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The exclusive Langer was ended. The veteran golfer, about to turn 54 years and a contemporary of Seve Ballesteros, was and will always be revered in his country because Germany was the only player capable of winning titles of ‘Grand Slam’ (Masters 1985 and 1993). But times change and now the Germans are back in congratulations. Seventeen years later, Kaymer followed in the footsteps of the master.

Kaymer, who improved his thirteenth place in the world, thus adding to his resume with a first title of ‘Grand Slam’, the first of a German in the PGA Championship and his inauguration as U.S. champion. The success of the golfer, whose relationship with Spain is very close to keep an engagement with a Spanish woman, devoted a meteoric career.

Born in Dusseldorf, was the first German named Rookie of the Year in Europe in the 2007 season. In this short period has five titles on the continental circuit. Only three years after his triumphant debut, Kaymer joined the select group of winners of majors, whose last seven titles have been won by players who won for the first time. Read the rest of this entry »

Tiger Woods closed with one under par the first day of the fourth ‘major’ of the year, the PGA Championship, played at Whistling Straits in Wisconsin. Sergio Garcia has mortgaged your options with six shots over the 72 impacts of the field.

The world number one, who had in the Bridgestone Invitational the worst performance of his career on the PGA Tour (to finish 18 strokes over par), washed his image with a decent first day that it, not helped him placed leader.

Woods, who does not have guaranteed their presence in the Ryder Cup, trying to save what could be his worst season. The California, who was not accurate in the first nine holes (with two bogeys and a single ‘birdie’), amended its action in the following nine with three birdies, which offset his only lapse on the 16th hole.

The ‘Tiger’, which seeks the 18 majors of Jack Nicklaus, carded a 71 strokes, but fell short of Bubba Watson and fellow Italian Francesco Molinari, interim leaders thanks to its 68 impacts. Read the rest of this entry »

For the Europeans and with regard to Spanish golf, the four involved in the latter ‘Grande’ (Garcia, Jimenez and Fernandez-Castano Quiros) have a mission: to catch points to prevent the Ryder Cup 2010 is no national representation , which does not occur since this tournament was opened in 1979 across the European continent.

Jimenez is only a temporary site, but fragile as the ninth and last-two-year appointment for Wales. Just a month and a half for Europe-US confrontation. Newport Spanish golf is played much in the Straits Course. Deaf to the echo of the Ryder Cup South American participation is limited again to the Colombian Camilo Villegas and Argentine Angel Cabrera.

And to make much out of joint among the world leaders in golf, the tournament will begin with a dose of morbid curiosity. The Korean Y.E. Yang grabbed the title last year for this tournament than Tiger when he was leader for the last round and never lost a ‘Great’ in this situation. Yang broke a stunning run Tiger. Both, plus Vijay Singh, the last U.S. PGA champion played in the Straits Course (2004), will play together the first two days.

The confusion has been installed at the top of golf in conjunction with the PGA Championship, the last ‘Great’ of the season. Tiger Woods is unrecognizable, even without a site still to play the Ryder Cup, and lefty Phil Mickelson still refused to finish a relay that has long been ripe.

Americans command the world list but today is contradictory and the most recent past of ‘Grand Slam’ also: for the last eight majors played since the U.S. PGA in 2008, only three were won by American golfers (Lucas Glover Mickelson and Stewart Cink). Tiger Woods nowhere. Still stuck on the fourteen titles.

Golf, which experienced an unusual off thanks to the advent of Tiger, 13 years ago, have today’s crisis megastar. It seems obvious that Tiger has inevitably moved their personal problems to their game. The disorientation is usually important.

The last of the ‘Great’ of the year has not been left out of this turmoil. The U.S. PGA returns from tomorrow, Thursday, the Straits Course at Whistling (Wisconsin), a field characterized by its 976 ‘bunkers. ” Perhaps some of those traps latches the ailing but still number one on the planet. The Straits Course has, indeed, of 976 ‘bunkers’, although nearly half did not really affect the play of these professionals. Read the rest of this entry »