Martin Kaymer, with the help of caddie Craig Connelly, won the last US Open staged at Pinehurst in 2014 with an unusually low scoreLevel par is invariably the target at the US Open. Competitors capable of matching that are usually firmly in the mix for one golf’s most coveted titles.
It may seem odd to make such an assertion because the last time this North Carolina layout hosted the United States' national championship it was properly taken apart by the champion. Starting with a pair of stellar 65s, Kaymer was six clear of American Brendan Todd at the halfway stage. The third round was tougher, with a number of left pin placements which hampered his approach play because he likes to fade the ball from left to right.
Connelly added: “At the last he didn’t want to finish with a bogey so right to the end he was setting himself mini goals. When he holed that putt , obviously it was nothing like Payne Stewart’s putt in 1999, but it felt similar.The late Stewart’s iconic celebration has gone down in Pinehurst folklore and is commemorated by a statue outside the North Carolina clubhouse. He pipped Phil Mickelson by finishing one under par.
“He did hit some shots off line but you’re never going to play four rounds and hit every shot as you’d want to hit it. There will be times when you are tested.” “Donald Ross liked repelling golf, that's quite obvious, because everything there, if you miss it, off it goes. I love Pinehurst.” “Run offs can be fatal. You can hit a decent shot where on any other course you can easily get it up and down. But at Pinehurst the ball runs off for miles and you are all of a sudden short sided.”
“You’ve got to be aggressive to conservative areas and give yourself every opportunity to make the par,” Connelly advised.
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