Martin Kaymer says what a PGA of America official told him on Tuesday ‘really motivated’ him

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*“*But I tell you, I tell you funny story. On Tuesday evening we had the champion’s dinner, and there was a gentleman sitting next to me from the PGA of America, and he asked me if I would be, if I still play. And I said, What do you mean? He said, Well, are you playing this week? And I said, Yeah, that’s why I’m here. I’m not flying from Europe to here to have a New York strip with you guys, you know, of course I’m playing. And that really motivated me.

“So it was a good start to the week. Again, I really enjoy Aronimink Golf Course, it’s fun to play and I look forward to hopefully have another three good days.“

No wonder Kaymer was so motivated to play well!

Martin Kaymer says he’s been struggling for five years

Kaymer was asked whether he feels as healthy heading into a major as he ever has before.

“For five years, yeah. I’ve been struggling since 2021,“ he admitted.

*“*And obviously I had a couple surgeries then and other issues came with it the years after. And it was quite disappointing for me that playing out there on the LIV Golf league I could never really perform, because I could never really practice, because I was always hurt.

*“*I needed to — obviously we all need to play the tournaments, and I didn’t really have enough time and enough rest in between events to rest, to have a full rest. So I always came into tournaments never prepared. The other guys were ready to play. They were playing great.

*“*To be honest, it really p––––d me off. So fortunately last four, five weeks I had great treatments, I have no pain any more. Everything is going the right direction. I can practice. It’s fun. I have a great passion for the game.

“Playing those tough golf courses and doing well executing the golf shots the right way, that is really fun.“