Why Does Martin Kaymer Warm-Up With A Tennis Ball Around His Neck?

Far be it from me to question someone who just posted a 63 on a very difficult golf course (Smits game story here), but if you were watching Morning Drive today you saw Martin Kaymer warming up for round two of The Players with a tennis ball tied to a string around his neck.

I repeat, a tennis ball worn like a credential. Around his neck. Whoa Nellie!

Golf Central Doc noticed the next craze in wacky warm-up techniques back at the Masters and posted this clip.

Update on 2014-05-09 14:46 by Geoff

**Brian Wacker's got some great insights from Kaymer and Bernhard Langer on the resurgence of the former PGA Champion's game.

A feel player by nature, he had become too mechanical. It was Das Beste oder nichts -- the best, or nothing -- and soon it was the latter for the German.

“When you change, you have to think automatically,” he said. “You need to reflect and you want to improve, you want to get to the goal a lot earlier, and then sometimes you can get caught up in the thinking process. So you need to go back where you came from, and that's just -- it's feel, it's your natural shot. It's the fade, so it is my shot, accept it.”

Update on 2014-05-09 18:56 by Geoff

**Kaymer explained the thinking behind the device and its origin after the round. I wrote it up for The Loop.

If he wins The Players, how long before these are on ranges all over the world?