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Kaymer wants European PGA Championship moved

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Martin Kaymer has won the US Open and US PGA Championships, but the German golfer is seeking his first European PGA title at Wentworth (AFP Photo/Sam Greenwood)

Wentworth (United Kingdom) (AFP) - Two-time major winner Martin Kaymer has urged the European Tour to consider moving their showpiece event to later in the summer.

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The European PGA Championship gets under way at Wentworth on Thursday and the German thinks it is too early in the season and players do not see the best of the course.

Kaymer, US PGA Champion in 2010 and US Open winner last season, and world number one Rory McIlroy will be on parade but several of Europe's big names have chosen to stay away.