Kaymer goes back to back in Scotland
BY Bruce Young | European PGA Tour | 2009 Scottish Open | Round Four | 13 Jul 2009
Germany’s Martin Kaymer has made it back to back wins with his two shot victory over Gonzalo Fernandez-Castaño and Raphaël Jacquelin at the Barclays Scottish Open. Just seven days after defeating Lee Westwood in a playoff for the lucrative French Open he added another huge cheque of €579,000 to go with the €666,000 he earned in Paris.
Kaymer has now moved to number two in the Race to Dubai Money list behind only Paul Casey and although no winner of the Scottish Open at Loch Lomond has gone on to win the Open Championship, he must now fancy his chances at Turnberry.
Kaymer started his final round one behind Spaniard Gonzalo Fernandez-Castaño but by the turn he had taken the lead by one over Federez-Castano and Soren Kjeldsen. Winning such significant events in successive weeks is a draining affair but the 24-year-old held his nerve as those around him were unable to apply the pressure needed to put Kaymer’s energy reserves to the ultimate test.
Kaymer was required to only par the final nine holes for his two shot victory with Jacquelin and Fernandez-Castaño finishing in a share of second while Adam Scott and Soren Kjeldsen finished in a share of 4th position.
Scott finished as the leading Australian and continues the improvement he signalled at the recent US Open. After making such a great start to the season in Hawaii where he finished second at the Sony Open, Scott had not finished inside the top 20 in any event since so this is an encouraging and timely turnaround.
Geoff Ogilvy will be encouraged by a better week as he looks ahead to the Open next week. Ogilvy’s 3rd round of 66 moved him to the edge of contention and while he will be disappointed with a final round of 66 he can take a lot from the week. He finished in 13th position.
Rod Pampling was 20th, Marcus Fraser struggled in his final round to finish 25th, early leader Richard Green finished 35th along with Brett Rumford and Peter O’Malley while Scott Strange was 58th.
