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 SuperTri 8.5° driver
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
* Quotes from ASAP Sports transcript of post round press conference
