Montgomerie faces Cup selection poser after Kaymer's win

But it is the absence of other stars that is looming as a real headache for Ryder Cup captain Colin Montgomerie.

Kaymer's US PGA Championship triumph secured a debut for him, but it also knocked Luke Donald out of an automatic spot.

Justin Rose and Padraig Harrington have not made it into the top nine either after missing the cut at Whistling Straits, and while Paul Casey did climb into the last qualifying spot he – like the others – has decided not to play in Scotland and could be knocked out.

Montgomerie has only three wild cards to hand out and, as everybody knows, four into three does not go.

Now that Rose could not make the top nine even by going and winning both this week in the Czech Open and then at Gleneagles, the focus of attention will be on Casey, Harrington and Donald.

They all want to play in the money-spinning FedEx Cup play-offs in America as well, and although the first of them is next week it does not count for Ryder Cup points, something that Donald discovered only a few days ago and Harrington remembered late on.

Twenty-five-year-old German Kaymer is thrilled that he ended the major season on such a high to join US Open champion Graeme McDowell in Montgomerie's side.

Kaymer took advantage of the cruel misfortune which befell American Dustin Johnson – who was leading before suffering a two-shot bunker penalty – by beating Bubba Watson in a three-hole play-off.

THE YORKSHIRE Inter-Union League championship is a battle between reigning champions East Riding and Bradford and will be decided when they meet in the final round of fixtures at Cleckheaton on September 5.

East Riding lead Bradford by one point.