Suddenly Martin Kaymer was a star, even national soccer players contacted the then 26-year-old with congratulations, comparisons with Boris Becker were loud.

Appointments and invitations increased.

Kaymer later admitted that at the moment of triumph he “felt empty”.

Solitude at the top of world golf.

Everything was achieved, what should come next?

Kaymer found out about it in very bitter years.

But now he seems ready for the next phase of his career.