Martin Kaymer

40-Year-Old Golfer

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Kaymer hasn’t found much individual success since joining the LIV Golf league as the Cleeks GC captain in 2022, though was able to avoid relegation by finishing 40th in the individual season standings, thanks in large part to his lone top-10 finish which was a T9 in Houston. However, Kaymer did manage to capture his first team trophy, as Cleeks GC claimed victory at LIV Golf Houston. The two-time major champion gained exemption into the PGA Championship and U.S. Championship thanks to his victories in 2010 and 2014, respectively, and he managed to make the cut in both events in 2024 (T73 and T64). Kaymer finished near the bottom of the LIV Golf league in GIR and driving distance, though he did manage to finish 20th in driving accuracy. He'll be in the PGA Championship for life, but his U.S. Open eligibility has expired going into 2025. Read Past Outlooks

Handedness Right

Status Pro

Height 6'0"

Weight 163 lbs

DOB 12/28/1984

Birthplace Düsseldorf, Germany

Country Germany

Debut 1/1/2005

Tied for eighth at LIV Virginia

June 8, 2025

Kaymer finished tied with Jon Rahm for eighth at LIV Golf Virginia after carding a one-under 70 in the final round.

ANALYSIS
Kaymer was nine-under through the first two rounds of the tournament and entered Championship Sunday two strokes behind Anirban Lahiri for the clubhouse lead. Kaymer was two-under through the first five holes after scoring an eagle on the par-5 fifth, but he fell out of contention with a bogey on hole eight and a double bogey on the 10th. He managed to steady himself with birdies on holes 11 and 13, and his T8 in Virginia is his best finish since joining the LIV Golf league in 2022. He has finished T44 or worse in five of eight LIV Golf tournaments this year, but he also has two top-10 finishes and sits 33rd in the individual season standings with 20.50 points. Kaymer will be in the field for LIV Golf Dallas on June 27.

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Kaymer will play in the PGA and U.S. Open as a past champion of each major.

Kaymer played only two PGA Tour events - the oppo Barracuda to prepare for the PGA Championship the following week. He missed both cuts. He's also out of the top-100 OWGR, so it's hard to tell how many events he'll be able to get into or will want to get into. As a former champ, he's eligible for the PGA but no other major.

The former World No. 1 continued his downward spiral in the 2018-19 season. In 14 starts on the PGA Tour, Kaymer's lone top-25 was a third place showing at the Memorial Tournament. He ranked 66th in SG: Tee-to-green, but 142nd in SG: Putting last season. One would think Kaymer could find a way to have a better season than last year, but the risk is how many starts he actually makes on the PGA Tour next season. It's best to avoid him.

Kaymer's first four months last season were a lot like his previous few years -- nothing special. What followed however was something special indeed. Kaymer won the PLAYERS Championship in early May, but he wasn't done. A month later he destroyed the field at the U.S. Open and claimed his second major. He didn't accomplish much outside those two events, but heck, winning the PLAYERS and the U.S. Open is an entire career for some players. The problem of course is that Kaymer cashed two humongous checks and he's unlikely to duplicate that effort this year. As such, he doesn't have much upside in a salary cap league. In draft leagues he should go somewhere in the second round.

Much was expected of Kaymer after capturing his first major at the PGA Championship a few years ago, but if anything, he's regressed over the past couple years. Kaymer certainly has enough talent to obliterate his 2013 number, but until he shows more consistency over the course of an entire PGA Tour season, he's probably not worth the pick. Kaymer does have value in draft formats though. He should go in the 80-90 range.

Kaymer is biting the bullet this year and joining the PGA TOUR full time. Once upon a time, only a handful of European players were on the PGA TOUR full time and those that were here had a difficult time adjusting. But with so many Euro's on the PGA TOUR now, that adjustment isn't as difficult. That should help Kaymer even though he probably doesn't need it.

A quick look at his earnings from last season and you have to wonder how it fell apart for Kaymer so quickly. A closer look reveals that his WGC Match-play runner-up finish and his WGC HSBC victory are not factored into that number. Those two showing alone are worth about $2 million, so not only was last year better than it looked, it might have been better than the year before when he won the PGA Championship. Kaymer is the real deal, and though his schedule is light, he should still be considered early in your draft.

Kaymer's PGA Tour earnings as a non-member are due almost entirely to his win at the 2010 PGA Championship. While Kaymer is certainly a fine player, his best play is generally reserved for overseas and the chances of a repeat of 2010 in the States is highly unlikely.

Kaymer's been highly touted as one of the top European players, but we've yet to see it on the PGA TOUR. He did show improvement last season, most notably in his final three events of the season, so there's hope for Kaymer in 2010, but there's still not quite enough evidence that a breakout is coming. Kaymer moved from 25th to finish 13th in the final 2009 Official World Golf Rankings.

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Tied for 10th in Hong Kong

March 9, 2025

Kaymer carded a cumulative score of 10-under at LIV Golf Hong Kong to finish tied with Patrick Reed for 10th.