Martin Kaymer, from Germany, has a chance to be the first continental European to win the 114th U.S. Open Golf Championship. It's amazing that the only continental European World Golf Hall of Fame members; Seve Ballesteros, Bernhard Langer, and Jose Maria Olazabal...never won the U.S. Open. What an achievement it will be if Kaymer is able to win today at Pinehurst #2 and take home the championship trophy. He starts the day with a 5 stroke lead. History is on Kaymer's side to pull out the victory since no one since 1919 has lost after holding a 5 or more stroke lead going into the last round. Nevertheless, keeping in mind that it is the U.S. Open and that means it will not be easy to maintain a lead. Just the pressure of winning a major championship could overwhelm Kaymer not to mention the extremely difficult Donald Ross designed greens; that are at times impossible to hold the golf ball on.
In order for Kaymer to have a chance he must continue to drive and putt the ball well. That sounds fairly obvious but at the U.S. Open those shots are of the utmost importance. If Kaymer drops a few shots early and falls back to the pack I do not think he will win. The players at 2 under par or better will all have chance to overtake him and then it will be a shootout to the finish.
Overall it should be another exciting finish to a major championship. GoBigGolf.com predicts that if Martin Kaymer doesn't win then Dustin Johnson will be the one guy that takes advantage and wins his first major.
In order for Kaymer to have a chance he must continue to drive and putt the ball well. That sounds fairly obvious but at the U.S. Open those shots are of the utmost importance. If Kaymer drops a few shots early and falls back to the pack I do not think he will win. The players at 2 under par or better will all have chance to overtake him and then it will be a shootout to the finish.
Overall it should be another exciting finish to a major championship. GoBigGolf.com predicts that if Martin Kaymer doesn't win then Dustin Johnson will be the one guy that takes advantage and wins his first major.