The defending champion won’t be around for the weekend at the PGA Championship.
Martin Kaymer, the third-ranked player in the world, shot a second-round 73 Friday at Atlanta Athletic Club to finish at 5-over 145. The cut fell at 4 over par.
“It was a frustrating tournament,” he said, “because nothing went my way.”
Kaymer, who won last year’s PGA in a playoff at Whistling Straits, finishes a disappointing season in the majors: MC (Masters), T-39 (US Open), T-12 (British Open) and now another early departure at the PGA.
Kaymer, 26, became World No. 1 when he reached the finals of the WGC-Accenture Match Play Championship in February, but has since fallen to third. His lone worldwide victory this season came in January, at the European Tour’s Abu Dhabi Championship.
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