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Martin Kaymer

Germany · born , Düsseldorf, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany

2major championships

Summary

  • First major 2010 PGA Championship
  • Last major 2014 U.S. Open
  • Ryder Cup 4 Cups · 5-6-3 · 6.5 points (46.4%)

Wins

  1. 2010 PGA Championship Whistling Straits (Straits Course) · 277 (-11) · won a playoff against Bubba Watson
  2. 2014 U.S. Open Pinehurst No. 2 · 271 (-9) · by 8 strokes from Erik Compton and Rickie Fowler

Near misses

  1. 2010 The Open Old Course, St Andrews · finished T7 · 282 (-6)

Ryder Cup

4 Cups, 14 matches: 5 won, 6 lost, 3 halved, 6.5 points. Foursomes 0-1-2, four-ball 2-4-1, singles 3-1-0.

  1. 2010 Celtic Manor Resort (Twenty Ten Course) Europe · Europe won 14.5–13.5 · 2-1-1, 2.5 points · automatic
  2. 2012 Medinah Country Club, Course No. 3 Europe · Europe won 14.5–13.5 · 1-1-0, 1 point · automatic
  3. 2014 Gleneagles, PGA Centenary Course Europe · Europe won 16.5–11.5 · 1-1-2, 2 points · automatic
  4. 2016 Hazeltine National Golf Club Europe · USA won 17–11 · 1-3-0, 1 point · captain's pick

Rivals

Beaten in finals and playoffs

Ryder Cup partners

Ryder Cup opponents

Next in the chain: Bubba Watson's rivals →

Moments

  1. 2010 PGA Championship Dustin Johnson was given a two-stroke penalty for grounding his club in a sandy area on the 72nd hole, which dropped him from a playoff spot to T5.
  2. 2010 PGA Championship 54-hole leader Nick Watney shot a final-round 81 after starting the day three ahead.
  3. 2012 Ryder Cup Martin Kaymer holed a roughly 5–6 ft putt on the 18th green to beat Steve Stricker and make sure Europe kept the Cup.

Records and firsts

  1. 2010 PGA Championship First PGA champion from: Germany

Results by championship

    Best day

    2010 PGA Championship

    Whistling Straits (Straits Course), Kohler, Wisconsin · 277 (-11) · won a playoff against Bubba Watson (Kaymer 4-2-5 = 11; Watson 3-3-6 = 12)

    Dustin Johnson was given a two-stroke penalty for grounding his club in a sandy area on the 72nd hole, which dropped him from a playoff spot to T5.

    54-hole leader Nick Watney shot a final-round 81 after starting the day three ahead.

    Record: Germany

    Chosen by rule: the major win our record tables single out. Year page: 2010.

    Career line, 2010–2016

    PGA Championship
    2010 PGA Championship: won
    U.S. Open
    2014 U.S. Open: won
    The Open
    2010 The Open: finished T7
    Ryder Cup
    2010 Ryder Cup (Europe): 2-1-12012 Ryder Cup (Europe): 1-1-02014 Ryder Cup (Europe): 1-1-22016 Ryder Cup (Europe): 1-3-0
    2010201220142016

    7 results. Hover or tap a mark; click it for the year.

    • Major win
    • Top 10
    • Ryder Cup, GB / Europe

    Martin Kaymer was born on December 28, 1984, in Düsseldorf, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany. Kaymer won 2 major championships: 1 PGA Championship (2010) and 1 U.S. Open (2014). Kaymer played in 4 Ryder Cups for Europe (2010, 2012, 2014, 2016), winning 5, losing 6 and halving 3 of 14 matches for 6.5 points.

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    The record

    Wins in the majors (2)

    1. 2010 PGA Championship Whistling Straits (Straits Course), Kohler, Wisconsin · 277 (-11) · won a playoff against Bubba Watson (Kaymer 4-2-5 = 11; Watson 3-3-6 = 12)
    2. 2014 U.S. Open Pinehurst No. 2, Village of Pinehurst, NC · 271 (-9) · by 8 strokes from Erik Compton and Rickie Fowler

    Near misses

    Top-10 finishes are listed for The Open, the one championship with a full top 10 every year.

    1. 2010 The Open Old Course, St Andrews · finished T7 · 282 (-6)

    U.S. Open top-10 finishes in his career: 2 (GNN U.S. Open room data).

    Ryder Cup

    Kaymer played 4 Ryder Cups for Europe: 14 matches, 5 won, 6 lost, 3 halved, 6.5 points (46.4% of those available). By format: foursomes 0-1-2, four-ball 2-4-1, singles 3-1-0 (won-lost-halved). Vice-captain: 2021.

    1. 2010 Celtic Manor Resort (Twenty Ten Course) Europe · Europe won 14.5–13.5 · 2-1-1, 2.5 points · automatic
    2. 2012 Medinah Country Club, Course No. 3 Europe · Europe won 14.5–13.5 · 1-1-0, 1 point · automatic
    3. 2014 Gleneagles, PGA Centenary Course Europe · Europe won 16.5–11.5 · 1-1-2, 2 points · automatic
    4. 2016 Hazeltine National Golf Club Europe · USA won 17–11 · 1-3-0, 1 point · captain's pick

    Partners, with matches played together: Lee Westwood (2), Justin Rose (2), Thomas Bjørn (2), Sergio García (2), Ian Poulter (1), Danny Willett (1).

    Records and firsts

    Rows from our record tables that name this player, worded as the tables word them.

    1. 2010 PGA Championship First PGA champion from: Germany

    Sources

    Elsewhere: Wikipedia · Wikidata.

    Every fact on this page comes from Golf Network News data sets compiled in October 2026 (Masters, PGA Championship, The Open, U.S. Women's Open, Ryder Cup, PGA Tour 2024–2026, major host sites, Champions Dinner menus, and the U.S. Open and state rooms). These are the sources those rows cite.

    1. where2golf
    2. National Club Golfer
    3. Golf Compendium PGA Tour career wins
    4. Golf Compendium winners list
    5. WP: List of European Ryder Cup golfers
    6. WP: Martin Kaymer
    7. Golf Compendium
    8. Wikidata: Q60740
    9. PGA of America history
    10. Golf Compendium 2010
    11. Today's Golfer purse history
    12. Salarysport prize-money history
    13. PGA of America 2010 leaderboard
    14. Golf Digest, Kaymer and Connelly
    15. Washington Times/AP 2010
    16. PGA of America club pros who made the cut
    17. PGA of America 2013 media guide, p. 20
    18. Golf Monthly, Kaymer 2010
    19. GNN U.S. Open room (champions data)
    20. R&A 2010
    21. GC: 2010 ryder cup
    22. Wikipedia: 2010 Ryder Cup
    23. Fox Sports
    24. Wikipedia: 2012 Ryder Cup
    25. GolfCompendium: 2012 ryder cup
    26. Wikipedia: 2014 Ryder Cup
    27. GolfCompendium: 2014 ryder cup
    28. Wikipedia: 2016 Ryder Cup
    29. GolfCompendium: 2016 ryder cup