The Kingdom at Reynolds Plantation
TaylorMade Tour Staff Professional Martin Kaymer Wins PGA Championship
Posted by Samantha Lanzarone on Aug 19, 2010
First Major Championship Win for Penta TP Ball, Second for R9 SuperTri Driver
CARLSBAD, Calif. (August 16, 2010) – For the second consecutive year a member of the TaylorMade Tour Staff captured the year’s most exciting major championship. Last year, Y.E. Yang outdueled the No. 1 player in the world to win the PGA Championship at Hazeltine. This year, Martin Kaymer sunk a clutch, 15-foot par-putt on the 72nd hole to qualify for a three-hole playoff, then went par-birdie-bogey to win by a shot.
Kaymer’s victory was the second in a major championship for the R9 SuperTri driver, following Paula Creamer’s U.S. Women’s Open win last month, and the first in a major championship for the Penta TP ball.
“I was not so calm in the last round to be honest,” Kaymer said. “The last four or five holes I was quite nervous to be honest. But I played solid golf. My short game was very good today. It was important that I could save pars the last few holes.”
“I was never really expecting myself to win here on Sunday. I know that I had a chance, but, you know, majors, they are a little bit different than normal golf tournaments that we play week to week.”
What’s in Kaymer’s Bag:
R9 3-wood 13°
Burner 5-wood 17.5°
rac MB 3-iron through PW
rac SW 54°
TP xFT LW 58°
TaylorMade’s Penta TP ball
adidas Golf adiPure footwear
TaylorMade Tour Preferred glove
Notable
Kaymer’s Penta TP balls are numbered “59″ for the lowest round he’s shot in competition,
The win secured Kaymer’s position, on points, on Europe’s 2010 Ryder Cup team.
The win makes Kaymer a lock to finish in the top 125 on the PGA Tour money list, guaranteeing him his tour card in 2011.
TaylorMade ranked No. 1 in drivers, No. 2 in golf balls at Whistling Straits
36 worldwide tour victories for TaylorMade drivers in 2010