The Loop

GIF: This recovery shot Martin Kaymer hit was incredible

After making bogey a hole before on the par-4 fourth -- a good bogey, all things considered -- third-round U.S. Open leader Martin Kaymer stepped up on the fifth tee and pulled his drive left into the waste area. To make matters worse, the ball rolled into a little plant.

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