Kaymer caution over hat-trick

There is no doubt who is Europe’s man of the moment going into The Open on Thursday – 24-year-old Martin Kaymer.

The young German headed to Turnberry from Loch Lomond last night as both the French and Scottish Open champion following an eight-day double worth than £1m (€1.15m).

Now he will try to become the first player to win three consecutive European Tour titles since Seve Ballesteros in 1986.

There is a big difference, though, and Kaymer knows it.

Ballesteros captured the Irish, Monte Carlo and French Opens 23 years ago, but the Dusseldorf star said: “Everybody asks me about the third win in a row, but we are playing a Major and the field is going to be the best we have all year long.”