Kaymer and McIlroy at the Abu Dhabi HSBC Golf Championship earlier this year. Credit: golffile.ieUS Open champion Rory McIlroy’s reign as world No 3 was short-lived as Germany’s Martin Kaymer leapfrogged him with a fourth place finish in Paris.

The current US PGA champion finished three strokes behind home hero Thomas Levet in a thrilling Alstom Open de France at Le Golf National.