When Nick Watney double-bogeyed the first it really opened things up but for him it was the beginning of a horrible day and he quickly disappeared from the leaderboard. Obviously I was rooting for Rory McIlroy and he struggled early on, miraculously escaping with pars on the first four holes despite missing every fairway. He did eventually drop a shot but recovered well. He gave himself plenty of birdie chances but they just weren't dropping for him and when he failed to make one on the par 5 16th despite a perfect drive, his challenge was all but over as it was always going to need something special to be -1 for the last two holes.
Bubba Watson played some tremendous golf and it looked as though he was really enjoying himself out there. Some of the drives he was hitting were hard to believe, frequently over 350 yards. Just monstrous hitting.
Kaymer was solid all day and his putt to save par on the 18th was fantastic. When that went in I thought to myself that if it went to a playoff then he looked a safe bet to hold it together.
But what about poor Dustin Johnson? Imagine if he had holed his putt to win the title and then been penalised 2 shots, it would have been devastating. Nevertheless, he missed his chance to contest the playoff and that was tough enough on him. I thought it was a very harsh call. To me it just looked like waste ground where the grass had been worn away by the fans but they are obviously sticklers for keeping to the rules.
In the playoff itself, you have to commend Bubba Watson for ot holding back and playing to win but it was a very ambitious shot he chose on the 18th and maybe he was just trying to Hollywood it a bit too much. Kaymer showed his composure by playing safe from the rough and then hitting a perfect approach shot.
Bubba nearly holed the miracle shot from the bunker to put the pressure on but it was not to be and congratulations to Kaymer on his first (and definitely not last) major.
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