Martin Kaymer, Nick Watney, Bubba and Other Transitions Tidbits

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Published: March 21, 2011

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As the fog started to clear early last Thursday morning, he was easy to spot on the putting green at Innisbrook.

While Nick Watney exchanged laughs and stories with a couple of caddies, Martin Kaymer went about his business, dressed in black, with a calm exterior and a silky putting stroke. Kaymer was prepping for his day with Watney and Bubba Watson, the world's No. 1 was the middle of a bomber's sandwich.

They opened on the 10th tee, their first of the day. Watney hit a long, towering hook into the left trees and Watson went even farther right, a big hook for the left-handed bomber. Stood at the 315-yard mark, and watched as Kaymer's drive split the middle, 305 dead-center.

Thus started a four-hour examination of the world's No.1, and perhaps the two hottest Americans.

Through it all, these observations:

Kaymer is better than you think he is. He's also taller and leaner. He would produce some unforgettable shots. One was his third to the par five 14th where his second shot left him short-sided with a 40-yard bunker shot to a pin that only gave him seven feet of green to work with.

"That's dead," said one gallery member. Martin then hit a shot that landed in the fringe and stopped a foot from the hole.

At the par five first, his 10th hole of the day, he hit a second shot with a fairway metal that hit five feet from the hole and stopped 20 feet away. He would hold the downhill left-to-right breaker for eagle.

At the par three fourth, from 208 yards, his tee shot sailed high, landed seven feet from the hole, one-hopped and started rolling like a putt. "It's heading straight into the hole," was my immediate thought. The ball grazed the right lip and stopped inside a foot.

At his final hole, the par four uphill ninth, his tee shot went left into a fairway bunker, too close to a high lip. His second shot was 75 yards short of...
Article Source: Bleacher Report - Golf

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