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Monday, June 16, 2014

GERMAN NEVER FALTERED TO LEAD US OPEN THROUGHOUT

  • Kaymer, winner by eight strokes, is better now than when he was World No. 1

    • FROM THE US PGA TOUR WEBSITE
      By Mike McAllister, PGATOUR.COM
  • Martin Kaymer celebrates with his caddie, Craig Connelly, after winning the U.S. Open. (Kinnaird/Getty Images) Martin Kaymer celebrates with his caddie, Craig Connelly, after winning the U.S. Open. (Kinnaird/Getty Images)
PINEHURST, North Carolina  – On Feb. 27, 2011, Martin Kaymer lost to Luke Donald in the finals of the World Golf Championships-Accenture Match Play Championship, but in the process became the world’s top-ranked golfer. 
 He was 26 years old, the second-youngest player at that time to ever hold that ranking. Only Tiger Woods had been younger.
Kaymer, however, was not ready. Not ready for the demands on his time, for the raised expectations, for the increased attention in his native Germany.
His place atop the world rankings lasted eight weeks. His tailspin lasted longer. 
He eventually separated from his Scottish caddie, Craig Connelly, feeling they were making too many mistakes. His confidence faded. It was his dark period.
It is now 1,204 days later. Kaymer – now 29 years old -- has just won the second major of his career, going wire-to-wire to win the U.S. Open by eight strokes. Just seven other players have ever done that in U.S. Open history. 
The weekend at Pinehurst No. 2 was essentially a 36-hole coronation. There were no train wrecks at this weekend’s U.S. Open. Only a runaway train.
Despite having won THE PLAYERS Championship and the U.S. Open in back-to-back months, Kaymer is not officially ranked No. 1 in the world. That designation belongs to Adam Scott. Kaymer is expected to move to No. 11, but perhaps he’ll be No. 1 again soon.
And this time, he will be ready.
“It shouldn’t sound cocky or arrogant, but I knew it would come,” Kaymer said. “I knew that I would play good golf again. There was enough belief there.”
Actually, Kaymer is not back to where he was three-plus years ago. He’s better. Better than the Kaymer who was No. 1 back then. His game is better. Mentally, he’s in a better place. He’s having fun, and he’s shown it on two vastly different courses these past few weeks.
“He has more shots in his armory,” Connelly said. “His short game’s improved. He’s 3 years older. So yeah, he’s improved. Absolutely.”
Connelly was asked about his split with Kaymer back in 2011. It came just three months after Kaymer moved to No. 1, and less than a year after the German had won his first major, the 2010 PGA Championship.
For outsiders, it was a surprise move. For Connelly, it was reflective of the rising pressure on the young German.
“The tension was building up,” Connelly recalled. “Him being world’s No. 1 and wanting success every single time he got to the golf course. We all do.
“But, you know, that’s what we had to do. Obviously we’re together again. It’s been very, very fortunate to have worked out.”
Connelly jumped back on the bag in August of 2012. A few weeks later, Kaymer sank the decisive putt in his match against Steve Stricker as Europe retained the Ryder Cup with an improbable final-day comeback.
 He did not feel he belonged on the team, but that single putt – his ability to deliver in the most crucial of moments for any golfer – was the turning point for his return to elite status.
Before Sunday’s final round, Kaymer confided in Connelly. He told his caddie that the round would be the toughest he’s ever played. He was entering with a five-stroke lead, and the difficulty of protecting that on a pressure-packed Sunday at a major is enormous.
 Expectations were high – just like three years ago when he became No. 1.
Unlike back then, Kaymer delivered. He didn’t shoot 65, as he had done in each of the first two days. But his 1-under 69 was just as effective. He showed early that he was not going to wilt. He was not going to fold. This was a Tiger-like performance, a Rory-like performance.
And on the 18th green, after he sank another ticklish putt to save par, he gave a big hug to his Scottish caddie. Their working relationship has mirrored Kaymer’s career arc, and nothing was sweeter than this moment.
“He’s a very calm person, very happy, very positive person,” Kaymer said of Connelly.
 “… I think that combination, me being fairly serious, him being a little bit more relaxed, that works out quite well for both of us.”
Indeed.
“Winning a tournament is impressive, but winning it by a large number against the best players in the world, there’s obviously no word for it,” said Jason Day, who finished 10 shots back but tied for fourth. “Martin’s had a couple of down years just recently and through, I’m just guess, like a lot of the European guys, they work very, very hard on their game. They take it very serious.
“He struggled over the past few years and this year has been his breakout year again.”
Like his caddie, Kaymer considers himself a much better player now than back in February of 2011.  A more complete player. The swing changes he made have worked. 
The approach to focus less on technique and more on feel has worked. Striving to have fun instead of striving for perfection has worked.
“It was just a matter of time,” Kaymer said. “It’s not a huge surprise to me that I played good golf. It’s just a surprise that I won such big tournaments. That’s a surprise. But I’ll take it.”
It’s certainly a surprise to win a U.S. Open by eight strokes.  It’s the fourth largest margin of victory in the 114 years that the event has been played. Kaymer had to carry the pressure of leading since his opening 65 on Thursday afternoon and he really never gave anyone else a chance to think about winning.
“He kind of killed the event in the first two days,” noted Henrik Stenson.
In his Scottish accent, Connelly tried to put into words what it meant. It wasn’t easy.
“It’s not very often you see the likes of a runaway winner,” he said. “We’ve seen it with Rory at the PGA and U.S. Open. We’ve seen it with Tiger. But that’s seeing someone else do it.
“To happen to the person you’re working for, for it to happen to us – well, right now it’s still very raw.”
Well, he better get used to it. Martin Kaymer hasn’t officially returned to No. 1 in the world, but he’s sure playing like it.
FINAL TOTALS AND PRIZEMONEY
Par 280 (4x72) Yardage 7,650
 
1 Martin Kaymer 65  65   72   69 -1   -9 271   $1,620,000
T2 Erik Compton 72 68   67 72 +2   -1 279   $789,330
T2 Rickie Fowler 70 70   67 72 +2   -1 279   $789,330
T4 Keegan Bradley 69 69  76 67 -3 +1 281   $326,310
T4 Jason Day 73 68 72 68 -2 +1 281   $326,310
T4 Brooks Koepka 70 68 72 71 +1 +1 281   $326,310
T4 Dustin Johnson 69 69 70 73 +3 +1 281   $326,310
T4 Henrik Stenson 69 69 70 73 +3 +1 281  $326,310
T9 Adam Scott 73 67 73 69 -1 +2 282 $211,715
T9 Jimmy Walker 70 72 71 69 -1 +2 282 $211,715
T9 Brandt Snedeker 69 68 72 73 +3 +2 282 $211,715
T12 Jim Furyk 73 70 73 67 -3 +3 283 $156,679
T12 Marcel Siem 70 71 72 70 E +3 283 $156,679
T12 Kevin Na 68 69 73 73 +3 +3 283 $156,679
T12 Justin Rose 72 69 70 72 +2 +3 283 $156,679
T12 Matt Kuchar 69 70 71 73 +3 +3 283 $156,679
T17 Brendon Todd 69 67 79 69 -1 +4 284 $118,234
T17 Ian Poulter 70 70 74 70 E +4 284 $118,234
T17 J.B. Holmes 70 71 72 71 +1 +4 284 $118,234
T17 Jordan Spieth 69 70 72 73 +3 +4 284 $118,234
T21 Cody Gribble 72 72 72 69 -1 +5 285 $98,598
T21 Steve Stricker 70 71 73 71 +1 +5 285 $98,598
T23 Billy Horschel 75 68 73 70 E +6 286 $79,968
T23 Aaron Baddeley 70 71 73 72 +2 +6 286 $79,968
T23 Shiv Kapur 73 70 71 72 +2 +6 286 $79,968
T23 Rory McIlroy 71 68 74 73 +3 +6 286 $79,968
T23 Francesco Molinari 69 71 72 74 +4 +6 286 $79,968
T28 Daniel Berger 72 71 78 66 -4 +7 287 $59,588
T28 Graeme McDowell 68 74 75 70 E +7 287 $59,588
T28 Kenny Perry 74 69 74 70 E +7 287 $59,588
T28 Phil Mickelson 70 73 72 72 +2 +7 287 $59,588
T28 Victor Dubuisson 70 72 70 75 +5 +7 287 $59,588
T28 Brendon de Jonge 68 70 73 76 +6 +7 287 $59,588
T28 Chris Kirk 71 68 72 76 +6 +7 287 $59,588
T35 Patrick Reed 71 72 73 72 +2 +8 288 $46,803
T35 Ernie Els 74 70 72 72 +2 +8 288 $46,803
T35 Sergio Garcia 73 71 72 72 +2 +8 288 $46,803
T35 Bill Haas 72 72 71 73 +3 +8 288 $46,803
T35 Hideki Matsuyama 69 71 74 74 +4 +8 288 $46,803
T40 Louis Oosthuizen 71 73 78 67 -3 +9 289 $37,754
T40 Zac Blair 71 74 73 71 +1 +9 289 $37,754
T40 Zach Johnson 71 74 72 72 +2 +9 289 $37,754
T40 Lucas Bjerregaard 70 72 72 75 +5 +9 289 $37,754
T40 Garth Mulroy 71 72 70 76 +6 +9 289 $37,754
T45 Danny Willett 70 71 78 71 +1 +10  290 $30,828
T45 Webb Simpson 71 72 73 74 +4 +10 290 $30,828
T45 Retief Goosen 73 71 71 75 +5 +10 290 $30,828
T48 Matthew Fitzpatrick 71 73 78 69 -1 +11 291 -
T48 Billy Hurley III 71 74 75 71 +1 +11 291 $26,504
T48 Harris English 69 75 75 72 +2 +11 291 $26,504
T48 Ryan Moore 76 68 71 76 +6 +11 291 $26,504
T52 Seung-yul Noh 70 72 76 74 +4 +12 292 $24,514
T52 Gary Woodland 72 71 75 74 +4 +12 292 $24,514
T54 Stewart Cink 72 72 74 75 +5 +13 293 $23,535
T54 Scott Langley 72 71 75 75 +5 +13 293 $23,535
T56 Fran Quinn 68 74 79 73 +3 +14 294 $22,649
T56 Paul Casey 70 75 74 75 +5 +14 294 $22,649
T56 Nicholas Lindheim 72 73 72 77 +7 +14 294 $22,649
59 Justin Leonard 75 70 75 75 +5 +15 295 $22,090
T60 Russell Henley 70 74 82 71 +1 +17 297 $21,564
T60 Kevin Tway 72 72 81 72 +2 +17 297 $21,564
T60 Alex Cejka 73 71 77 76 +6 +17 297 $21,564
T63 Kevin Stadler 77 68 78 75 +5 +18 298 $20,775
T63 Clayton Rask 73 71 77 77 +7 +18 298 $20,775
T63 Bo Van Pelt 72 72 75 79 +9 +18 298 $20,775
66 Boo Weekley 71 73 80 75 +5 +19 299 $20,249
67 Toru Taniguchi 72 73 88 76 +6 +29 309 $19,980
T68 Angel Cabrera 74 72 MC MC - - 146 -
T68 Brian Campbell 76 70 MC MC - - 146 -
T68 Matt Dobyns 74 72 MC MC - - 146 -
T68 Luke Donald 77 69 MC MC - - 146 -
T68 Jason Dufner 72 74 MC MC - - 146 -
T68 Andres Echavarria 74 72 MC MC - - 146 -
T68 Thongchai Jaidee 73 73 MC MC - - 146 -
T68 Miguel Angel Jimenez 72 74 MC MC - - 146 -
T68 Matt Jones 74 72 MC MC - - 146 -
T68 Kyoung-Hoon Lee 74 72 MC MC - - 146 -
T68 Shane Lowry 73 73 MC MC - - 146 -
T68 Joost Luiten 70 76 MC MC - - 146 -
T68 Hunter Mahan 74 72 MC MC - - 146 -
T68 Rod Pampling 73 73 MC MC - - 146 -
T68 Charl Schwartzel 70 76 MC MC - - 146 -
T68 Hunter Stewart 75 71 MC MC - - 146 -
T68 Hudson Swafford 76 70 MC MC - - 146 -
T68 Bubba Watson 76 70 MC MC - - 146 -
T68 Cory Whitsett 77 69 MC MC - - 146 -
T68 Mark Wilson 70 76 MC MC - - 146 -
T68 Casey Wittenberg 74 72 MC MC - - 146 -
T89 Ryan Blaum 73 74 MC MC - - 147 -
T89 Darren Clarke 75 72 MC MC - - 147 -
T89 Nicolas Colsaerts 72 75 MC MC - - 147 -
T89 Chris Doak 74 73 MC MC - - 147 -
T89 Ken Duke 75 72 MC MC - - 147 -
T89 Stephen Gallacher 73 74 MC MC - - 147 -
T89 Luke Guthrie 73 74 MC MC - - 147 -
T89 Geoff Ogilvy 73 74 MC MC - - 147 -
T89 Andrea Pavan 75 72 MC MC - - 147 -
T89 Jim Renner 74 73 MC MC - - 147 -
T89 John Senden 71 76 MC MC - - 147 -
T89 David Toms 73 74 MC MC - - 147 -
T101 Roberto Castro 74 74 MC MC - - 148 -
T101 Chad Collins 74 74 MC MC - - 148 -
T101 Matt Every 76 72 MC MC - - 148 -
T101 Lucas Glover 79 69 MC MC - - 148 -
T101 David Gossett 76 72 MC MC - - 148 -
T101 Wen-Chong Liang 74 74 MC MC - - 148 -
T101 Sam Love 76 72 MC MC - - 148 -
T101 Ryan Palmer 74 74 MC MC - - 148 -
T101 Brian Stuard 75 73 MC MC - - 148 -
T101 Justin Thomas 75 73 MC MC - - 148 -
T101 Nick Watney 76 72 MC MC - - 148 -
T101 Lee Westwood 75 73 MC MC - - 148 -
T101 Cameron Wilson 78 70 MC MC - - 148 -
T114 Craig Barlow 74 75 MC MC - - 149 -
T114 Oliver Fisher 74 75 MC MC - - 149 -
T114 Smylie Kaufman 73 76 MC MC - - 149 -
T114 Pablo Larrazabal 71 78 MC MC - - 149 -
T114 Tom Lewis 79 70 MC MC - - 149 -
T114 Henrik Norlander 70 79 MC MC - - 149 -
T114 Joe Ogilvie 73 76 MC MC - - 149 -
T121 Anthony Broussard 78 72 MC MC - - 150 -
T121 Graham DeLaet 75 75 MC MC - - 150 -
T121 Niclas Fasth 76 74 MC MC - - 150 -
T121 Maximilian Kieffer 76 74 MC MC - - 150 -
T121 Hyung-Sung Kim 73 77 MC MC - - 150 -
T121 Maverick McNealy 74 76 MC MC - - 150 -
T121 Kevin Sutherland 75 75 MC MC - - 150 -
T121 Bernd Wiesberger 72 78 MC MC - - 150 -
T129 Jamie Donaldson 70 81 MC MC - - 151 -
T129 David Oh 75 76 MC MC - - 151 -
T129 D.A. Points 77 74 MC MC - - 151 -
T129 Brett Stegmaier 77 74 MC MC - - 151 -
T129 Graeme Storm 72 79 MC MC - - 151 -
T129 Brady Watt 77 74 MC MC - - 151 -
T129 Y.E. Yang 75 76 MC MC - - 151 -
T136 Steve Alker 76 76 MC MC - - 152 -
T136 Robert Allenby 79 73 MC MC - - 152 -
T136 Gonzalo Fernandez-Casta 76 76 MC MC - - 152 -
T136 Simon Griffiths 72 80 MC MC - - 152 -
T136 Kevin Kisner 75 77 MC MC - - 152 -
T136 Rob Oppenheim 75 77 MC MC - - 152 -
T136 Aron Price 78 74 MC MC - - 152 -
T136 Kevin Streelman 75 77 MC MC - - 152 -
T144 Jonas Blixt 77 76 MC MC - - 153 -
T144 Jeff Maggert 73 80 MC MC - - 153 -
T144 Nick Mason 78 75 MC MC - - 153 -
T144 Robby Shelton 78 75 MC MC - - 153 -
T148 Oliver Goss 71 83 MC MC - - 154 -
T148 Chris Thompson 80 74 MC MC - - 154 -
T150 Donald Constable 82 73 MC MC - - 155 -
T150 Bobby Gates 79 76 MC MC - - 155 -
T150 Brandon McIver 82 73 MC MC - - 155 -
153 Will Grimmer 77 80 MC MC - - 157 -
154 Andrew Dorn 79 80 MC  MC - - 159 -
155 Azuma Yano 77 83 MC   MC - - 160 -
156 Kiyoshi Miyazato 81 81 MC   MC - - 162 -

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