� winner martin kaymer
won his third straight european tour event with a three-stroke victory over danny
willett in the afred dunhill
links championship. he
became the first player to
win three straight tour events
since tiger woods won four
in a row straddling the 2007
and ’08 seasons.
�the long green
willett made a 50-foot
eagle putt on the 14th hole
to tie kaymer for the lead,
but the german followed
with a 25-footer for birdie
on the same hole to regain
his advantage. kaymer iced
the tournament with a 40-
foot birdie putt from off the
green on the 17th hole.
european tour // alfred dunhill links championship
kaymer records a hat trick
�noteworthy kaymer
has four euro tour wins this
season. he recently won the
pga championship and the
klm open, as well as the
abu dhabi golf champion-
ship to start the season.
… the runner-up finish by
willett was his best of the
year. the englishman was
third in his last start, the
austrian golf open. … scots-
man martin laird, who plays
full-time on the pga tour,
returned to his homeland
and finished t- 5, six strokes
back of kaymer. … robert
karlsson and irish business-
man dermot desmond won
the pro-am portion of the
tournament with a 30-
under-par 258.
�top five st. andrews gl (old), St. Andrews, Scotland
1. Martin Kaymer 68-69-68-66—271 580,046
2. Danny Willett 67-73-67-67—274 386,695
3. John Parry 67-65-71-72—275 217,865
4. Gary Boyd 69-72-67-68—276 174,014
5. Simon Dyson 69-70-72-66—277 124,594
Martin Laird 66-75-69-67—277 124,594
Alvaro Quiros 68-69-68-72—277 124,594
�quotable “three in a row, well three-and-
a-half if you include the ryder cup–it wasn’t
just my own win–is pretty good.” —martin kaymer
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