A phone call from Bernhard Langer, a surprise visit from dad, Horst, and a cake with No 1 on it in a Scottsdale restaurant were the highlights of Martin Kaymer's first week as the highest ranking golfer on the planet.
None of these things turned his head. Kaymer splintered a few Teutonic stereotypes when he confessed to not knowing how the rankings matrix works.
Very un-Germanic. Neither is he fixated on retaining the badge. For him the significance of reaching world No 1 resides in the process rather than the thing itself. He must be doing something right, is the theory.
"I've been No 1 in the world for at least seven days. No-one can take that away from me. It's a nice thing but it doesn't change my life.
"A lot of people say you must be the happiest person in the world now and I say 'yeah, I'm happy, I'm satisfied but there's still something missing. Maybe I will find out in the next 12 months."
Or maybe, on the grounds that one never misses something until it is gone, in the next five days. Should Lee Westwood win the Cadillac Championship at Doral on Sunday, he goes back to the top.
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