Another Major, Another First Time Winner

Martin Kaymer, a 25 year old golfer from Germany, won the PGA Championship, yesterday, Sunday. This was the first time he won a major tournament. So it was another major and another relative new face as winner. This year there have been three first-time major winners. No golfer's game at this point is dominant. The first runner up in the tournament, Bubba Watson, is also a relatively new top leader board name at a major golf tournament.

The story of the tournament was the mistake by Dustin Johnson that cost him a chance to take home the trophy. He grounded his club in a bunker. This cost him a two-stroke penalty and denied him a go at the play off.

The Associated Press reports that, 'Kaymer earned $1.35 million with the victory, went to third in the Ryder Cup standings for Europe, and moved to a career-best No. 5 in the world. 'I cannot win anything bigger,' Kaymer said. 'Just knowing that I can win a tournament like that will give me huge confidence for any other tournament I will play for the rest of my career'."

Where were Tiger Woods and Phil Mickleson? Some where trailing the leaders.

Golf as a spectators sport has become watching Tiger Woods make his move then fail. Maybe one of these times the Tiger will come out on top and roar again.