Ryder System, Inc.

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Type	Public
Traded as	NYSE: R S&P 500 Component
Industry	Transportation
Founded	Miami, Florida, U.S. (1933)
Founder(s)	James Ryder
Headquarters	Miami, Florida, U.S.
Key people	Gregory Swienton (Chairman, CEO) Robert Sanchez (CFO)
Services	Fleet management Supply chain management Dedicated carrier Cargo truck rental
Revenue	US$5.136 billion (2010)
Operating income	US$405.46 million (2007)
Net income	US$186.31 million (2010)
Total assets	US$6.652 billion (2010)
Total equity	US$1.404 billion (2010)
Employees	25,900 (2010)
Website	http://ryder.com
References: [1][2][3][4]

A 2003-07 Ryder Ford E-450

Ryder System, Inc. (NYSE: R), or Ryder, is an American-based provider of transportation and supply chain management products, and is especially known for its fleet of rental trucks.^[5] Ryder specializes in fleet management, supply chain management and dedicated contracted carriage. Ryder operates in North America, the United Kingdom and Asia. It has its headquarters in suburban Miami, Florida within Miami-Dade County.

History[link]

This section requires expansion.

Ryder was founded in Miami, Florida in 1933 by James Ryder as a concrete hauling company with one truck, a 1931 Model "A" Ford.^[1] Within a few years,^[when?] the business expanded to leasing trucks to other companies. This led to Ryder changing its focus from distribution to leasing. By 1939, Ryder's truck fleet had increased to 50. Ryder bought Great Southern Trucking Company in 1952. In 1955 Ryder System, Inc. was formed to combine Great Southern and Ryder Truck Rental. Ryder System went public in 1955.^[6] By the 1960s and 1970s, Ryder had expanded into the distribution and supply chain markets.

In 2008, Ryder acquired three regional competitors: Pollock, Lily Transportation and Gator Leasing.

James A. Ryder, founder and chairman, retired in 1978.^[1]

Business[link]

Ryder divides its business into three segments: Fleet Management Solutions, Supply Chain Solutions, and Dedicated Contract Carriage. In 2008 (the last year whose report is posted online) the total company revenue was $ 6.2 billion with profits (earnings before income taxes) of $ 459 million. The numbers mentioned below are before eliminations.^[7] The basic variables are who owns the trucks, maintains the trucks, pays the drivers, does the warehousing, and supervises the driving.

Fleet management[link]

Ryder's fleet management business is its largest business segment, accounting for 71% of its revenue for a total of $ 4.4 billion. Profit of $ 398 million was 86% of the total.^[7] This arm of the business does contract based full service leasing, contract maintenance, commercial rental and fleet support services. Under full service leasing Ryder owns and maintains the trucks and the customer decides where they go. In contract maintenance Ryder just takes care of the trucks. Commercial rentals are the white Ryder trucks which the contract customers can rent on a temporary basis. Ryder grew its North American rental fleet to nearly 30,000 vehicles in 2010 and 2011 raising the percentage of model year 2010 or newer vehicles in the fleet to more than 40 percent.^[8] Support services consist of insurance, vehicle permits, and fuel.

In April 2011 Ryder bought B.I.T. Leasing, from Hayward California.^[9]. Also in 2011 it acquired the full service leasing and rental business of Carmenita Leasing, Inc., located in Santa Fe Springs, California^[10], and the full service lease, contract maintenance, commercial rental and dedicated contract carriage business, The Scully Companies, Inc., based in Fontana, California.^[11]

Supply chain[link]

Ryder' supply chain operations accounted for 26% of its revenue for a total of $ 1.6 billion. Profit of $ 42 million was 9% of the total. This business consists of management of a customer’s supply chain. Basically the customer owns the trucks and Ryder decides where they go, managing the warehouses and the drivers. Ryder managed over 15,000,000 square feet (1,393,546 m²) of warehouse space on December 31, 2008.^[7]

In December 2010 Ryder bought TLC, a supply chain services company based in Holland, Michigan^[12]

Dedicated Contract Carriage[link]

Ryder' Dedicated Contract Carriage accounted for 8% of its revenue for a total of $ 0.5 billion. Profit of $ 49 million was 10% of the total.^[7] This arm of the business conducts both leasing and supply chain management.

Rental trucks[link]

Ryder launched a consumer truck-rental operation in 1968 with 1,000 trucks and vans. These were the yellow trucks known as "one-ways" and available for the public to rent from filling stations and other automotive-service locations. In June 1998, Ryder decided to focus on commercial truck rental and leasing, and exited the "one-way" business arena; which it sold to Budget Truck Rental.^[13] The white Ryder trucks seen on highways today are available to the general public looking to move locally (returning the truck to the original pick-up location), businesses, and companies that have a contractual agreement with Ryder.

Headquarters[link]

Ryder's headquarters are located in an unincorporated area in northwest Miami-Dade County, Florida, near the Miami Dade-County, Broward County boundary line.^[14][15]

Previously Ryder had its headquarters in Doral, Florida.^[16] In 2002, after taking a year long study of 22 potential headquarters sites in South Florida, Ryder announced that it would move its headquarters to another location in northwest Miami-Dade County. The commute times of around 200 employees who reside in Broward County decreased. Before the announcement of the final headquarters site, Ryder considered some locations in Miramar in Broward County.^[15] In 2005 Shoma Development Corp. began demolishing the former Ryder headquarters in Doral, replacing it with the Park Square at Doral development.^[17]

Locations[link]

Headquartered in Miami, Ryder has satellite locations in 50 US States and also in Mexico, Canada, Singapore, China and the United Kingdom.^[18]

Criticism[link]

In December 2011, the non-partisan organization Public Campaign criticized Ryder for spending $0.96 million on lobbying and not paying any taxes during 2008-2010, instead getting $46 million in tax rebates, despite making a profit of $627 million.^[19]

References[link]

Notes

Bibliography

External links[link]

• Ryder System, Inc. official website

Coordinates: 25°52′5.67″N 80°23′6.96″W / 25.8682417°N 80.3852667°W / 25.8682417; -80.3852667

Serena Ryder
Ryder in 2009
Background information
Birth name	Serena Ryder
Born	(1982-12-08) December 8, 1982 (age 29) Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Origin	Peterborough, Ontario Canada
Genres	Folk rock, indie rock
Occupations	Musician, songwriter
Instruments	Vocals, guitar, harmonica
Years active	2000–present
Labels	Mime Radio, Isadora, Atlantic, EMI
Website	serenaryder.com

Serena Ryder (b. December 8, 1982 in Toronto, Ontario^[1]) is a Juno Award-winning Canadian singer-songwriter raised in Millbrook,^[2] Ontario.

Ranging musically between folk, roots, country, and adult contemporary music, Ryder possesses a five-octave range. She attended the Integrated Arts Program at Peterborough Collegiate and Vocational School in Peterborough as well as Crestwood Secondary School. As a teenager, she performed solo as well as with many bands from the Peterborough area, including Christian band Thousand Foot Krutch and Jive recording artist Three Days Grace.

Life and career[link]

Ryder was born in Toronto, Ontario.^[3] Her first indie CD, called Falling Out, was released in December 1999 by the Peterborough, Ontario based independent record label Mime Radio. Ryder was 15 years old at the time. Her other independent releases include Serena EP (cassette only) 1999 (limited run of 100); Live at The Market Hall & A Day in the Studio 2002; and Serena Ryder Live 2003 (a CD recording of her performance on CBC Radio's program Bandwidth).

In 2005, she released her debut major label CD Unlikely Emergency, which included the song "Just Another Day" which gained significant airplay on many radio stations, including CHUM-FM. The album was released by Hawksley Workman on his Isadora Records. Also released on Isadora was Live in Oz, a recording from her tour of Australia, released in limited numbers only at shows.

Ryder's second album, released on the EMI label in November 2006, is called If Your Memory Serves You Well and is a collection of notable Canadian songs from the past 100 years or so. The tracks include Leonard Cohen's "Sisters of Mercy", Galt MacDermot's "Good Morning Starshine" and the Bob Dylan-Rick Danko written "This Wheel's on Fire", popularized by The Band, as well as Paul Anka's "It Doesn't Matter Any More."

Appearing as a guest on SBS Australia television's RocKwiz in 2007, she displayed an authoritative knowledge in rock music-related questions, singing many song segments in answer and performed in the closing guest spot with Lior.^[4]

A new EP titled Told You in a Whispered Song was released 19 June 2007, and is an acoustic studio collection of several live tracks and new songs.

Along with other bands, including 54-40 and Cheap Trick, Ryder opened for Aerosmith on their world tour in July 2007 in Prince Edward Island.

Ryder performing at the 2011 Hillside Festival

Ryder was the 2008 recipient of the Juno Award for New Artist of the Year with label EMI.

On 9 October 2008 Ryder and Greg Keelor attended a performance of Tim Hus and his Rocky Mountain Two at the Dakota Tavern, in which an impromptu performance was given by all three, jamming to Blue Rodeo's "Hasn't Hit Me Yet".

On 11 November 2008, Ryder released her new EMI album Is It O.K. in Canada. It was released on Atlantic Records in America on 11 February 2009. The single to be taken from it is "Little Bit of Red". The song "All for Love", which appears on Ryder's EP Sweeping the Ashes and album Is It O.K., is featured in an episode of ABC television's Private Practice.

Is It O.K. won the Juno Award for Adult Alternative Album of the Year. Ryder was nominated for Artist of the Year on March 29, 2009 in Vancouver.^[5]

In 2009, her song "Sing, Sing" was selected for Music Monday, a special event to highlight music education in Canada which saw nearly two million Canadian schoolchildren singing the song in class on May 5.^[6]

In May 2009, she appeared on Bruce Springsteen's official website, covering his song "Racing in the Street". The video was part of the "Hangin' On E Street" feature of his website.^{[citation needed]}

The following month, Ryder recorded the duet "You Can Always Come Home" with former American Idol contestant Jason Castro for his eponymous first solo album, Jason Castro.^[7]

In 2009 Ryder took part in an interactive documentary series called City Sonic. The series, which featured 20 Toronto artists, had her reflecting on her move to Toronto and her discovery of the Dakota Tavern.

She has also performed and recorded with labelmate Needtobreathe for the band's single "Stones Under Rushing Water".

In 2010 won the Juno Award for Video of the Year for "Little Bit of Red" directed by Marc Ricciardelli, with label EMI.

Discography[link]

Albums[link]

• Falling Out (1999)
• Unlikely Emergency (2005)
• If Your Memory Serves You Well (2006)
• Is It O.K. (2008)

EPs[link]

• Serena (1999)
• A Day At the Studio (2002)
• Told You in a Whispered Song (2007)
• Sweeping The Ashes (2008)
• Live in South Carolina (2011)
• Serena Ryder and the Beauties 12" Vinyl (2011)

Live Recordings[link]

• Live at The Market Hall (2002)
• Serena Ryder Live (2003)
• Live in Oz (2005)

Singles[link]

• "Good Morning Starshine" (2006)
• "Weak in the Knees" (2006)
• "Little Bit of Red" (2008)
• "All for Love" (2008)
• "What I Wanna Know" (2009)
• "Broken Heart Sun" with Melissa Etheridge (2011)

Guest Recordings[link]

She contributes vocals on Bob Wiseman's record Giulietta Masina At The Oscars Crying (2012)

References[link]

External links[link]

Wikimedia Commons has media related to: Serena Ryder

• Official website
• Serena Ryder at the Internet Movie Database
• Serena Ryder at Allmusic
• Wire interview

Jesse Daniel Ryder (born 6 August 1984) is a New Zealand cricketer. He is a middle-order batsman for Tests and is an opening batsman in ODIs. Ryder also bowls useful medium-pace. He has previously represented his country in the Under-19 Cricket World Cup of 2002. Ryder plays his domestic cricket with Wellington after crossing there from Central Districts in 2004 and is a member of their first-class and List A teams.

Early career[link]

In the 2007/08 season Ryder played for Wellington.

Ryder first gained national selection in December 2007, representing the New Zealand XI against Bangladesh in a Twenty/20 charity match. The New Zealand XI contained nine Black Caps and two up-and-coming players, Ryder and Tim Southee. However, due to injury he was unable to play the match.

On 30 January 2008, Ryder was chosen in the 12-man Twenty20 squad and the 13-man ODI squad to play England. New Zealand Cricket Selection Manager, Richard Hadlee said "Jesse has the potential to provide an explosive start alongside Brendon McCullum at the top of the innings in both forms of the game."^[1] Ex-cricketer Adam Parore subsequently hit out at the selector's decision to pick Ryder, claiming that he is "too fat" and "in no fit state to play for New Zealand."^[2]

In his first two Twenty20 games for NZ against England, Ryder scored 22 and 12 as New Zealand went on to lose both games heavily. In his first two ODI games Ryder scored 31 and 79* in an improved New Zealand performance. In the second ODI, he and Brendan McCullum set a new partnership record for any wicket against England with a combined total of 165 in 18.1 overs and New Zealand won by ten wickets. The previous record was Martin Crowe and Geoff Howarth's 160 at Eden Park in 1984. McCullum scored more runs (80*) off fewer balls (47) but Ryder (79* off 62) was named man of the match.

Ryder's 2007/08 season ended on 24 February 2008 when he badly cut his hand trying to break into a toilet at a Christchurch bar at 5:30am the day after NZ had won the one day series against England.^[3] New Zealand Cricket's general manager, Lindsay Crocker said:

"...this behaviour is unacceptable and we will have a serious discussion with him to ensure situations like this do not occur in the future. ...Ryder will pay for the damage and apologise to the bar owner. No further disciplinary action will be taken as Jesse's injuries should serve as enough of a lesson on this occasion."

It was later revealed that Ryder had been drinking until 1:30am the night before the fifth ODI against England (Ryder scored 24) and had been rude to staff at Christchurch hospital, demanding preferential treatment when he was being treated for his hand injury.^[4]

Struggles but good batting form (2008-2009)[link]

After Ryder's injured hand healed, he was recalled to the New Zealand 15-man squad touring Bangladesh 2008/09. He made his Test debut against Bangladesh at Chittagong, he scored one and 38. In the rain-affected second Test he made 91 and 39*.

On 7 January 2009, Ryder indulged in a "late night drinking session" after the 3rd ODI against the West Indies. Ryder missed a team meeting the following morning and was unable to train in the afternoon. He was subsequently dropped for the 4th ODI.^[5]

As Ryder had established a good record (Test Average: 49.33, ODI Average: 34.33) in his first season, New Zealand Cricket CEO Justin Vaughan was ready to help Ryder with his drinking problem.^[6]

"We see him as being a really important part of New Zealand cricket for many years so we want to help him", Vaughan said. "We don't want to cast him out and say 'when you're fixed come back'. We want to be part of the solution if we can."

Ryder played in the 5th ODI on 13 January 2009, and scored 21. Two days later, Justin Vaughan and Ryder's manager Aaron Klee announced that Ryder had agreed to go cold turkey.^[7]

Ryder managed to get through the Indian tour without any further indiscretions. He was NZ's best batsman in the five ODI's, scoring 225 runs at an average of 56.25. He scored his first ODI century for NZ in the third match and was the man of the match in the fifth match for his all round performance, 3-29 and 63. His century (105) off 72 balls, was the third fastest ODI century for NZ. Ryder and McCullum enhanced their reputations as an opening partnership sharing two stands of over 100 in 4 innings, 166 in the third match and 102 in the 4th match.^[8]

He also found success in the Tests, narrowly out-scoring Ross Taylor. Ryder made his maiden test century (102) in the first Test at Hamilton, where he shared a partnership of 186 with Vettori (118), in the first innings.

In the second Test match at Napier, Ryder scored his maiden double century, (201) and put on 271 with Ross Taylor (151). This was a new record fourth wicket partnership against all countries and fourth highest test partnership ever for New Zealand. Jesse Ryder became the first New Zealander since Nathan Astle to score two centuries in two consecutive Test matches.^[9] At the end of the test series Ryder's average was 55.07 from nine matches. Only Stewie Dempster had a higher average at the same stage of his career for NZ.

On 6 February 2009, just before the Indian series kicked off, Ryder's services were bought by the Bangalore Royal Challengers for $US160,000 ($NZ318,280).^[10] However, he struggled during the season, scoring a total of 56 runs, and was only chosen to play in 5 out of 16 of his team's games. Ryder also "fell off the wagon after 100 hard-fought days of sobriety"^[11] according to the NZ Herald.

Ryder's contribution to the 2009 ICC World Twenty20 tournament was limited. He scored 31 off 12 balls against Scotland but then picked up a "particularly nasty groin infection", played no further part in the competition and was replaced in the squad by Aaron Redmond.^[12]

Continued renaissance but Injury (2010)[link]

v Sri Lanka in Sri lanka[link]

(August - September 2009)

Ryder had a quiet test series, getting four starts (42,24,23,38) but was unable to convert any of them into bigger scores. NZ lost both tests.

He won the man of the series award for the two Twenty20 games that followed, as much for his outstanding performance in the field as for his batting. He scored 13 and 52. In the two ODIs Ryder scored two ducks. NZ won both Twenty20 games but lost both ODIs.

2009 ICC Champions Trophy in South Africa[link]

(September - October 2009)

Ryder scored only 8 against South Africa but in a must-win match for NZ against Sri Lanka he scored 74. When on 5 he pulled a leg abductor muscle and batted with a runner. Daniel Vettori, the New Zealand captain, felt the injury compelled Ryder to cut loose. "I just think he let out some frustration and it worked for us." He reached 50 in just 28 balls and scored his 74 off 58 balls. After being dismissed he whacked a chair with his bat and was fined 15% of his match fee for "abuse of cricket equipment or clothing, ground equipment or fixtures and fittings".^[13] He was again replaced in the squad by Aaron Redmond.

It was later revealed that the team manager, Dave Currie, gave Ryder a "dressing-down" for his behaviour and Ryder responded with a "tirade" of abuse, which resulted in misconduct charge on his return from South Africa. The hearing was held on 22 October 2009, on the same day Ryder was awarded the Redpath Cup. The punishment is not known.^[14]

New Zealand Cricket Awards[link]

Ryder was awarded the Redpath Cup which is awarded annually to the country's leading first-class batsman.

Injury[link]

Ryder was injured from October 2009 to March 2010 and so did not play for New Zealand. In April 2010 he played a first class game for Wellington and scored 103. He was unable to make the August 2010 tour to Sri Lanka due to an elbow injury but was able to make the headlines on 7 August 2010 with yet another misconduct charge for intoxication.^[15] However, he was selected for New Zealand's 2010 tour of India, and signalled his return with a defiant century in the first test of the series.

Indefinite break from Cricket[link]

On 8 March 2012, Ryder decided to take an indefinite break from cricket following injury concerns and a prolonged history of disciplinary issues.^[16]

Form against India (October 2010)[link]

During the Indian first innings Ryder took the key wicket of Indian opener Gautam Gambhir. Ryder's return went well as he scored his third test century and his first outside New Zealand this came amid the fact that New Zealand were chasing a mammoth Indian first innings total of 429. He was engaged in a 194 run partnership with debutant Kane Williamson who finished the day on 87* Ryder was given out lbw on the third ball of the final over of the third day he scored 103.^[17]

International Centuries[link]

Test Cricket centuries[link]

• In the column Runs, * indicates being not out
• The column title Match refers to the Match Number of the player's career

Test Cricket centuries of Jesse Ryder

	Runs	Match	Against	City/Country	Venue	Year
1	102	7	India	Hamilton, New Zealand	Seddon Park	2009
2	201	8	India	Napier, New Zealand	McLean Park	2009
3	103	12	India	Ahmedabad, India	Sardar Patel Stadium	2010

ODI centuries[link]

• In the column Runs, * indicates being not out
• The column title Match refers to the Match Number of the player's career

One-Day Cricket centuries of Jesse Ryder

	Runs	Match	Against	City/Country	Venue	Year
1	105	15	India	Christchurch, New Zealand	AMI Stadium	2009
2	107	27	Pakistan	Auckland, New Zealand	Eden Park	2011

References[link]

External links[link]

• Player profile: Jesse Ryder from ESPNcricinfo
• Player profile: Jesse Ryder from CricketArchive
• Jesse Ryder at New Zealand Cricket Players Association

v t e New Zealand squad – 2009 ICC World Twenty20 1 Vettori (c) 2 Broom 3 Butler 4 Diamanti 5 Franklin 6 Guptill 7 B. McCullum 8 N. McCullum 9 McGlashan 10 Mills 11 O'Brien 12 Oram 13 Ryder 14 Styris 15 Taylor 16 Redmond Coach: Moles Aaron Redmond was called up to cover for the injured Jesse Ryder.

v t e New Zealand squad – 2010 ICC World Twenty20 1 Vettori (c) 2 Bond 3 Butler 4 Guptill 5 Hopkins 6 B. McCullum 7 N. McCullum 8 Mills 9 Nicol 10 Oram 11 Redmond 12 Ryder 13 Southee 14 Styris 15 Taylor Coach: Greatbatch

v t e New Zealand squad – 2011 Cricket World Cup Semi-Finalists 1 Daniel Vettori (c) 2 Daryl Tuffey 3 James Franklin 4 Martin Guptill 5 Jamie How 6 Nathan McCullum 7 Brendon McCullum (wk) 8 Andy McKay 9 Jacob Oram 10 Jesse Ryder 11 Tim Southee 12 Scott Styris 13 Ross Taylor 14 Kane Williamson 15 Luke Woodcock Coach: John Wright Daryl Tuffey and Andy McKay were called in as a replacements for Hamish Bennett and Kyle Mills respectively.

Martin Kaymer
Personal information
Full name	Martin Kaymer
Born	(1984-12-28) 28 December 1984 (age 27) Düsseldorf, West Germany
Height	1.84 m (6 ft 0 in)
Weight	74 kg (160 lb; 11.7 st)
Nationality	Germany
Residence	Mettmann, Germany Scottsdale, Arizona, U.S.[1]
Career
Turned professional	2005
Current tour(s)	European Tour
Professional wins	18
Number of wins by tour
European Tour	10
Challenge Tour	2
Other	6
Best results in Major Championships (Wins: 1)
Masters Tournament	T44: 2012
U.S. Open	T8: 2010
The Open Championship	T7: 2010
PGA Championship	Won: 2010
Achievements and awards
Sir Henry Cotton Rookie of the Year	2007
European Tour Race to Dubai winner	2010
European Tour Golfer of the Year	2010

Martin Kaymer (born 28 December 1984) is a German professional golfer. He became the No. 1 ranked golfer in the Official World Golf Rankings on 27 February 2011 after his runner-up finish in the WGC-Accenture Match Play Championship, but lost the top spot to Lee Westwood eight weeks later.

Kaymer was born in Düsseldorf, Germany. He turned professional in 2005 and is a member of the European Tour. He has won ten tournaments on the tour including four in 2010 to win the Race to Dubai, formerly the Order of Merit, for the first time.^[2] Among those wins was the 2010 PGA Championship, a victory which made him only the second German to win a major championship, after Bernhard Langer. He also won the 2011 WGC-HSBC Champions, which made him only the tenth player to have won both a major championship and a World Golf Championship event.

Early professional career[link]

Kaymer picked up his first professional win at the age of 20 as an amateur at the Central German Classic in 2005 on the third-tier EPD Tour. He shot a −19 (67–64–66=197) to win the tournament by a margin of five strokes.^[3]

Kaymer played full-time on the EPD Tour in 2006 from February to August. He played in 14 tournaments and picked up five victories. He finished in the top 10 in all but one of the tournaments.^[4] Kaymer won the Order of Merit on the EPD Tour in 2006 by earning €26,664.

Kaymer shot a round of 59 (−13) in the second round of the Habsberg Classic. This was his scorecard:^[5]

Due to his success on the EPD Tour, Kaymer received an invite to compete in his first event on the Challenge Tour, the Vodafone Challenge in his native Germany which he won. ^[6] He played in eight events from August to October winning again a month later at the Open des Volcans in France.^[7] Kaymer ended up finishing 4th on the Order of Merit list despite playing in only eight events. In all he earned €93,321.^[8] He finished in the top 5 in six tournaments, and his worst finish was a 13th place finish. Due to Kaymer's success on the Challenge Tour, he earned a European Tour card for 2007.

Professional career[link]

2007: European Tour debut & Sir Henry Cotton Rookie of the Year[link]

Kaymer made his debut on the European Tour in 2007 at the UBS Hong Kong Open, but he failed to make the cut. He missed the cut in his first five events of the season. In March, Kaymer made his first cut of the season at the Singapore Masters; he finished in a tie for 20th place. In his first seven events of the season, he only made one cut. All of those events were played outside of Europe.

Kaymer found immediate success once he started playing in Europe again. He finished in a tie for 15th at the Madeira Island Open, which was the season's first Tour event played in Europe. The following week, he finished in a tie for 3rd at the Portuguese Open. He made seven consecutive cuts from 23 March to 1 June. During that streak, his worst finish was a tie for 35th and he recorded five top 25 finishes.

From 7 June to 9 September, Kaymer played in nine tournaments but only made two cuts. In the two tournaments where he made the cut, he did very well. Kaymer finished in a tie for 7th at the Open de France. Seven weeks later, he finished in a tie for 2nd at the Scandinavian Masters.

Kaymer played in six of the last eight events of the season. He made the cut in all six of those events. On 18 October 2007 at the Portugal Masters, Kaymer shot a first round of 61 (−11). This round tied the lowest round of the 2007 European Tour season. It was also the new course record at the Oceânico Victoria Clube de Golfe. He went on to finish in a tie for 7th. Two weeks later at the year-ending Volvo Masters, he finished in 6th place. The Volvo Masters had one of the strongest fields on tour in 2007. He earned €140,000 for his 6th place finish, which was Kaymer's largest payout from a tournament to that time.^[9] He earned €754,691 on the season. Kaymer finished the season as the highest-ranked rookie on the Order of Merit, in 41st position, and won the Sir Henry Cotton Rookie of the Year Award. He is the first German to win the award. Kaymer recorded five top 10s on the season. These performances took him into the top 100 of the Official World Golf Rankings for the first time. In November 2007 he moved into the top 75, overtaking Bernhard Langer to become the highest-ranked German golfer.^[10]

On 2 November, Kaymer signed with Sportyard, a sports management company based in Sweden.^[11]

Kaymer represented Germany at the 2007 Omega Mission Hills World Cup with four-time European Tour winner Alex Čejka.^[12] They finished in a tie for 6th place.

2008–2009: Continued success[link]

Martin Kaymer at the 2008 KLM Open

Kaymer started 2008 by winning his maiden European Tour event with a wire-to-wire victory at the Abu Dhabi Golf Championship. This achievement lifted him to 34th in the world rankings, making him the only player in the top 50 under the age of 25.^[13] It also secured his entry into the WGC Match Play Championship and The Masters. Two weeks after winning the Abu Dhabi Golf Championship, he finished second in the Dubai Desert Classic. He finished the tournament with birdie-birdie-eagle but world number one Tiger Woods topped him by one stroke. Kaymer moved up to a high of 21st in the world rankings due to his runner-up finish. Kaymer picked up his second victory of the year at the BMW International Open, becoming the first German to win the event in its 20-year history.^[14] He held a six stroke lead going into the final round but then shot a 75 (+3) which resulted in Kaymer going to a playoff with Anders Hansen. Kaymer birdied the first playoff hole to win the tournament. Kaymer almost picked up his third win of the year at the Alfred Dunhill Links Championship, but he fell to Robert Karlsson in a three-man playoff that also included Ross Fisher. Kaymer recorded another runner-up finish at the Volvo Masters, finishing two strokes behind winner Søren Kjeldsen. Kaymer earned €1,794,500 in 2008 and finished in 8th on the Order of Merit. Kaymer narrowly missed selection for the 2008 Ryder Cup, but European captain Nick Faldo invited Kaymer to assist the European side in a non-playing capacity which Kaymer accepted. Kaymer represented his country at the 2008 Omega Mission Hills World Cup with Alex Čejka. The pair finished in fifth.

In 2009, Kaymer almost defended his title at the Abu Dhabi Golf Championship but finished in a tie for second, one stroke behind winner Paul Casey. He continued his success in the Middle East by finishing in a tie for fourth at the Dubai Desert Classic. Kaymer won his third European Tour event in July, the Open de France ALSTOM. He defeated Lee Westwood on the first hole of a playoff when Westwood hit his approach shot into the water.^[15] The win moved Kaymer into the top 100 of the European Tour Career Earnings list.

He also won the following week at the Barclays Scottish Open at Loch Lomond Golf Club in Glasgow, for his fourth career win. He came from a shot behind on the final day with a round of 2-under 69 to win by two strokes.^[16] The win elevated him to 11th in the Official World Golf Rankings.^[17] The week after that, Kaymer finished T-34 at the 2009 Open Championship, which was his best finish in a major to that time. He bettered this when he moved through the final round field to finish in a tie for 6th at the 2009 PGA Championship.

Kaymer suffered an injury in a go-kart accident and missed September and October. He returned to the final stages of the Race to Dubai on the European Tour, and finished the season ranked third.

2010: PGA Championship win[link]

In January 2010, Kaymer won the Abu Dhabi Golf Championship by one shot over Ian Poulter.^[18]

After missing the cut at the Masters, Kaymer performed very well in the 2010 majors. He finished in a tie for eighth at the U.S. Open and then tied for seventh at The Open Championship, after starting the final round in third place.

On 15 August 2010, Kaymer won the PGA Championship at Whistling Straits for his first major championship.^[19] Finishing regulation play in a two-way tie at 11 under par, he defeated Bubba Watson in a three-hole playoff.^[20]

Kaymer was a member of the winning European Ryder Cup team. He won both four-balls (partnered with Westwood and Poulter), halved his foursome and lost his singles match. A week later he won the Alfred Dunhill Links Championship at St Andrews with Danny Willett coming in three strokes behind. He was the first player since Tiger Woods in 2006 to win three successive tournaments in a year and the first European to achieve this since Nick Faldo in 1989.^[21] The win took him to a career high of third in the Official World Golf Rankings.^[22]

Kaymer and Graeme McDowell shared the European Tour Golfer of the Year award.^[23]

2011: Becomes world's No. 1 ranked player & first WGC win[link]

Entering the 2011 season, Kaymer turned down a chance to become a full PGA Tour member; he had become eligible with his win in the 2010 PGA Championship. He stated he would concentrate on the European Tour for 2011, but would play several U.S. events as well.

In January 2011, Kaymer claimed his third Abu Dhabi HSBC Golf Championship title in four years and displaced Tiger Woods as number two in the world rankings.^[24]

After his runner-up finish at the 2011 WGC-Accenture Match Play Championship, Kaymer overtook Lee Westwood as the number one golfer in the world, making him only the second German (after Bernhard Langer) to be the top-ranked golfer in the world. At the time he was the second youngest golfer to reach world number one behind Tiger Woods, however this was surpassed by Rory McIlroy in March 2012, who reached number one aged just 22. In April, he lost his number one ranking to Westwood, who won the Indonesian Masters.

In November 2011, Kaymer won his first WGC title at the WGC-HSBC Champions event in Shanghai, China. Kaymer entered the final round trailing Fredrik Jacobson by five strokes. He shot a final round 9-under 63 to take the title by three strokes from Jacobson. After parring his opening six holes, Kaymer then preceded to birdie nine of the remaining twelve holes on the way to victory, including four straight birdies at the start of the back nine. This was the biggest comeback win ever in the history of the WGC events. It was also the lowest final round by a WGC winner ever, topping a 64 set by Hunter Mahan in 2010. In winning, Kaymer became the 10th player to have won both a major and a WGC event. The win took Kaymer back to world number four.^[25]

Amateur wins (2)[link]

• 2003 Austrian Amateur Open Championship
• 2004 German Amateur Closed Championship

Professional wins (18)[link]

European Tour (10)[link]

No.	Date	Tournament	Winning score	Margin of victory	Runner(s)-up
1	20 Jan 2008	Abu Dhabi Golf Championship	–15 (66-65-68-74=273)	4 strokes	Henrik Stenson, Lee Westwood
2	22 Jun 2008	BMW International Open	–15 (68-63-67-75=273)	Playoff	Anders Hansen
3	5 Jul 2009	Open de France ALSTOM	–13 (62-72-69-68=271)	Playoff	Lee Westwood
4	12 Jul 2009	Barclays Scottish Open	–15 (69-65-66-69=269)	2 strokes	Gonzalo Fernández-Castaño, Raphaël Jacquelin
5	24 Jan 2010	Abu Dhabi Golf Championship	–21 (67-67-67-66=267)	1 stroke	Ian Poulter
6	15 Aug 2010	PGA Championship	–11 (72-68-67-70=277)	Playoff	Bubba Watson
7	12 Sep 2010	KLM Open	–14 (67-67-66-66=266)	4 strokes	Christian Nilsson, Fabrizio Zanotti
8	10 Oct 2010	Alfred Dunhill Links Championship	–17 (68-69-68-66=271)	3 strokes	Danny Willett
9	23 Jan 2011	Abu Dhabi HSBC Golf Championship	–24 (67-65-66-66=264)	8 strokes	Rory McIlroy
10	6 Nov 2011	WGC-HSBC Champions	–20 (69-68-68-63=268)	3 strokes	Fredrik Jacobson

European Tour playoff record (3–1)

No.	Year	Tournament	Opponent(s)	Result
1	2008	BMW International Open	Anders Hansen	Won with birdie on first extra hole
2	2008	Alfred Dunhill Links Championship	Robert Karlsson, Ross Fisher	Karlsson won with birdie on first extra hole
3	2009	Open de France ALSTOM	Lee Westwood	Won with par on first extra hole
4	2010	PGA Championship	Bubba Watson	Won three hole aggregate playoff: Kaymer 4-2-5=11 (E), Watson 3-3-6=12 (+1)