Martin Kaymer out of LIV Golf League season opener with injury

In a recent development, Cleeks GC Captain Martin Kaymer will not play in this week’s LIV Golf Mayakoba as he is still recovering from wrist surgery. Reserve player Laurie Canter will replace him in the four-man squad, as reported by LIV.

Kaymer had to withdraw from LIV Golf Jeddah due to an injury to his left wrist. Since then, he has been out of action and missed out on the Miami Team Championship. He is still with his team as the non-playing captain. He then underwent surgery in mid-November.

“It’s four months now and the problem is the tissue takes a long time to heal. So I’m putting right now. Little bit of chipping here and there. But I still have pain once in a while. I have some good days and some not so good days. I guess that’s what rehab is all about," said Kaymer.

He is hopeful of hitting golf balls in a couple of weeks.

Canter participated in the final six events of last year's LIV Golf season and was one of the best performers for Cleeks at the Miami Team Championship. The 33-year-old won both his quarterfinals and semifinal singles matches. In the semifinal singles match, he defeated 4Aces GC star, Patrick Reed.

Canter will join Richard Bland, Bernd Wiesberger, and Graeme McDowell this week.

Here's the schedule for LIV Golf's 2023 season:

February 24-26 El Camaleon Golf Club Playa Del Carmen, Mexico
March 17-19 The Gallery Golf Club Tucson, Arizona
March 31-April 2 Orange County National Orlando, Florida
April 21-23 The Grange Golf Club Adelaide, Australia
April 28-30 Sentosa Golf Club Singapore
May 12-14 Cedar Ridge Country Club Broken Arrow, Oklahoma
May 26-28 Trump National Washington DC Sterling, Virginia
June 30-July 2 Real Club Valderrama Sotogrande, Spain
July 7-9 The Centurion Club London, England
August 4-6 The Old White Course White Sulpur Springs, West Virginia
August 11-13 Trump National Bedminster Bedminster, New Jersey
Sept. 22-24 Rich Harvest Farms Sugar Grove, Illinois
October 20-22 Trump National Doral Miami, Florida
November 3-5 Royal Greens & Country Club Jeddah, Saudi Arabia

Squads for LIV Golf 2023 season

LIV Golf's second season will start from the first event on Friday, February 24, at Mayakoba

Torque GC: Captain Joaquin Niemann, Mito Pereira, Sebastian Munoz, David Puig
Majesticks GC: Captains Ian Poulter and Henrik Stenson, Lee Westwood, Sam Horsfield
Smash GC: Captain Brooks Koepka, Chase Koepka, Matt Wolff, Jason Kokrak
4 Aces GC: Captain Dustin Johnson, Patrick Reed, Pat Perez, Peter Uihlein
Fire Balls GC: Captain Sergio Garcia, Abe Ancer, Carlos Ortiz, Eugenio Chacarra
Cleeks GC: Captain Martin Kaymer, Bernd Wiesberger, Richard Bland, Graeme McDowell
Crushers GC: Captain Bryson DeChambeau, Paul Casey, Anirban Lahiri, Charles Howell III
Stinger GC: Captain Louis Oosthuizen, Branden Grace, Dean Burmester, Charl Schwartzel
HY Flyers GC: Captain Phil Mickelson, James Piot, Brendan Steele, and Cam Tringale
Iron Heads GC: Captain Kevin Na, Scott Vincent, Danny Lee, Sihwan Kim
RangeGoats GC: Captain Bubba Watson, Talor Gooch, Thomas Pieters, Harold Varner III
Ripper GC: Captain Cameron Smith, Marc Leishman, Matt Jones, Jed Morgan