February 20 2012

2:27 PM

Live interview schedule

Tuesday, Feb. 21 (all times Eastern) 11 a.m. – Bill Haas 11:30 a.m. – Charl Schwartzel Noon. – Lee Westwood TBD afternoon – Robert Rock 4:30 p.m. – Rory McIlroy 5 p.m. – Luke Donald 5:15 p.m. – PGA TOUR Commissioner Tim Finchem (presenting Donald and Bradley with 2011 awards) 5:30 p.m. – Keegan Bradley 5:45 p.m. – Tim Finchem press conference regarding The First Tee 6 p.m. – Martin Kaymer

November 6 2011

12:10 PM

Highlights: Kaymer's victory

World Golf Championships-HSBC Champions

Martin Kaymer launched an incredible rally to bypass the field Sunday at Sheshan.


8:40 AM

Congratulate Kaymer on his victory

Martin Kaymer carded a 9-under 63, which included a back-nine 29, Sunday at Sheshan International Golf Club to pick up a three-shot victory at the World Golf Championships-HSBC Champions. Leave a note in our comments section to congratulate Kaymer on his first career win in a World Golf Championships event.

7:59 AM

Kaymer wins at Sheshan

It all started with a birdie splash from a greenside bunker on the par-4 7th hole at Sheshan International Golf Club. Eleven holes and eight more birdies later, Martin Kaymer was signing for a 9-under 63 that gave him a three-shot victory at the World Golf Championships-HSBC Champions. Kaymer, who entered the day five shots behind overnight leader Fredrik Jacobson, opened his round with six pars before his assault on the course got him to 20 under and into the winner's circle. In a way, this victory brings things full circle for Kaymer, who lost in the finals of the first WGC of the season, the Accenture Match Play Championship. A year after earning his first major championship in the final major of the year, Kaymer picks up his first WGC in his final 2011 opportunity. Jacobson, who had played so solidly through three rounds, settled for second-place honors following his Sunday 71. Graeme McDowell finished third at 16 under while Charl Schwartzel, Paul Casey and Rory McIlroy shared fourth at 15 under. Click here to read more about Round 4 at Sheshan International

7:27 AM

Update: Kaymer takes the lead

Kaymer birdies No. 17

Martin Kaymer takes the outright lead at Sheshan with this birdie on the par-3 17th.

Martin Kaymer has birdied eight of his last 11 holes, including six of eight on the back nine, to take a one-shot lead over Fredrik Jacobson late in the final round of the World Golf Championships-HSBC Champions. Kaymer entered Sunday's final round five shots behind leader Fredrik Jacobson but has posted eight birdies and no bogeys through 17 holes. Jacobson shot an even-par 36 on the front nine but has two birdies on the back nine with two holes remaining. Currently in third, three shots behind Kaymer, is Graeme McDowell. Charl Schwartzel, the current clubhouse leader, is four back at 15 under.

November 5 2011

6:21 AM

Update: Moving day movers

Fredrik Jacobson (-14) has been a constant on, or around, the top of the leaderboard throughout the third round of the World Golf Championships-HSBC Champions. He's currently two shots ahead of Louis Oosthuizen, who entered the day one back, but the names behind those two have been undergoing seismic changes. Lee Westwood and Martin Kaymer are each 4 under , 14 and 13 holes into their respective rounds, and find themselves just three back. Also in that group is Paul Casey. The four-way tie at 10 under includes Rory McIlroy and Graeme McDowell. The Northern Irishmen are 5 under and 4 under on the day with a few holes to play. Jhonattan Vegas, a TOUR rookie who won the Bob Hope Classic in January, and Harrison Frazar, who earned his maiden victory earlier this year in Memphis, are the day’s biggest movers. Vegas is finished after a 7-under 65 moved him to 9 under on the week. Frazar has bounced back from a Friday 75 to be 9 under through 16 holes in his third round. Frazar started on the back nine and had seven birdies, one bogey and one par to turn at 6 under. He’s alternated pars and birdies on his first seven holes on the front nine.

June 19 2011

10:08 PM

Kaymer amazed at Rors

By Melanie Hauser, PGATOUR.COM

BETHESDA, Md. -- Martin Kaymer walked off the course amazed at Rory McIlroy's performance.

He didn't see a lot of shots, but he saw enough to call McIlroy's game fantastic.

"The way he plays golf, it's a different golf,'' said Kaymer, who won his first major last August at the PGA Championship. "It's close to perfect.''

Kaymer ". . . .It is great for him to win the event early in his career. He's only 22 years old and especially after what happened at the Masters, you know, all the eyes on him. And to finally to bring it home and to win not only, I would say, the biggest over there, anyway, besides the Masters, but it's the U.S. Open, if you are the champion of the United States, it's quite impressive. And to be the second Irish. I mean, I'm very happy for him and for his family, as well. He has great parents. It's great to see.''

Kaymer did say, though, that Congressional was . . . well, not Pebble Beach or Pinehurst.

"It's not really a U.S. Open golf course, to be honest,'' Kaymer said. "It plays softer. You have birdie chances the first nine  It plays fairly easy. If you hit the fairways, you can go straight at the flags. And the greens, they roll along. Still, 16‑under, or wherever he'll finish today, it's very impressive and I'm very happy for him.''

McIlroy's expected win will also give the Internationals a string of five consecutive major championships for the first time ever. Internationals held four in a row in 1994 -- Jose Maria Olazabal (Masters), Ernie Els (U.S. Open) and Nick Price (British Open, PGA).

When asked what he thought that said about American golf, Kaymer said, "It says, I think, that the Americans struggle a little bit.  Since Tiger (Woods) has been on a, how do you say, a little down.''

He added that the advent of the World Golf Championships have strengthened international golf, but that it was Padraig Harrington, who won three of six majors (2007, 2008 British Opens; 2008 PGA Championship) "gave us at least the belief that we can win here in America, as well."


June 17 2011

1:12 AM

Big Three rally, make cut

By Melanie Hauser, PGATOUR.COM BETHESDA, Md. -- It was touch-and-go for a while there, but the Big Three played their way into the weekend Friday afternoon. World No. 2 Lee Westwood ripped through a second-round 68 to go into the weekend at plus-1, while third-ranked  Martin Kaymer shot a 70 and is at 2 over. World No. 1 Luke Donald struggled coming in, but shot 72 to settle in at 4 over, which is expected to be the cut. Donald considered himself lucky to make the cut. "I struggled on the back nine both days and that comes down to not hitting enough fairways and not hitting enough greens,'' he said. "I hit 50 percent of fairways this week and you are always going to struggle on a course like this. I’ve got to find something on the weekend and shoot a couple of good rounds and see what happens. Rory is well ahead but you keep fighting and see what you can do." When asked about chasing leader Rory McIlroy and what advice he might give him, Westwood chuckled. "I'm supposed to beat him over the next two days,'' he said. "I'm hardly going to give him advice, am I?" Westwood has his eye on Y.E. Yang, who is in second. "Trying to catch him, because if I'm going to win the tournament, then I'm going to need Rory to play poorly over the weekend,'' Westwood said. "I might play great and shoot 11‑under par and get to 10, but he's still got to shoot ‑‑ if he shoots level at the weekend then he wins. But when you've got a six‑shot lead, as I know, because I've had a few six‑shot leads, everybody gives you the tournament almost, so in everybody's mind he's probably already won it.  They're probably debating whether he's already won it on TV." Perhaps. But what they are doing is wondering just who will be around for the weekend. With play suspended at 8:04 p.m. and seven groups still on the course, it looks as though some prominent names will be headed home. The final cut will be made Saturday after the second round concludes. Bubba Watson (4 over) is the only one of the four Golf Boys to make the cut. Hunter Mahan and Rickie Fowler are just under the current line at 5 over, along with Adam Scott and former British Open champ Stewart Cink, who bogeyed his final hole. Ian Poulter (6 over) landed in Orlando in time for dinner -- he tweeted it -- and had company there at 6 over with two-time U.S. Open champ Ernie Els and Ben Crane. Former PGA champ David Toms and former U.S. Open Jim Furyk went home at 7 over par, as did former Masters champ Angel Cabrera at 8 over.  

8:02 PM

Yang cuts into McIlroy’s lead

BETHESDA, Md. -- With nine holes to go, Y.E. Yang has trimmed two shots off Rory McIlroy's early eight-shot lead.

Yang Yang, the 2009 PGA champ, birdied the seventh and ninth holes to get to 5 under for the tournament. Heath Slocum is also making a move in the afternoon, making the turn at 2 under for the day and the event.

Two members of the Big Three pairing have tucked themselves just inside the cutline, as well.

Lee Westwood is 2 under for the day and in a big group along with Luke Donald at 2 over for the week. Donald, who ranks No. 1 in the FedExCup and the world rankings, is currently 1 under for the day. 

Martin Kaymer is struggling, though. He's 1 over for the day and 4 over for the tournament. The projected cut is currently 3 over.


June 16 2011

4:31 PM

World’s top three struggling

BETHESDA, Md. -- The top three players in the world are having a difficult time during the first round of the U.S. Open.

World No. 1 Luke Donald, who also leads the FedExCup standings, is 3 over while his playing partners, No. 2 Lee Westwood and No. 3 Martin Kaymer are 2 over and 3 over, respectively. The threesome started on the back nine.

Donald Donald opened with birdies on his first two holes, but saw that hot start evaporate quickly starting at No. 13 as he made four bogeys and a double bogey at No. 18 to turn in 39. He did manage a birdie at the first hole and has parred his next four.

Westwood made the turn in 1 over and got it back to even with a birdie at the par-3 second, But consecutive bogeys at Nos. 3 and 4 have put him back over par with four holes remaining.

Kaymer, who won the PGA last year, also started positively with a birdie at the 10th hole. He bogeyed Nos. 11 and 12, though, added a birdie at No. 13 and bogeyed the 17th to make the turn in 1 over. Bogeys at Nos. 1 and 3 have added to that deficit.