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Martin Kaymer Personal information Full name Martin Kaymer Born 28 December 1984
Düsseldorf, West GermanyHeight 1.84 m (6 ft 0 in) Weight 74 kg (160 lb; 11.7 st) Nationality Germany Residence Mettmann, Germany
Scottsdale, Arizona, U.S.[1]Career Turned professional 2005 Current tour(s) European Tour Professional wins 18 Number of wins by tour European Tour 10 Challenge Tour 2 Other 6 Best results in Major Championships
(Wins: 1)Masters Tournament CUT: 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011 U.S. Open T8: 2010 The Open Championship T7: 2010 PGA Championship Won: 2010 Achievements and awards Sir Henry Cotton
Rookie of the Year2007 European Tour
Race to Dubai winner2010 European Tour
Golfer of the Year2010 Martin Kaymer (born 28 December 1984) is a German professional golfer. He became the No. 1 ranked golfer in the Official World Golf Rankings on 27 February 2011 after his runner-up finish in the WGC-Accenture Match Play Championship.
Kaymer was born in Düsseldorf, Germany. He turned professional in 2005 and is a member of the European Tour. He has won ten tournaments on the tour including four in 2010 to win the Race to Dubai, formerly the Order of Merit, for the first time.[2] Among those wins was the 2010 PGA Championship, a victory which made him only the second German to win a major championship, after Bernhard Langer. He also won the 2011 WGC-HSBC Champions, which made him only the tenth player to have won both a major championship and a World Golf Championship event.
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Early professional career
Kaymer picked up his first professional win at the age of 20 as an amateur at the Central German Classic in 2005 on the third-tier EPD Tour. He shot a −19 (67–64–66=197) to win the tournament by a margin of five strokes.[3]
Kaymer played full-time on the EPD Tour in 2006 from February to August. He played in 14 tournaments and picked up five victories. He finished in the top 10 in all but one of the tournaments.[4] Kaymer won the Order of Merit on the EPD Tour in 2006 by earning €26,664.
Kaymer shot a round of 59 (−13) in the second round of the Habsberg Classic. This was his scorecard:[5]
Hole 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 Out 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 In Total Par 4 3 4 5 4 4 4 3 5 36 4 5 3 4 4 4 3 5 4 36 72 Score 4 4 3 4 3 3 4 2 4 31 3 3 2 4 3 3 2 5 3 28 59 Due to his success on the EPD Tour, Kaymer received an invite to compete in his first event on the Challenge Tour, the Vodafone Challenge in his native Germany which he won. [6] He played in eight events from August to October winning again a month later at the Open des Volcans in France.[7] Kaymer ended up finishing 4th on the Order of Merit list despite playing in only eight events. In all he earned €93,321.[8] He finished in the top 5 in six tournaments, and his worst finish was a 13th place finish. Due to Kaymer's success on the Challenge Tour, he earned a European Tour card for 2007.
Professional career
2007: European Tour debut & Sir Henry Cotton Rookie of the Year
Kaymer made his debut on the European Tour in 2007 at the UBS Hong Kong Open, but he failed to make the cut. He missed the cut in his first five events of the season. In March, Kaymer made his first cut of the season at the Singapore Masters; he finished in a tie for 20th place. In his first seven events of the season, he only made one cut. All of those events were played outside of Europe.
Kaymer found immediate success once he started playing in Europe again. He finished in a tie for 15th at the Madeira Island Open, which was the season's first Tour event played in Europe. The following week, he finished in a tie for 3rd at the Portuguese Open. He made seven consecutive cuts from 23 March to 1 June. During that streak, his worst finish was a tie for 35th and he recorded five top 25 finishes.
From 7 June to 9 September, Kaymer played in nine tournaments but only made two cuts. In the two tournaments where he made the cut, he did very well. Kaymer finished in a tie for 7th at the Open de France. Seven weeks later, he finished in a tie for 2nd at the Scandinavian Masters.
Kaymer played in six of the last eight events of the season. He made the cut in all six of those events. On 18 October 2007 at the Portugal Masters, Kaymer shot a first round of 61 (−11). This round tied the lowest round of the 2007 European Tour season. It was also the new course record at the Oceânico Victoria Clube de Golfe. He went on to finish in a tie for 7th. Two weeks later at the year-ending Volvo Masters, he finished in 6th place. The Volvo Masters had one of the strongest fields on tour in 2007. He earned €140,000 for his 6th place finish, which was Kaymer's largest payout from a tournament to that time.[9] He earned €754,691 on the season. Kaymer finished the season as the highest-ranked rookie on the Order of Merit, in 41st position, and won the Sir Henry Cotton Rookie of the Year Award. He is the first German to win the award. Kaymer recorded five top 10s on the season. These performances took him into the top 100 of the Official World Golf Rankings for the first time. In November 2007 he moved into the top 75, overtaking Bernhard Langer to become the highest-ranked German golfer.[10]
On 2 November, Kaymer signed with Sportyard, a sports management company based in Sweden.[11]
Kaymer represented Germany at the 2007 Omega Mission Hills World Cup with four-time European Tour winner Alex Čejka.[12] They finished in a tie for 6th place.
2008–2009: Continued success
Kaymer started 2008 by winning his maiden European Tour event with a wire-to-wire victory at the Abu Dhabi Golf Championship. This achievement lifted him to 34th in the world rankings, making him the only player in the top 50 under the age of 25.[13] It also secured his entry into the WGC Match Play Championship and The Masters. Two weeks after winning the Abu Dhabi Golf Championship, he finished second in the Dubai Desert Classic. He finished the tournament with birdie-birdie-eagle but world number one Tiger Woods topped him by one stroke. Kaymer moved up to a high of 21st in the world rankings due to his runner-up finish. Kaymer picked up his second victory of the year at the BMW International Open, becoming the first German to win the event in its 20-year history.[14] He held a six stroke lead going into the final round but then shot a 75 (+3) which resulted in Kaymer going to a playoff with Anders Hansen. Kaymer birdied the first playoff hole to win the tournament. Kaymer almost picked up his third win of the year at the Alfred Dunhill Links Championship, but he fell to Robert Karlsson in a three-man playoff that also included Ross Fisher. Kaymer recorded another runner-up finish at the Volvo Masters, finishing two strokes behind winner Søren Kjeldsen. Kaymer earned €1,794,500 in 2008 and finished in 8th on the Order of Merit. Kaymer narrowly missed selection for the 2008 Ryder Cup, but European captain Nick Faldo invited Kaymer to assist the European side in a non-playing capacity which Kaymer accepted. Kaymer represented his country at the 2008 Omega Mission Hills World Cup with Alex Čejka. The pair finished in fifth.
In 2009, Kaymer almost defended his title at the Abu Dhabi Golf Championship but finished in a tie for second, one stroke behind winner Paul Casey. He continued his success in the Middle East by finishing in a tie for fourth at the Dubai Desert Classic. Kaymer won his third European Tour event in July, the Open de France ALSTOM. He defeated Lee Westwood on the first hole of a playoff when Westwood hit his approach shot into the water.[15] The win moved Kaymer into the top 100 of the European Tour Career Earnings list.
He also won the following week at the Barclays Scottish Open at Loch Lomond Golf Club in Glasgow, for his fourth career win. He came from a shot behind on the final day with a round of 2-under 69 to win by two strokes.[16] The win elevated him to 11th in the Official World Golf Rankings.[17] The week after that, Kaymer finished T-34 at the 2009 Open Championship, which was his best finish in a major to that time. He bettered this when he moved through the final round field to finish in a tie for 6th at the 2009 PGA Championship.
Kaymer suffered an injury in a go-kart accident and missed September and October. He returned to the final stages of the Race to Dubai on the European Tour, and finished the season ranked third.
2010: PGA Championship win
Main article: 2010 PGA ChampionshipIn January 2010, Kaymer won the Abu Dhabi Golf Championship by one shot over Ian Poulter.[18]
After missing the cut at the Masters, Kaymer performed very well in the 2010 majors. He finished in a tie for eighth at the U.S. Open and then tied for seventh at The Open Championship, after starting the final round in third place.
On 15 August 2010, Kaymer won the PGA Championship at Whistling Straits for his first major championship.[19] Finishing regulation play in a two-way tie at 11 under par, he defeated Bubba Watson in a three-hole playoff.[20]
Kaymer was a member of the winning European Ryder Cup team. He won both four-balls (partnered with Westwood and Poulter), halved his foursome and lost his singles match. A week later he won the Alfred Dunhill Links Championship at St Andrews with Danny Willett coming in three strokes behind. He was the first player since Tiger Woods in 2006 to win three successive tournaments in a year and the first European to achieve this since Nick Faldo in 1989.[21] The win took him to a career high of third in the Official World Golf Rankings.[22]
Kaymer and Graeme McDowell shared the European Tour Golfer of the Year award.[23]
2011: Becomes world's No. 1 ranked player & first WGC win
Entering the 2011 season, Kaymer turned down a chance to become a full PGA Tour member; he had become eligible with his win in the 2010 PGA Championship. He stated he would concentrate on the European Tour for 2011, but would play several U.S. events as well.
In January 2011, Kaymer claimed his third Abu Dhabi HSBC Golf Championship title in four years and displaced Tiger Woods as number two in the world rankings.[24]
After his runner-up finish at the 2011 WGC-Accenture Match Play Championship, Kaymer overtook Lee Westwood as the number one golfer in the world, making him only the second German (after Bernhard Langer) to be the top-ranked golfer in the world. In April, he lost his number one ranking to Westwood who won the Indonesian Masters.
In November 2011, Kaymer won his first WGC title at the WGC-HSBC Champions event in Shanghai, China. Kaymer entered the final round trailing Fredrik Jacobson by five strokes. He shot a final round 9-under 63 to take the title by three strokes from Jacobson. After parring his opening six holes, Kaymer then preceded to birdie nine of the remaining twelve holes on the way to victory, including four straight birdies at the start of the back nine. This was the biggest comeback win ever in the history of the WGC events. It was also the lowest final round by a WGC winner ever, topping a 64 set by Hunter Mahan in 2010. In winning, Kaymer became the 10th player to have won both a major and a WGC event. The win took Kaymer back to world number four.[25]
Amateur wins (2)
- 2003 Austrian Amateur Open Championship
- 2004 German Amateur Closed Championship
Professional wins (18)
European Tour (10)
Legend Major championships (1) World Golf Championships (1) Other European Tour (8) No. Date Tournament Winning score Margin of
victoryRunner(s)-up 1 20 Jan 2008 Abu Dhabi Golf Championship –15 (66-65-68-74=273) 4 strokes Henrik Stenson, Lee Westwood 2 22 Jun 2008 BMW International Open –15 (68-63-67-75=273) Playoff Anders Hansen 3 5 Jul 2009 Open de France ALSTOM –13 (62-72-69-68=271) Playoff Lee Westwood 4 12 Jul 2009 Barclays Scottish Open –15 (69-65-66-69=269) 2 strokes Gonzalo Fernández-Castaño, Raphaël Jacquelin 5 24 Jan 2010 Abu Dhabi Golf Championship –21 (67-67-67-66=267) 1 stroke Ian Poulter 6 15 Aug 2010 PGA Championship –11 (72-68-67-70=277) Playoff Bubba Watson 7 12 Sep 2010 KLM Open –14 (67-67-66-66=266) 4 strokes Christian Nilsson, Fabrizio Zanotti 8 10 Oct 2010 Alfred Dunhill Links Championship –17 (68-69-68-66=271) 3 strokes Danny Willett 9 23 Jan 2011 Abu Dhabi HSBC Golf Championship –24 (67-65-66-66=264) 8 strokes Rory McIlroy 10 6 Nov 2011 WGC-HSBC Champions –20 (69-68-68-63=268) 3 strokes Fredrik Jacobson European Tour playoff record (3–1)
No. Year Tournament Opponent(s) Result 1 2008 BMW International Open Anders Hansen Won with birdie on first extra hole; Hansen made bogey 2 2008 Alfred Dunhill Links Championship Robert Karlsson, Ross Fisher Lost to Karlsson birdie on first extra hole; Kaymer and Fisher made par 3 2009 Open de France ALSTOM Lee Westwood Won with par on first extra hole; Westwood made double bogey 4 2010 PGA Championship Bubba Watson Won three hole aggregate playoff:
Kaymer 4-2-5=11 (E), Watson 3-3-6=12 (+1)Challenge Tour (2)
No. Date Tournament Winning score Margin of
victoryRunner(s)-up 1 13 Aug 2006 Vodafone Challenge –18 (70-67-64-70=271) 2 strokes Matthew King, Álvaro Quirós 2 17 Sep 2006 Open des Volcans –13 (67-64-69-71=271) 6 strokes Michael Lorenzo-Vera EPD Tour (6)
No. Date Tournament Winning score Margin of
vVictoryRunner-up 1 14 Jun 2005 Central German Classic
(as an amateur)–19 (67-64-66=197) 5 strokes Wolfgang Huget 2 1 Jun 2006 Friedberg Classic –13 (70-64-69=203) 7 strokes Mark Grabow Schytter 3 22 Jun 2006 Habsberg Classic –27 (68-59-62=189) 10 strokes Rick Huiskamp 4 4 Jul 2006 Coburg Brose Open –12 (68-68-68=204) 4 strokes Lasse Jensen 5 12 Jul 2006 Winterbrock Classic –17 (68-60-71=199) 1 stroke Richard Treis 6 17 Aug 2006 Hockenberg Classic –17 (72-64-63=199) 7 strokes Christoph Günther Major championships
Wins (1)
Year Championship 54 Holes Winning Score Margin Runner-up 2010 PGA Championship 4 shot deficit −11 (72-68-67-70=277) Playoff1 Bubba Watson 1 Defeated Bubba Watson in a three-hole playoff: Kaymer (4-2-5=11) and Watson (3-3-6=12)
Results timeline
Tournament 2008 2009 2010 2011 The Masters CUT CUT CUT CUT U.S. Open T53 CUT T8 T39 The Open Championship 80 T34 T7 T12 PGA Championship CUT T6 1 CUT DNP = Did not play
CUT = missed the half-way cut
"T" = tied
Green background for wins. Yellow background for top-10.Summary
- Tournaments played: 16
- Wins: 1
- Top 10s: 4
- Top 25s: 5
- Missed cuts: 7
- Most consecutive cuts made: 3
World Golf Championships
Wins (1)
Year Championship 54 Holes Winning Score Margin of Victory Runner(s)-up 2011 WGC-HSBC Champions 5 shot deficit –20 (69-68-68-63=268) 3 strokes Fredrik Jacobson Results timeline
Tournament 2008 2009 2010 2011 Accenture Match Play Championship R64 R32 R32 2 Cadillac Championship T57 T35 T3 T24 Bridgestone Invitational T68 T60 T22 T29 HSBC Champions -1 T6 T30 1 1HSBC Champions did not become a WGC event until 2009
DNP = Did not play
QF, R16, R32, R64 = Round in which player lost in match play
"T" = tied
Green background for wins. Yellow background for top-10.European Tour professional career summary
Year Starts Cuts made Wins 2nd 3rd Top 10 Top 25 Earnings (€) Money list rank 2007 29 16 0 1 1 5 2 754,691 41 2008 25 19 2 3 0 8 12 1,794,500 8 2009 20 17 2 2 0 7 12 2,864,342 3 2010 22 18 4 0 1 10 16 4,461,011 1 2011* 21 18 2 2 1 8 12 2,830,264 2 Career* 117 88 10 8 3 38 54 12,704,808 15 *As of 6 November 2011
Team appearances
Amateur
- Eisenhower Trophy (representing Germany): 2004
- St Andrews Trophy (representing Continental Europe): 2004
Professional
See also
- List of golfers with most European Tour wins
References
- ^ Martin Kaymer: What they said
- ^ "Germany's Martin Kaymer wins European Tour money title". BBC Sport. 28 November 2010. http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/golf/9235829.stm. Retrieved 28 November 2010.
- ^ Central German Classic 2005 – Results
- ^ GolfBox Livescoring – Order of Merit
- ^ http://www.golfbox.dk/livescoring/scorecard.asp?tour={47AAAA50-49D6-4A0B-9CEE-9281395498EE}&guid={64EB8B29-1D2F-4448-9CCF-0DCFAAEDA1F4
- ^ PGA European Tour – Tournaments
- ^ PGA European Tour – Tournaments
- ^ PGA European Tour – Players
- ^ PGA European Tour – Players
- ^ Retrieved 26 November 2007
- ^ World Golf News – Martin Kaymer signs management agreement with Sportyard
- ^ PGA European Tour – Tournaments
- ^ Official World Golf Ranking – News – Full Story – 13 February 2008 2:02:03 AM
- ^ Kaymer wins BMW International Open
- ^ "Kaymer beats Westwood in play-off". BBC Sport. 5 July 2009. http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/golf/8135185.stm. Retrieved 5 July 2009.
- ^ "Kaymer clinches Scottish Open win". BBC Sport. 12 July 2009. http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/golf/8146784.stm. Retrieved 13 July 2009.
- ^ Kaymer jumps to 11th
- ^ "Martin Kaymer beats Ian Poulter to win Abu Dhabi title". BBC Sport. 24 January 2010. http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/golf/8477570.stm. Retrieved 25 January 2010.
- ^ "Martin Kaymer beats Bubba Watson in play-off for USPGA". BBC Sport. 16 August 2010. http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/golf/8916112.stm. Retrieved 17 August 2010.
- ^ ESPN.com – Martin Kaymer wins PGA in playoff
- ^ Martin Kaymer wins Dunhill Links Championship
- ^ OWGR Week 41 – Results
- ^ Historic Joint Award For Kaymer and McDowell
- ^ "Abu Dhabi win lifts Martin Kaymer to second in world". BBC Sport. 23 January 2011. http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/golf/9371007.stm. Retrieved 25 January 2011.
- ^ "Maiden WGC title for Kaymer in Shanghai". PGA Tour. 6 November 2011. http://www.pgatour.com/2011/tournaments/r489/11/06/rd4-wrap-up/index.html. Retrieved 6 November 2011.
External links
Media related to Martin Kaymer at Wikimedia Commons
- Official website (German)
- Martin Kaymer at the European Tour official site
- Martin Kaymer at the PGA Tour official site
- Martin Kaymer at the Official World Golf Ranking official site
World Number ones since 1986 Seve Ballesteros | Fred Couples | Luke Donald* | David Duval | Ernie Els | Nick Faldo | Martin Kaymer | Bernhard Langer | Tom Lehman | Greg Norman | Nick Price | Vijay Singh | Lee Westwood | Tiger Woods | Ian Woosnam
World Golf Championships champions WGC-Matchplay 1999 Jeff Maggert · 2000 Darren Clarke · 2001 Steve Stricker · 2002 Kevin Sutherland · 2003 Tiger Woods · 2004 Tiger Woods · 2005 David Toms · 2006 Geoff Ogilvy · 2007 Henrik Stenson · 2008 Tiger Woods · 2009 Geoff Ogilvy · 2010 Ian Poulter · 2011 Luke DonaldWGC-Championship 1999 Tiger Woods† · 2000 Mike Weir · 2001 Cancelled · 2002 Tiger Woods · 2003 Tiger Woods · 2004 Ernie Els · 2005 Tiger Woods† · 2006 Tiger Woods · 2007 Tiger Woods · 2008 Geoff Ogilvy · 2009 Phil Mickelson · 2010 Ernie Els · 2011 Nick WatneyWGC-Invitational 1999 Tiger Woods · 2000 Tiger Woods · 2001 Tiger Woods† · 2002 Craig Parry · 2003 Darren Clarke · 2004 Stewart Cink · 2005 Tiger Woods · 2006 Tiger Woods† · 2007 Tiger Woods · 2008 Vijay Singh · 2009 Tiger Woods · 2010 Hunter Mahan · 2011 Adam ScottWGC-Champions WGC-World Cup 2000 David Duval / Tiger Woods · 2001 Ernie Els / Retief Goosen · 2002 Toshimitsu Izawa / Shigeki Maruyama · 2003 Trevor Immelman / Rory Sabbatini · 2004 Paul Casey / Luke Donald · 2005 Stephen Dodd / Bradley Dredge · 2006 Bernhard Langer / Marcel Siem · No longer WGC event† indicates the event was won in a playoff European Tour Order of Merit and Race to Dubai winners 1971 Peter Oosterhuis • 1972 Peter Oosterhuis • 1973 Peter Oosterhuis • 1974 Peter Oosterhuis • 1975 Dale Hayes • 1976 Seve Ballesteros • 1977 Seve Ballesteros • 1978 Seve Ballesteros • 1979 Sandy Lyle • 1980 Sandy Lyle • 1981 Bernhard Langer • 1982 Greg Norman • 1983 Nick Faldo • 1984 Bernhard Langer • 1985 Sandy Lyle • 1986 Seve Ballesteros • 1987 Ian Woosnam • 1988 Seve Ballesteros • 1989 Ronan Rafferty • 1990 Ian Woosnam • 1991 Seve Ballesteros • 1992 Nick Faldo • 1993 Colin Montgomerie • 1994 Colin Montgomerie • 1995 Colin Montgomerie • 1996 Colin Montgomerie • 1997 Colin Montgomerie • 1998 Colin Montgomerie • 1999 Colin Montgomerie • 2000 Lee Westwood • 2001 Retief Goosen • 2002 Retief Goosen • 2003 Ernie Els • 2004 Ernie Els • 2005 Colin Montgomerie • 2006 Pádraig Harrington • 2007 Justin Rose • 2008 Robert Karlsson • 2009 Lee Westwood • 2010 Martin KaymerEuropean Tour Golfer of the Year 1985 Bernhard Langer • 1986 Seve Ballesteros • 1987 Ian Woosnam • 1988 Seve Ballesteros • 1989 Nick Faldo • 1990 Nick Faldo • 1991 Seve Ballesteros • 1992 Nick Faldo • 1993 Bernhard Langer • 1994 Ernie Els • 1995 Colin Montgomerie • 1996 Colin Montgomerie • 1997 Colin Montgomerie • 1998 Lee Westwood • 1999 Colin Montgomerie • 2000 Lee Westwood • 2001 Retief Goosen • 2002 Ernie Els • 2003 Ernie Els • 2004 Vijay Singh • 2005 Michael Campbell • 2006 Paul Casey • 2007 Pádraig Harrington • 2008 Pádraig Harrington • 2009 Lee Westwood • 2010 Martin Kaymer & Graeme McDowell (shared)Sir Henry Cotton Rookies of the Year 1960 Tommy Goodwin • 1961 Alex Caygill • 1962 No award • 1963 Tony Jacklin • 1964 No award • 1965 No award • 1966 Robin Liddle • 1967 No award • 1968 Bernard Gallacher • 1969 Peter Oosterhuis • 1970 Stuart Brown • 1971 David Llewellyn • 1972 Sam Torrance • 1973 Pip Elson • 1974 Carl Mason • 1975 No award • 1976 Mark James • 1977 Nick Faldo • 1978 Sandy Lyle • 1979 Mike Miller • 1980 Paul Hoad • 1981 Jeremy Bennett • 1982 Gordon Brand, Jnr • 1983 Grant Turner • 1984 Philip Parkin • 1985 Paul Thomas • 1986 José María Olazábal • 1987 Peter Baker • 1988 Colin Montgomerie • 1989 Paul Broadhurst • 1990 Russell Claydon • 1991 Per-Ulrik Johansson • 1992 Jim Payne • 1993 Gary Orr • 1994 Jonathan Lomas • 1995 Jarmo Sandelin • 1996 Thomas Bjørn • 1997 Scott Henderson • 1998 Olivier Edmond • 1999 Sergio García • 2000 Ian Poulter • 2001 Paul Casey • 2002 Nick Dougherty • 2003 Peter Lawrie • 2004 Scott Drummond • 2005 Gonzalo Fernández-Castaño • 2006 Marc Warren • 2007 Martin Kaymer • 2008 Pablo Larrazábal • 2009 Chris Wood • 2010 Matteo ManasseroEuropean Ryder Cup team – 2010 Luke Donald · Ross Fisher · Peter Hanson · Pádraig Harrington · Miguel Ángel Jiménez · Martin Kaymer · Graeme McDowell · Rory McIlroy · Edoardo Molinari · Francesco Molinari · Ian Poulter · Lee Westwood
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