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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 (golf)|U.S. Open]] and then tied for seventh at [[The Open Championship]] after starting the final round in third. |
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 (golf)|U.S. Open]] and then tied for seventh at [[The Open Championship]] after starting the final round in third. |
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On 15 August, Kaymer won the [[PGA Championship]] at [[Whistling Straits]] for his first major championship. |
On 15 August 2010, Kaymer won the [[PGA Championship]] at [[Whistling Straits]] for his first major championship. Finishing regulation play in a two-way tie at 11 under par, he defeated [[Bubba Watson]] in a three-hole playoff.<ref>[http://sports.espn.go.com/golf/pgachampionship10/news/story?id=5466021 ESPN.com - Martin Kaymer wins PGA in playoff]</ref> The win took him to a career high of 5th in the [[Official World Golf Rankings]].<ref>[http://dps.twiihosting.net/wgr/doc/content/archive/2010/owgr33f2010.pdf Official World Golf Ranking - Week 33 2010]</ref> |
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==Amateur wins (2)== |
==Amateur wins (2)== |
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Revision as of 12:13, 16 August 2010
| Martin Kaymer | |||
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| Personal information | |||
| Full name | Martin Kaymer | ||
| Height | 1.84 m (6 ft 0 in) | ||
| Sporting nationality |  Germany | ||
| Residence | Mettmann, Germany Scottsdale, Arizona[1] | ||
| Career | |||
| Turned professional | 2005 | ||
| Current tour(s) | European Tour | ||
| Professional wins | 14 | ||
| Highest ranking | 1 (27 February 2011)[2] (8 weeks) | ||
| Number of wins by tour | |||
| European Tour | 6 | ||
| Challenge Tour | 2 | ||
| Other | 6 | ||
| Best results in major championships (wins: 1) | |||
| Masters Tournament | CUT: 2008, 2009, 2010 | ||
| PGA Championship | Won: 2010 | ||
| U.S. Open | T8: 2010 | ||
| The Open Championship | T7: 2010 | ||
| Achievements and awards | |||
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Martin Kaymer (born 28 December 1984) is a German professional golfer.
Kaymer was born in Düsseldorf, Germany. He turned professional in 2005 and is currently a member of the European Tour. He has ranked as high as number five in the Official World Golf Rankings. He won the 2010 PGA Championship, making him only the second German to win a major championship, after Bernhard Langer.
Professional career
2005–06: Early success
Kaymer picked up his first professional win at the age of 19 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 from February to August in 2006. 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 moved up to the Challenge Tour. He played in eight events from August to October and won two of them. He won the Vodafone Challenge in Germany, which was the first Challenge Tour tournament that he played in.[6] A month later, he won 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.
2007: 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 first event played in Europe on the schedule. 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 that he made the cut in, 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 Swedish sports management company.[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 4th 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 3rd.
2010: PGA Championship win
In 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.
On 15 August 2010, Kaymer won the PGA Championship at Whistling Straits for his first major championship. Finishing regulation play in a two-way tie at 11 under par, he defeated Bubba Watson in a three-hole playoff.[19] The win took him to a career high of 5th in the Official World Golf Rankings.[20]
Amateur wins (2)
- 2003 Austrian Amateur Open Championship
- 2004 German Amateur Closed Championship
Professional wins (14)
European Tour (6)
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| No. | Date | Tournament | Winning Score | Margin of Victory |
Runner(s)-up |
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| 1 | 20 Jan 2008 | Abu Dhabi Golf Championship | -15 (66-65-68-74=273) | 4 strokes |  Lee Westwood,  Henrik Stenson
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| 2 | 22 Jun 2008 | BMW International Open | -15 (68-63-67-75=273) | Playoff |  Anders Hansen
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| 3 | 5 Jul 2009 | Open de France ALSTOM | -13 (62-72-69-68=271) | Playoff | Lee Westwood
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| 4 | 12 Jul 2009 | Barclays Scottish Open | -15 (69-65-66-69=269) | 2 strokes |  Gonzalo Fernández-Castaño,  Raphaël Jacquelin
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| 5 | 24 Jan 2010 | Abu Dhabi Golf Championship | -21 (67-67-67-66=267) | 1 stroke | Ian Poulter
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| 6 | 15 Aug 2010 | PGA Championship | -11 (72-68-67-70=277) | Playoff |  Bubba Watson
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European Tour playoff record (3–1)
| No. | Year | Tournament | Opponent(s) | Result |
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| 1 | 2008 | BMW International Open | Anders Hansen
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Won with birdie on first hole |
| 2 | 2008 | Alfred Dunhill Links Championship | Robert Karlsson Ross Fisher
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Lost to birdie on first hole |
| 3 | 2009 | Open de France ALSTOM | Lee Westwood
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Won with par on first hole |
| 4 | 2010 | PGA Championship | Bubba Watson
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Won three hole playoff: Kaymer 4-2-5=11, Watson 3-3-6=12 |
Challenge Tour (2)
| No. | Date | Tournament | Winning Score | Margin of Victory | Runner(s)-up |
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| 1 | 13 Aug 2006 | Vodafone Challenge | -18 (70-67-64-70=271) | 2 strokes | Matthew King, Álvaro Quirós
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| 2 | 17 Sep 2006 | Open des Volcans | -13 (67-64-69-71=271) | 6 strokes | Michael Lorenzo-Vera
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EPD Tour (6)
| No. | Date | Tournament | Winning Score | Margin of Victory | Runner-up |
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| 1 | 14 Jun 2005 | Central German Classic (as an amateur) |
-19 (67-64-66=197) | 5 strokes | Wolfgang Huget
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| 2 | 1 Jun 2006 | Friedberg Classic | -13 (70-64-69=203) | 7 strokes | Mark Grabow Schytter
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| 3 | 22 Jun 2006 | Habsberg Classic | -27 (68-59-62=189) | 10 strokes |  Rick Huiskamp
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| 4 | 4 Jul 2006 | Coburg Brose Open | -12 (68-68-68=204) | 4 strokes | Lasse Jensen
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| 5 | 12 Jul 2006 | Winterbrock Classic | -17 (68-60-71=199) | 1 stroke | Richard Treis
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| 6 | 17 Aug 2006 | Hockenberg Classic | -17 (72-64-63=199) | 7 strokes | Christoph Günther
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Major championships
Wins (1)
| Year | Championship | 54 Holes | Winning Score | Margin | Runner-up |
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| 2010 | PGA Championship | 4 shot deficit | −11 (72–68–67–70=277) | Playoff1 | Bubba Watson
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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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| The Masters | CUT | CUT | CUT |
| U.S. Open | T53 | CUT | T8 |
| The Open Championship | 80 | T34 | T7 |
| PGA Championship | CUT | T6 | 1 |
DNP = Did not play
CUT = missed the half-way cut
"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* | 16 | 12 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 8 | 2,254,400 | 1 |
| Career* | 90 | 64 | 6 | 6 | 2 | 24 | 34 | 7,667,933 | 30 |
*As of 8 August 2010
Team appearances
Amateur
- Eisenhower Trophy (representing Germany): 2004
- St Andrews Trophy (representing Continental Europe): 2004
Professional
References
- ^ Martin Kaymer: What they said
- ^ "Week 09 2011 Ending 27 Feb 2011" (pdf). OWGR. Retrieved 20 December 2018.
- ^ 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 November 26.
- ^ World Golf News - Martin Kaymer signs management agreement with Sportyard
- ^ PGA European Tour - Tournaments
- ^ Official World Golf Ranking - News - Full Story - 2/13/2008 2:02:03 AM
- ^ Kaymer wins BMW International Open
- ^ "Kaymer beats Westwood in play-off". BBC Sport. 2009-07-05. Retrieved 2009-07-05.
- ^ "Kaymer clinches Scottish Open win". BBC Sport. 2009-07-12. Retrieved 2009-07-13.
- ^ Kaymer jumps to 11th
- ^ "Martin Kaymer beats Ian Poulter to win Abu Dhabi title". BBC Sport. 2010-01-24. Retrieved 2010-01-25.
- ^ ESPN.com - Martin Kaymer wins PGA in playoff
- ^ Official World Golf Ranking - Week 33 2010