Martin Kaymer, the 27-year-old former world’s No. 1 kept a tactful silence if Tiger Woods could reclaim the top rank. The German said that it will take time before Woods scored another wins.
He refused to comment further if Woods would be included again in the top 10 after his career fell when it was tainted with a scandal.
However, Kaymer said, “we will see,” and praising Woods’s success at Arnold Palmer Invitational in Bay Hill which beaten his two and a half years without winning after the exposé on his love life.
Kaymer further said that Woods’s victory was ‘amazing’ and ‘fantastic,’ so he believed that Woods being the best player, time alone will tell when he will be back to achieving more wins in any tournaments again.
Woods, the 36-year-old fourteen-time winner of major events, fell down from the top 50 rank in 2011, but came back to as high as 6th spot. After his failure in US Masters, he now rests in 8th, with Kaymer ahead of him by one place.
Rory McIlroy, Lee Westwood, and Luke Donald, who represent the top three, form the tough barrier to both Kaymer and Woods. However, Kaymer said that it only needs patience to regain the position he maintained for eight weeks in 2011. He also said that he is playing fine and sometimes patience is the hardest thing to deal with.
According to Kaymer, the top 5 are all playing very well, and even the top 10 or 15 where everyone plays close together, making every week a great competition.
Kaymer had six birdies against a single bogey, a par-four on the 13th; he missed his chance to get an eagle on the par-five 3rd as the ten-time winner on the European Tour pursues his first win after the WGC-HSBC Champions.