong Liang (Chn) 72 71 64 73
281 Matt Kuchar 67 69 73 72, Jason Day (Aus) 69 72 66 74
282 Phil Mickelson 73 69 73 67, Paul Casey (Eng) 72 71 70 69, Bryce Molder 72 67 70 73, Simon Dyson (Eng) 71 71 68 72
283 D.A. Points 70 72 70 71, Robert Karlsson (Swe) 71 71 71 70
284 Nick Watney 69 68 66 81, Steve Stricker 72 72 68 72, Stephen Gallacher (Sco) 71 69 72 72, Charl Schwartzel (Rsa) 73 69 72 70, Ernie Els (Rsa) 68 74 69 73, Stewart Cink 77 68 66 73
285 J.B. Holmes 72 66 77 70, Jim Furyk 70 68 70 77, Carl Pettersson (Swe) 71 70 71 73, Simon Khan (Eng) 69 70 71 75
286 Seung-yul Noh (Kor) 68 71 72 75, Tiger Woods 71 70 72 73, David Horsey (Eng) 72 71 69 74, Bo Van Pelt 73 67 72 74, Troy Matteson 72 72 70 72
287 Francesco Molinari (Ita) 68 73 71 75, Ryan Palmer 71 68 75 73, David Toms 74 71 67 75, Heath Slocum 73 72 68 74, Gonzalo Fernandez-Castano (Spa) 70 73 73 71, Edoardo Molinari (Ita) 71 72 70 74
288 Brian Davis (Eng) 71 72 69 76, Adam Scott (Aus) 72 73 71 72, Hunter Mahan 74 71 68 75, Justin Leonard 73 69 73 73, Ben Crane 73 68 73 74, Vijay Singh (Fij) 73 66 73 76, K J Choi (Kor) 74 69 71 74, Tim Clark (Rsa) 72 71 70 75, Brandt Snedeker 75 70 67 76
289 Brendon De Jonge 74 66 74 75, Marc Leishman (Aus) 71 73 72 73, Shaun Micheel 73 69 76 71, Martin Laird (Sco) 70 74 72 73, Darren Clarke (NIrl) 74 70 72 73, Kyung-Tae Kim (Kor) 70 72 71 76, Charles Howell III 69 74 72 74
290 Retief Goosen (Rsa) 76 68 74 72, Davis Love III 73 72 72 73, Tom Lehman 74 70 73 73
291 Peter Hanson (Swe) 71 71 71 78, Kevin Na 74 71 71 75, Gregory Bourdy (Fra) 70 70 75 76, Rickie Fowler 73 71 70 77
292 Chad Campbell 70 70 78 74, Rhys Davies (Wal) 71 71 75 75, Fredrik Andersson Hed (Swe) 74 71 74 73
293 Brian Gay 72 70 71 80, Ryan Moore 69 76 72 76
294 D.J. Trahan 72 73 74 75
295 Rob Labritz 73 71 74 77, Stuart Appleby (Aus) 72 73 73 77
297 Ross McGowan (Eng) 73 72 71 81
298 Jeff Overton 74 71 74 79
WD: 221 Ian Poulter (Gbr) 72 72 77