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Kaymer older, wiser upon return to Whistling Straits

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Germany's Martin Kaymer plays off the third tee during the second round of the 2015 French Golf Open on July 4, 2015 at Le Golf National in Guyancourt, near Paris

Kohler (United States) (AFP) - The shock that Martin Kaymer felt as he hoisted his first major trophy at the PGA Championship at Whistling Straits five years ago heralded a tough adjustment to a new status as a sports star.

Kaymer, then 25, outlasted Bubba Watson in a three-hole aggregate playoff to become the first German after Bernhard Langer to win one of golf's four major titles.