Martin Kaymer Has Wrist Surgery To Finally End 'Years Of Struggle'

Former World No. 1 Martin Kaymer has operation on left wrist that has plagued him for years

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Paul Higham
By Paul Higham
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Martin Kaymer has revealed he’s had an operation on his troublesome left wrist in order to improve the second half of his career and hopefully play pain free.

The German was force out of the season-ending LIV Golf Team Championship in Miami last month due to the injury to his left wrist.

The 37-year-old former World No. 1 and two-time Major winner has struggled with his wrist for years – with him missing time back in 2018 with what was diagnosed as a misplaced bone in his left wrist.

After having problems on and off ever since, Kaymer has now taken the decision to go under the knife and have an operation to hopefully solve the problem once and for all.

"After years of struggle with my left wrist, I had surgery today to fix it for good and for a stronger second half of my career," Kaymer wrote in a social media  post revealing the operations.

He then added: "The uncertainty is what makes us curious, so let’s give it all we have because there is no alternative."

The German now hopes that by getting rid of his wrist problem once and for all he can find some of his best form again, which will resulted in huge paydays for him if he stays with LIV Golf.

Kaymer made the move to LIV Golf this year, and was one of the more considered players to join Greg Norman’s venture, saying that he’d take whatever consequences came his way for making the move.

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"I made my choice and I can live with anything that comes my way," Kaymer said. "I'm happy to play golf anywhere in the world. 

"I'm happy to support any tour because I believe in all the tours and in different ways. So if it comes down to this, now if I’m not allowed to play any tournaments then that's what it is."

Kaymer stayed away from the BMW PGA Championship at Wentworth in order to keep away from the friction and tense atmosphere between LIV Golf players and DP World Tour players who are still butting heads.

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Paul Higham
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Paul Higham is a sports journalist with over 20 years of experience in covering most major sporting events for both Sky Sports and BBC Sport. He is currently freelance and covers the golf majors on the BBC Sport website.  Highlights over the years include covering that epic Monday finish in the Ryder Cup at Celtic Manor and watching Rory McIlroy produce one of the most dominant Major wins at the 2011 US Open at Congressional. He also writes betting previews and still feels strangely proud of backing Danny Willett when he won the Masters in 2016 - Willett also praised his putting stroke during a media event before the Open at Hoylake. Favourite interviews he's conducted have been with McIlroy, Paul McGinley, Thomas Bjorn, Rickie Fowler and the enigma that is Victor Dubuisson. A big fan of watching any golf from any tour, sadly he spends more time writing about golf than playing these days with two young children, and as a big fair weather golfer claims playing in shorts is worth at least five shots. Being from Liverpool he loves the likes of Hoylake, Birkdale and the stretch of tracks along England's Golf Coast, but would say his favourite courses played are Kingsbarns and Portrush. 

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