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Tiger Woods' reign atop the world golf rankings lasted five years. It took less than three months to knock him off the No. 2 spot.
Martin Kaymer, the 2010 PGA Championship winner who also won last year's European money title, blistered the field at the Abu Dhabi HSBC Golf Championship to win by 8 shots Sunday.
Kaymer needed only to finish seventh to displace Woods as the second-ranked player in the world.
Kaymer closed with a 6-under-par 66 to finish at 24-under 264. It's his third Abu Dhabi title in four years.
"It's quite nice to overtake somebody who is probably the best player in the world, perhaps the best player that ever lived," Kaymer said. "To be in front of him for a little bit -- we'll see how long it takes him to overtake me again -- but you know, it makes me very proud to be better in the world rankings than the best player in the world."
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