VIRGINIA WATER, England — World number 18 Martin Kaymer has called on the European Tour to move its flagship event, this week's BMW PGA Championship at Wentworth, to later in the season.
The course, redesigned by four-times major winner Ernie Els in recent years, is not to everyone's liking.
Henrik Stenson, Sergio Garcia, Ian Poulter and Paul Casey have all decided to skip this year's tournament while American Patrick Reed also made a late decision to pull out.
World number one Rory McIlroy is back to defend the title he won 12 months ago but Kaymer believes the PGA Championship is held too early in the season.