Martin Kaymer

Martin Kaymer earns my respect for a very specific reason: nerve. Winning the 2010 PGA Championship in a playoff against Bubba Watson, then sitting at world number one for eight weeks in 2011, is not the resume of someone who folds under pressure. The Laureus Breakthrough award felt earned rather than hyped. What I find most telling is his willingness to keep competing on his own terms, now in the LIV Golf League. He strikes me as a craftsman first, results-driven and unflashy, the kind of player whose consistency I trust more than flashier names who burn bright and fade.

Name (English)

Martin Kaymer

Name (Japanese)

マルティン・カイマー

Reading

まるてぃん・かいまー

Born

December 28, 1984 (age 41)

Zodiac / Chinese zodiac

Capricorn / Rat

Origin

Düsseldorf, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany

Height

184 cm

Occupation

golfer / professional golfer

Awards & achievements

• 2011 Laureus World Sports Award for Breakthrough of the Year

• Official sitehttps://www.martinkaymer.com
• Instagramhttps://www.instagram.com/martinkaymer59/
• Xhttps://x.com/MKaymer59
• Wikipedia (English)https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Martin%20Kaymer
• Wikipedia (Japanese)https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%83%9E%E3%83%AB%E3%83%86%E3%82%A3%E3%83%B3%E3%83%BB%E3%82%AB%E3%82%A4%E3%83%9E%E3%83%BC
• Wikidatahttps://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q60740

Tags

• North Rhine-Westphalia
• golfer
• professional golfer

Last updated

2026-06-21

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