Martin Kaymer became the seventh wire-to-wire victor, bringing home the trophy from the recent 2014 U.S. Open tournament.
In the last 40 years, only Tiger Woods and Rory McIlroy lead the U.S. Open wire-to-wire, at Pinehurst. A late bogey, however, prevented Kaymer from getting double digits under par.
In a report by Fox News, Kaymer remained dominant throughout the game and finished with a 1-under 69. He won by eight shots against Erik Comptom and Rickie Fowler. In the last 48 holes, all other golfers trailed Kaymer by at least four shots.
He was given a birdie after a driver at 308 yards on the 3rd hole. On the 7th hole, he putted the ball to the side and took a long look at a par at 20 feet before taking bogey. On the 9th hole, a birdie gave him a lead by six shots. On the 18th hole, he putt from 18 feet and watched the ball fall into the cup, at the same time letting go of his putter.
On the 7th hole, it was clear that Kaymer would be joining other U.S. Open winners namely Jack Nicklaus, Lee Trevino, Raymond Floyd and Tiger Woods, who also won a PGA Championship and Players Championship in their careers.
Kaymer is the only golfer who won both the U.S. Open and Players Championship in the same year. He also set the record in the U.S. Open with back-to-back rounds of 65, thereby setting the pace at 10-under 130. Kaymer actually finished with the second-lowest score in U.S. Open history, 9-under 271. The lowest set was by McIlroyat 268.
Bo Van Pelt acknowledged the huge win by Kaymer. He said, "Tiger Woods 2000 is her. He just looks like Martin Kaymer this week."
According to CBS Sports, Kaymer said, "I played very brave. I didn't make any mistakes, you know, the last two wins that I had in America, especially this week."
Compton said, "No one was catching Kaymer this week. I was playing for second. I think we all were playing for second."
Henrik Stenson commented, "He kind of killed the event in the first two days. He went out and shot two 65s and left everyone in the dust".
Phil Mickelson said in an article by The Guardian, "You have got to put it all together to win a major championship. Somebody is going to play well. You can't get by with scraping it around, you have to have it all firing.