Johnson Was Leaving the Course Kaymer Was Coming up Clutch again.

Johnson Was Leaving the Course Kaymer Was Coming up Clutch again.

Johnson had a one-shot lead playing the 18th hole when he drove Rizzuto jersey well right into a tiny patch of sand where the gallery had been walking all week. He grounded his club, thinking it was grass that had been killed under a week's worth of foot traffic. Fans were packed so tight around him that he never gave it another thought. "Walking up there, seeing the Don Larsen jersey, it never once crossed my mind that I was in a sand trap," Johnson said. "It's very unfortunate. The only worse thing that could have happened was if I had made the putt on that last hole."

He missed the 7-foot par putt to seemingly slip into a three-man playoff with Kaymer and Watson. But the two-shot penalty turned his 71 into a 73, and instead of going to a Larsen jersey for redemption from his U.S. Open meltdown, Johnson tied for fifth and headed home. Equally significant was the 4-iron that Dustin Johnson gently placed in the sand behind his ball on the final hole of regulation at Whistling Dennis Eckersley jersey, unaware that he was in one of more than 1,000 bunkers that litter this lunar like landscape.

"I don't know if sad is the right word, but i was a little bit shocked about Eckersley jersey," Kaymer said. "Can you imagine if he made that putt on 18? He would have thought he won the golf tournament." The 25-year-old German holed a 15-foot par putt on the 18th hole in regulation for a 2-under 70 to join Watson at 11-fewer than 277. One Rollie Fingers jersey behind in the playoff, Kaymer made another 15-foot putt for birdie on the par-3 17th, and then watched Watson implode.

Watson went from the right rough into the water, then over the green into a Fingers jersey. His bunker shot hit the flag, and he tapped in for double bogey. Kaymer chipped out after seeing Watson go in the water, and he hit 7-iron to 15 feet for a two-putt Reggie Jackson. Kaymer earned $1.35 million, went to third in the Ryder Cup standings for Europe and moved to a career-best No. 5 in the world. It was the cruelest ending to a major since Roberto de Vicenzo signed for a higher score in the final round of the 1968 Masters that was won by Bob Goalby.