Kaymer: Donald a deserving number oneMartin Kaymer admitted Luke Donald will be difficult to catch at the top of the world rankings. The Englishman's position is not under threat despite missing this weekend's HSBC Champions as well as the next two events as he awaits the birth of his second child.
Kaymer himself became world number one for the first time early in 2011 but after a quiet summer is now back up to fourth following his success in Shanghai on Sunday.
But the German paid tribute to Donald, who beat him in the final of the WGC World Match Play in the spring and whose consistency has earned him top spot.
"Obviously Luke is a very nice guy and he deserves to be number one in the world," Kaymer told www.europeantour.com.
"He deserves to be number one in Europe. It will be difficult (to catch him), but that is what the sport is about, to challenge yourself, challenge the other players that you play with week in, week out, and of course I will try to give him a hard time.
"We'll see. It's not easy to get him away from the number one spot."
Graeme McDowell, who finished third in Shanghai with a round of 67, heaped praise on Kaymer, who was winning for the ninth time on the European Tour.
"If Martin Kaymer had not skipped the last couple of holes, we might all have had a chance. He's an unbelievable frontrunner when he gets a sniff of a win," said McDowell.
"He's pretty prolific and very clinical when it comes to finishing. Hats off to him as he's a classy player and was impossible to catch out there today."
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