Martin's mojo returns

Martin Kaymer won his tenth Euro PGA event and his first WGC tournament  in a dominant display today at the HSBC Champions with a spectacular 63, closing with a magnificent 29 on the back nine of Sheshan International in Shanghai.

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With his win, also comes a move up the OWGR rankings, from 6th to 4th. At the beginning of the year, he won in Abu Dhabi and looked to carry on his form of 2010 when he won the PGA Championship. In February of this year he was the number 1 ranked player in the world. It was looking like a big year from the German lad, but after tinkering with his swing to enable him to hit a draw around Augusta, he seemingly lost the plot.

"Hey Martin - Jack won 6 and he cuts it. Just sayin!"

Well he found the plot today and in a big way. In a brilliant display of precision golf, he got home by three shots from Freddie Jacobson and four from G Mac, who showed a welcome return to form after what has been nothing short of a horrible year for the Irishman. Schwartzel, Casey and McIlroy finished another shot further adrift.

Looking at those names, there seems to be some bright light shining from a few notables who have had less than stellar years and that is good to see. Casey, GMac and Kaymer are all big drawcards, so to see them back on top and in charge of their games, is a welcome fillip to the world wide professional tour.

Today's results, also mean that the top four on the OWGR are European - more on that in another post, but for those who think that they golf year ends at Disney.... Think again. This week we have the Aussie and Singapore Opens, then the Presidents Cup.The Race to Dubai is more than a month away from completion, so we have loads to look forward to in the coming weeks.