US Open 2014 : Final Leaderboard, Winner and Tournament Recap

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Published: June 16, 2014

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From the opening tee on Day 1 to the final putt on Day 4, one thing was abundantly clear: Martin Kaymer was playing the best golf at the 2014 U.S. Open, and it wasn't even close.

Kaymer's wire-to-wire victory earned him the second major of his career and his second PGA Tour win in 2014; he convincingly won The Players Championship back in May.

Course No. 2 at Pinehurst Resort in North Carolina was supposed to flummox the best golfers in the world. Few players in the tournament could claim any sort of familiarity with Pinehurst, as it last hosted the U.S. Open in 2005 and had since undergone extensive renovations.

Here is the final leaderboard from this year's edition of the U.S. Open:



Eight strokes separated Kaymer from runner-up Erik Compton in this one, and his dominance drew praise from all corners of the media landscape.

Golf Digest's Dan Jenkins was amazed at Kaymer's ability to scramble and save certain shots:



ESPN's Mike Greenberg compared Kaymer's play to one of the tour's biggest stars:



There would be no late-stage upsets or crumbling collapses at Pinehurst; Kaymer made sure the drama was confined to the rat race for second place.

After posting back-to back scores of 65 on Day 1 and Day 2 of the tournament, Kaymer shot a two-over on Day 3 but maintained a sizable four-stroke lead over Compton and young Rickie Fowler.

Kaymer continued his stellar play on Day 4. As the majority of the field struggled to gain any sort of handle on its fourth trip around the course, Kaymer only got better.

ESPN Stats & Info points out just how much of an outlier Kaymer was on Day 4:



Kaymer's dominance on the wide fairways and turtleback greens overshadowed the dramatic struggle for the right to finish just under his name at the top of the leaderboard.


Article Source: Bleacher Report - Golf

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