Emotional triumph for Kaymer
By Associated Press in Miami | China Daily | Updated: 2014-05-13 07:20
Martin Kaymer never lost sight of opportunity, even amid so much evidence of trouble in the closing stretch of The Players Championship on Sunday.
A bad chip led to double bogey. A bad decision cost him a chance at birdie. With his lead suddenly down to one shot, he watched his ball soar against the gray sky toward the scariest island in golf and figured it would be fine.
What followed was a bounce sideways instead of forward, a mystifying spin that nearly sent his ball over the edge and into the drink, a chip with his feet pressed near the wooden frame of the island and a 30-foot par putt that Kaymer chalked up to instinct and luck.
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