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October 10th 2010, Fife, Scotland: Golf's newest Major Champion Martin Kaymer became the first player to win three times in a row on The European Tour since Tiger Woods four years ago.

In bitterly cold and windy conditions at St Andrews the 25 year old German added the Alfred Dunhill Links Championship title to the US PGA Championship he took in a play-off in August and the KLM Open he ran away with in the Netherlands last month.

But Lee Westwood could not make it a day of double celebration for Europe's Ryder Cup heroes.

Westwood needed a top-two finish to replace Woods as World Number One, but struggling again with his leg injury he fell back from fifth to 11th with a 73.

However, the 37 year old is pulling out of this coming week's Portugal Masters - and that makes it certain he will topple Woods at the end of this month.

For Kaymer, now up to World Number Four and almost €1,000,000 clear of Graeme McDowell at the top of The Race to Dubai, it completed a dream week.

Six days after achieving another victory on his Ryder Cup debut at The Celtic Manor Resort he produced a superb six under par 66 to beat English pair Danny Willett and John Parry - Walker Cup team-mates three years ago - by three and four shots respectively.

Vicar's son Willett threatened to spring an upset when he sank a 50 foot eagle putt from off the green at the long 14th to go into the joint lead.

But Kaymer wasted no time regaining the lead from the 23 year old. He followed him in from 25 feet for birdie, then made his own outrageous 40 footer from left of the 17th green.

And although his final drive finished on Granny Clark's Wynd, the road crossing the fairway, he hit his second off the tarmac to six feet and made it for yet another birdie.

Kaymer took the €580,046 first prize with a 17 under par aggregate of 271. It was his fourth win of the season - and the last person to do that in Europe was also Woods in 2006.

"To make a four at the 17th feels like a birdie, so I don't know how I managed a three," he said. "I just tried to focus on the putt."

And as for playing off the road he added: "I was just trying to get it beyond the flag."

“It was always one of my dreams to win here at St Andrews,” said Kaymer. “I can still remember my first day I came out here when I was an amateur and walking down the first hole, walking over the bridge, all of those things, they felt very special to me.”

“Three days ago, I talked to my dad on the phone, and we talked about the British Open that I have to do something, or that I have to finish this year better than I did at the British Open this year. So it was very, very special for me to win here today, in the Home of Golf, and the way I played with my partner together, has been a fantastic week.”