On 18 Green Martin Kaymer on Saturday put the putt to move closer to the flag very close to the hole off. The result: Birdie. The score for the round: a 68th The crucial aspect: the world ranking Thirteenth worked his way to third place in the standings of the British Open and will close on Sunday with his friend Henrik Stenson and his caddy Fanny Sunesson (his long-time adviser on matters of tactics) to the decisive round. His behind the leading South African Louis Oosthuizen is seven strokes.
This is quite a Amount of wood. But only if Oosthuizen makes no mistakes and keeps his nerve. That is in the Gulf but almost never that a four-day better by the Bank plays than the competition. In most cases, the slump comes at some point - either sooner or later. Either because you slips up. Or because you are braced internally. The last classic misfire: the other day at the U.S. Open, when the American Dustin Johnson after three days the thing already in the bag seemed to have. Mr Ron Sirak, with whom I once played a round at the U.S. Open hard-court of Shinnecock, the best links course in the U.S., reminded of the following episodes next Johnson:
"And how about Aaron Baddeley, who looked unbeatable in the third round of the U.S. Open at Oakmont in 2007 when he opened a two-stroke lead, and then unraveled to an 80 on Sunday that commenced with a triple bogey on the first hole? And don't forget the immortal Jean Van de Velde, who took a five-stroke lead into the final round of the 1999 British Open at Carnoustie and closed with a 77 -- including that memorable 7 on the final hole and lost the title to Paul Lawrie in a playoff."
Moral: Bei vielen Spielern, die sich zum ersten Mal in einer solchen Situation erleben, stottert irgendwann die Maschine, die drei Tage gut geölt gelaufen war.
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