Martin Kaymer golfer in the world, making him only the second German (after Bernhard Langer) to be the top-ranked golfer in the world. At the time he was the second youngest to reach world number one behind Tiger Woods, soon surpassed by Rory McIlroy in March 2012, who gained the top ranking at age 22. In April, he relinquished his number one ranking after eight weeks to Westwood, who won the Indonesian Masters. After reaching the number one ranking, Kaymer decided to undergo a swing change to be able to move the ball both ways. Frustrated with his disappointing results at the
2013 Masters Tournament Keegan Bradley (14,15,16,17,18,19), Martin Kaymer (18,19), Y. E. Yang 5. Last three winners of The Players Championship<br> K. J. Choi (18), Tim Clark, Matt Kuchar (11,15,16,17,18,19) 6. Top two finishers in the 2012 U.S. Amateur<br> Steven Fox (a), Michael Weaver (a) 7. Winner of the 2012 Amateur Championship<br> Alan Dunbar (a) 8. Winner of the 2012 Asia-Pacific Amateur Championship<br> Guan Tianlang (a) 9. Winner of the 2012 U.S. Amateur Public Links<br> T. J. Vogel (a) 10. Winner of the 2012 U.S. Mid-Amateur<br> Nathan Smith (a) 11. The top 16 finishers and ties in the 2012 Masters Tournament<br> Jim Furyk (12,15,17,18,19),