65 Facts About Martin Kaymer

Martin Kaymer is hailed for sinking a putt on the 18th hole at Medinah Country Club on the final day of the 2012 Ryder Cup, which helped win the cup for Europe and overturned a four-point deficit against the United States at the start of the final day's play.

In May 2014, Martin Kaymer won The Players Championship, the flagship event of the PGA Tour.

Martin Kaymer was born on 28 December 1984 in Dusseldorf, West Germany, he turned professional at age 20 in 2005 and is a member of the European Tour.

Martin 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.

Martin Kaymer shot a -19 to win the tournament by a margin of five strokes.

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Martin Kaymer played full-time on the EPD Tour in 2006 from February to August.

Martin Kaymer played in 14 tournaments and picked up five victories.

Martin Kaymer finished in the top 10 in all but two of the tournaments.

Martin Kaymer won the Order of Merit on the EPD Tour in 2006 by earning €26,664.

Martin Kaymer shot a round of 59 in the second round of the Habsburg Classic.

Martin Kaymer ended up finishing 4th on the Order of Merit list despite playing in only eight events.

Martin Kaymer finished in the top 5 in six tournaments, and his worst finish was a 13th-place finish.

Martin Kaymer has won 11 tournaments on the European Tour including four in 2010 to win for the first time the Race to Dubai, formerly the Order of Merit.

Martin Kaymer won the WGC-HSBC Champions to become the 10th player to win both a major title and a World Golf Championship event.

Martin Kaymer made his debut on the European Tour in 2007 at the UBS Hong Kong Open, but he failed to make the cut.

Martin Kaymer missed the cut in his first five events of the season.

Martin Kaymer found immediate success once he started playing in Europe again.

Martin Kaymer finished in a tie for 15th at the Madeira Island Open, which was the season's first Tour event played in Europe.

Martin Kaymer played in six of the last eight events of the season.

Martin Kaymer earned €140,000 for his 6th-place finish, which was Kaymer's largest payout from a tournament to that time.

Martin Kaymer earned €754,691 for the 2007 season, finishing as the highest-ranked rookie on the Order of Merit, in 41st position, and won the Sir Henry Cotton Rookie of the Year Award.

Martin Kaymer represented Germany at the 2007 Omega Mission Hills World Cup with four-time European Tour winner Alex Cejka; they tied for sixth place.

Martin Kaymer started 2008 by winning his maiden European Tour event with a wire-to-wire victory at the Abu Dhabi Golf Championship.

Martin Kaymer finished the tournament with birdie-birdie-eagle but world number one Tiger Woods topped him by one stroke.

Martin Kaymer moved up to a high of 21st in the world rankings due to his runner-up finish.

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Martin 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.

Martin Kaymer held a six stroke lead going into the final round but then shot a 75 which resulted in Kaymer going to a playoff with Anders Hansen.

Martin Kaymer birdied the first playoff hole to win the tournament.

Martin Kaymer came close to picking 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 included Ross Fisher.

Martin Kaymer recorded another runner-up finish at the Volvo Masters, finishing two strokes behind winner Søren Kjeldsen.

Martin Kaymer earned €1,794,500 in 2008 and finished 8th on the Order of Merit.

Martin Kaymer represented his country at the 2008 Omega Mission Hills World Cup with Alex Cejka.

In 2009, Martin Kaymer almost defended his title at the Abu Dhabi Golf Championship but finished in a tie for second, one stroke behind winner Paul Casey.

Martin Kaymer continued his success in the Middle East by finishing in a tie for fourth at the Dubai Desert Classic.

Martin Kaymer defeated Lee Westwood on the first hole of a playoff when Westwood hit his approach shot into the water.

Martin Kaymer won the following week at the Barclays Scottish Open at Loch Lomond Golf Club near Glasgow, for his fourth career win.

Martin Kaymer came from a shot behind on the final day with a round of 2-under 69 to win by two strokes.

The week after that, Martin Kaymer finished T-34 at the Open Championship, which was his best finish in a major to that time.

Martin Kaymer bettered this when he moved through the final round field to finish in a tie for sixth at the PGA Championship.

Martin Kaymer returned to the final stages of the Race to Dubai on the European Tour and finished the season ranked third.

In January 2010, Martin Kaymer won the Abu Dhabi Golf Championship by one shot over Ian Poulter.

Martin Kaymer was a member of the winning European Ryder Cup team in 2010.

Martin Kaymer won both four-balls, halved his foursome and lost his singles match.

Martin Kaymer 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.

Martin Kaymer stated he would concentrate on the European Tour for 2011, but would play several US events as well.

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Martin Kaymer missed the cut at the Masters for the fourth time in 2011 and later admitted that changing his swing for Augusta was a "big mistake".

In November 2011, Martin Kaymer won his first WGC title at the WGC-HSBC Champions event in Shanghai, China.

Martin Kaymer entered the final round trailing Freddie Jacobson by five strokes, then shot a final round 9-under 63 to take the title by three strokes from Jacobson.

Martin Kaymer became the tenth player to have won both a major and a WGC event, and the win took him back to world number four.

Martin Kaymer struggled for most of the 2012 season dropping to 32nd in the world golf rankings.

Martin Kaymer won his singles match of the Ryder Cup against Steve Stricker by one hole.

In May 2014, Martin Kaymer earned a wire-to-wire win at The Players Championship in Ponte Vedra Beach, Florida, with 275 for a one-shot victory over runner-up Jim Furyk.

Martin Kaymer started the week with a course record-tying 63 in the first round at the Stadium Course of TPC at Sawgrass, joining Fred Couples, Greg Norman, and Roberto Castro.

Martin Kaymer's approach shot on 18 was short of the green but he holed the winning putt for par in near darkness and avoided a three-hole playoff.

Martin Kaymer became the fourth European to win this event, and is the fourth to win a major, a World Golf Championship, and The Players, joining Tiger Woods, Adam Scott, and Phil Mickelson.

Martin Kaymer finished at 271, eight strokes ahead of runners-up Rickie Fowler and Erik Compton, and became the first player in history to win those two championships back to back.

Martin Kaymer was the fourth to win The Players and a major in the same calendar year, joining Jack Nicklaus, Hal Sutton, and Woods.

Martin Kaymer found trouble in the bunkers, resulting in a round of 75 and a fall to third place behind Frenchman Gary Stal, who secured his first European Tour victory, and world number one Rory McIlroy.

Martin Kaymer only played in 13 events, two less than the minimum for PGA Tour membership.

Martin Kaymer was defeated with a birdie on the second extra playoff hole.

Martin Kaymer soon doubled that during the early part of the final round, but faltered on the back nine, including finding the water on the 15th at Muirfield Village.

Martin Kaymer had to settle for a third-place finish, as Patrick Cantlay stormed through to take the title.

Martin Kaymer held a one shot lead with two holes to play at the ISPS Handa UK Championship, but a bogey on the par-5 17th at The Belfry, cost him a place in a playoff and seen him finish in a tie for third-place.

One week later, Kaymer was in contention again to claim his first victory in over 6 years when he came up short to John Catlin at the Estrella Damm N A Andalucia Masters.

In September, Martin Kaymer served as a non-playing vice-captain for Team Europe at the 2021 Ryder Cup.

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