Martin Kaymer FORCED OUT of LIV Golf League opening event in Mexico

Former World No.1 Martin Kaymer has been forced to withdraw from the opening event of the LIV Golf League season in Mexico.

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Wed, 22 Feb 2023
Martin Kaymer FORCED OUT of LIV Golf League opening event in Mexico

German Martin Kaymer has been forced to withdraw from the opening LIV Golf League event in Mexico through injury. 

The injury blow was confirmed via an official post from the Cleeks GC social media page. 

Kaymer has been replaced by England's Laurie Canter. It is unknown what injury Kaymer is struggling with. 

The former World No.1 last played in a LIV Golf event in October 2022 at their invitational in Bangkok. 

The 38-year-old was also forced to miss out in LIV's $25m event in Jeddah, won by Brooks Koepka, and the $50m team championship at Trump National Doral in Miami.

Kaymer has previously spoken of wrist issues. 

The news of Kaymer's late withdrawal comes as:

Kaymer has not fared well on the course with LIV Golf. His best result came when he finished T-11 in Bedminster, New Jersey.

The German is not the only LIV player to have suffered an injury setback.

Just this week, Hudson Swafford confirmed he was having surgery that would result in him likely being out of action for six months

"I made a decision"

In December, Kaymer explained his decision to join LIV Golf by saying he 'needed something new'. 

He has accepted whatever happens, though. 

He told BBC Radio 5 Live:

"I think the majors and the Ryder Cup, they should be open for everyone, they should be the best players in the world – they should play in those events.
"If the European Tour and the PGA Tour want to limit to their people that's fine with me, because I made a decision to play LIV Golf and that's it.
"The people, the fans they want to see the best players in the world. They want to see Dustin Johnson and those guys and that is what those tournaments are made for - to see the best players in the world."

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