Martin Kaymer

41-Year-Old Golfer

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The Cleeks GC captain showed minor improvement in 2025, finishing 37th in the LIV Golf individual season standings compared to 40th in 2024. He failed to accrue points in nine of 13 LIV Golf tournaments (including six of the first seven events of the season), but balanced that out somewhat with two top-10 finishes. Kaymer failed to make the cut at the PGA Championship in 2025, and that will likely be the only major he enters in 2026 given his exemption thanks to his victory in 2010 (his exemption into the U.S. Open after winning in 2014 expired). Read Past Outlooks

Handedness Right

Status Pro

Height 6'0"

Weight 165 lbs

DOB 12/28/1984

Birthplace Düsseldorf, Germany

Country Germany

Debut 1/1/2005

Inconsistent at PGA Championship

May 17, 2026

Kaymer registered a one-over cumulative score at the PGA Championship to finish tied for 35th.

ANALYSIS
It was an up-and-down performance for the 2010 PGA Champion, who finished with a 67-75-66-73 scorecard at Aronimink Golf Club. Kaymer finished the tournament eighth in SG: Approach, T16 in birdies and top-30 in both driving accuracy and SG: Putting, though he also ranked 67th and 72nd in SG: Around-the-Green and Off-the-Tee, respectively. He'll return to the breakaway tour and tee off at LIV Golf Korea on May 28.

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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.

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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T11 at LIV Golf UK

July 27, 2025

Kaymer finished LIV Golf UK in a seven-way tie for 11th after carding a four-under 67 in the final round.