Kaymer: Scottish Open champion
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.
Martin Kaymer
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Martin Kaymer heads to Turnberry on the back of wins at the French and Scottish Open in recent weeks, but he remains realistic about his chances of success.
The in-form German, 24, completed an eight-day double at Loch Lomond on Sunday and is now bidding to become the first player to win three consecutive European Tour titles since Seve Ballesteros in 1986.
Ballesteros captured the Irish, Monte Carlo and French Opens 23 years ago, but the 23-year-old knows it is an altogether different prospect trying to win a major.
"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," Kaymer said.
"I think if you win in the home of golf in Scotland it's always very special.
"I struggled after my first two wins (he missed the cut both times), but this week was different. I don't know why, but just my form I think. I'm playing so solid and not making any big mistakes - and my short game is good.
"I've never been to Turnberry, but my manager played there a couple of weeks ago and said it's going to be really, really difficult.
"That's always good. If you play majors they should be difficult."
Kaymer, who has now moved up to a career-high 11th in the world rankings, is yet to have a top 50 finish in a major and missed the cut at The Masters and US Open earlier this season.
