Every twenty years or so, Germany produces a great golfer. Meet Martin Kaymer, the 24-year-old European Tour sensation from Dusseldorf, Germany. He won by four strokes at Abu Dhabi Golf Championship in January and currently is number four on the European Tour Order of Merit. Kaymer will be playing at Doral this weekend and the Masters in three weeks. Our friends at golf365.com have a nice interview with him here. Below is an excerpt:Q: Can you quite believe you're here? You've had quite a rise through Challenge Tour in Europe, European Tour and Rookie-of-the-Year and now here. It's been a rapid rise for you, hasn't it?
KAYMER: It went really, really fast. But I don't know, I was working really, really hard the last years, and I don't know, I think I deserve it in one way. It was a big step from the European Tour, where it was always the goal to play on the European Tour. And now I have a chance to play on the US Tour, in these type of tournaments, which is really awesome.
Q. How good were you as an amateur, or was it a case do you think of when you took a few years maybe on the Challenge Tour to really ....
KAYMER: Actually the plan was to play the third-level Tour in Germany, which is the EPD Tour. The plan was to play this Tour for a year to qualify for the Challenge
Tour, then play the Challenge Tour for a year to qualify for the European Tour. But I did it in one year, which was really fast. But I decided to turn pro when I won my first tournament out of Germany. It was in Austria. It was the Austrian Amateur Championship. And I decided then that I have a good chance to earn money with golf, because it was always fun for me to play golf, which is for me the most important. And then I noticed, after this tournament in Austria, then I noticed that maybe I have a good chance to play as a professional.
