Video & Text: Players Champ Martin Kaymer On His Instructor

Martin Kaymer reminded everyone this week what a good natured soul he is, and in particular, what a thoughful man he can be discussing the game. And doing it in a second language.

Doug Ferguson's game story on a big win for the 2010 PGA Champion.

Rex Hoggard seized on Kaymer's comments about The Players being the home of the brave, and that he would be a lock for comeback player of the year if the award was still around.

Alex Myers with birdies and bogies from the day leads with Kaymer and a reminder that incredible opening round 63.

This was my favorite moment of his press conference. It captures Kaymer at his finest:

Q.  You've talked all week about the journey, kind of getting back to this point and playing this level of golf, and I'm curious what was your lowest point over the last few years, and did you ever maybe wonder or question whether you could get back to this level of golf?

MARTIN KAYMER:  Well, the belief is always there.  I knew that I could win a golf tournament again.  It was not like that traumatic that a lot of people made it.  But obviously a lot of people, they look for something that you don't really feel, that you don't really think is right, but it's okay.  But I knew I was doing the right thing, what I said earlier in the week.  I just didn't know it would take me that long, but it did.  It proved that everything I did, even though it took a little bit longer, it was all good because I work with really good people.  My coach and me, we work for 15, 16 years together now, and he's always really under the radar, but he has the biggest influence of my game.  The way he's teaching is not a way that you always need him.  He's not a very selfish person; he teaches the way that you can help yourself in a very simple way.  He has the talent to teach really everyone, and that is for me really a world‑class coach.  He doesn't like the big stage and he doesn't like to be in all those newspapers and stuff, but I believe he really deserves that.  But it doesn't make him a happier person, and that makes him even nicer.

I think I have to give a lot of credit to him, and therefore working together worked out very well.  We have a lot of trust in each other because it worked out fairly well the first 13, 14 years, so now I can bring the trophy home and show him that we did well.

The full video here: