Is Martin Kaymer Back in Elite Form with Wild Win at 2014 Players Championship?

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Published: May 12, 2014

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The universe messed with Martin Kaymer Sunday at The Players Championship. Specifically, it was Mother Nature having some wicked fun on Mother’s Day.

But the lightning storm that interrupted what was shaping up as an easy march to one of golf’s biggest titles gave us a chance to truly assess the 29-year-old German.

And that Kaymer survived despite some very curious play on the final four holes shows he may indeed be capable of climbing back to the world No. 1 perch he held for eight weeks in 2011.

Kaymer, with a 30-foot putt that rescued his championship hopes on TPC Sawgrass' famous 17th hole, now has a signature moment that can hold its own in any highlight film.



Going forward, he'll be able to replay that clutch shot in his mind any time he needs to remind himself he can sink the toughest shot in the toughest conditions with a ton of cash on the line.

It also puts to rest suspicions that the No. 1 world ranking he held in 2011 was a fluke. With his victory, Kaymer doesn't simply pocket $1.8 million. He also joins Tiger Woods, Phil Mickelson and Adam Scott as the only players to win a major, a World Golf Championship and The Players Championship.

Kaymer had been a bit of a mystery man since his brief run as the globe’s top-rated player. He got there at the age of 26, and at the time, only Woods had been younger when he first claimed the honor.

The key to Kaymer’s ascent was winning the 2010 PGA Championship in a playoff with Bubba Watson, but since then, Kaymer has been a virtual nonfactor in 13 consecutive majors. He missed the cut in four of them, had no top-10 finishes and only two top-20 performances.

In 2013, his best finish in a major was a tie for 32nd at The Open Championship, and he was never in the conversation at the Masters last month, where he tied for 31st. He also was in an 0-of-29 slump for tourna...
Article Source: Bleacher Report - Golf

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