The 17th at TPC Sawgrass is meant to be evil. Sitting out there just 130 or so yards, it’s a fairly easy shot if you get past the fact that any miss means doom. When you’re playing for the biggest check in golf, and a career achievement, the hole looks like someone is joking with […]
Martin Kaymer drains one of the clutch putts of the season to win the Players Championship
Martin Kaymer ties the course record at TPC Sawgrass with opening 63
It hasn’t exactly been an easy go of it for Martin Kaymer since becoming the top golfer in the world back in 2011. Kaymer had a career year in ’10 to jump up the rankings, and after a runner-up finish at the Accenture Match Play it was the top ranking for a man who looked […]
Dustin Johnson and Martin Laird compete to see who is better in the rain
If there is one thing the TaylorMade/adidas group is good at, it’s making a splash in the market, but most of the time that isn’t a literal splash. That changed this week in Scotland as Dustin Johnson and Martin Laird competed in the new adidas weather wear while being blown around and rained on from […]
Martin Kaymer said Ryder Cup putt could have wrecked his career
There are plenty of high points in Martin Kaymer’s career. His 59 in the 2006 Hasburg Classic comes to mind (with a bogey!). You could talk about his 10 European Tour wins over his career, and especially that PGA Championship he won in a playoff over Bubba Watson at Whistling Straits back in 2010. But […]
Martin Kaymer goes from Ryder Cup castoff to hero
MEDINAH, Ill. — Nothing will ever wipe away the memory of Bernhard Langer’s big miss at the 1991 Ryder Cup that lost the competition for Europe, but on Sunday afternoon at the 39th Ryder Cup, fellow countryman Martin Kaymer did his best to ensure Germany has a positive memory in the annals of Ryder Cup […]
PGA Championship tee times: Tiger Woods, Martin Kaymer, Keegan Bradley grouped at Kiawah
The WGC-Bridgestone Invitational is still the big story in the professional ranks, but on Friday the PGA of America tried to take a little bit of the spotlight away by releasing opening round pairings for the 94th PGA Championship at Kiawah Island’s Ocean Course. As you’d expected with a major, officials grouped some of the […]