Golf

Martin Kaymer takes advantage as Bubba Watson lets chance slip away

American misses short putt on first playoff hole after earlier leading by two

Martin Kaymer shakes hands with Bubba Watson after the German golfer won the first play-off hole to take the PGA Grand Slam of Golf at Port Royal Golf Course in Southampton, Bermuda. Photograph: Scott Halleran/Getty Images
Martin Kaymer shakes hands with Bubba Watson after the German golfer won the first play-off hole to take the PGA Grand Slam of Golf at Port Royal Golf Course in Southampton, Bermuda. Photograph: Scott Halleran/Getty Images
Wed Oct 15 2014 - 19:06

Germany's Martin Kaymer defeated Bubba Watson in a sudden-death play-off to win the PGA Grand Slam of Golf in Bermuda on Wednesday.

Kaymer, who held a two-shot lead over Masters champion Watson following an opening 65, birdied the first extra hole at Port Royal Golf Club after the pair had finished tied on six under par.

The US Open champion holed from six feet on the par-four 10th hole and then saw Watson miss from half the distance to extend the play-off.

Watson also held a two-shot lead with two holes to play following birdies on the 14th, 15th and 16th, only to drive into water on the 17th and run up a bogey six, while Kaymer birdied the same hole.

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