Rising German star Martin Kaymer leads the BMW Open in Munich at the halfway point after a brilliant nine-under-par round of 63.Kaymer's round was just one shot short of the course record and drew praise from his playing partner Bernard Langer, Germany's greatest ever golfer.
"It's great to see we have some youngsters who can hopefully take on the torch for golf in Germany in the future.
"I told him 'you're very aggressive, but you're smart at the same time like Tiger Woods or Phil Mickelson'. He's got an old head on young shoulders.
"Going by the last two days I don't think there any limits for him if he keeps that up," said Langer.
Kaymer was pleased with his performance but admitted he wasn't sure how he managed to card such a great round.
"I'm hitting the ball really long this week. I don't know why and it was a little scary to be honest," he said
"To play in your own country with all of the support is awesome."
Kaymer's two closest contenders Branham and Delamontagne carded rounds of 68 and 66 to leave them -8 under, Delamontange having a particularly impressive round with seven birdies.
