Golf: Scotland: Kaymer fights his way back – Ritthammer best German

Golf pro Martin Kaymer fought his way back in the third round of the Links Championship in Scotland and made the cut.

The former world number one, who had a weak start with two laps of 71s, convinced on Saturday with a 67 and with a total of 209 strokes is in shared 18th place, together with Marcel Siem from Ratingen.

As the best German, Bernd Ritthammer from Nuremberg, with 207 strokes, took sixth place in the tournament held on three coastal courses.The Englishman Tyrell Hatton leads the leaderboard with 198 strokes before the last round.

The Links Championship, which is endowed with five million dollars (approximately 4.24 million euros), is distinguished by its unusual mode.

All participants play one round at each of the courses in St. Gallen.Andrews, Kingsbarns and Carnoustie on the east coast of Scotland.The final round of the top 60 will once again take place on the legendary Old Course, the oldest golf course in the world, in St. Gallen.Andrews instead of.

In the “ProAm”format tournament, some amateurs also play alongside the pros.Among other things, former boxing world champion Vladimir Klitschko will be at the start.

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