Martin Kaymer revealed he sought the advice of Ernie Els in regards of his career after the second round at the 2021 Omega Dubai Desert Classic.
Kaymer has not tasted victory since the second of his Major Championship victories at the U.S. Open in 2014 but moved into contention at Emirates Golf Club following a solid 70 on Friday to sit three shots behind clubhouse leader Robert MacIntyre.
The German has regularly spoken about his journey and the changes he has made to develop his all-round game and he opened up once again after mixing three birdies and one dropped shot in his second round.
And Kaymer admitted he picked the mind of four time Major Champion Els, who has 28 European Tour wins to his name, for his thoughts.
"My putting has been really good over the last couple of days," Kaymer said.
"Yesterday I saved my score a lot, ball-striking hasn't really been like me so I needed to have something in my game that saved the rounds and yesterday was putting and today was more solid but I would say my short game has been quite sharp.
"Finding a balance in your life, the life that we live can be really complicated and because of so many options.
"You need to stick to one decision and really focus on that thing and sometimes you can get sidetracked a little bit, you can play here and you can play there, and then the practice suffers a little bit and the little sharpness in all departments suffers a little bit.
"I talked to Ernie about it today and I asked him if he was in my position being 36 years old what would he recommend to me?
"He just said sharpen up all parts of the game a little bit that even if you don't have a great week and you still finish in the top 15-20, that sharpness of those little parts of the game (remains).
"That is difficult when you are playing all around the world and that sidetracked me a little bit. So I need to work a little bit, but I enjoy the work."
