Bernhard Langer

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The cover of Bernhard Langer's autobiography (2002).
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The cover of Bernhard Langer's autobiography (2002).

Bernhard Langer or Bernard Langer (born August 27, 1957) is a German professional golfer.

Langer was born in Anhausen near Augsburg, Bavaria, Germany. He turned professional in 1972 and has won many events in Europe and the United States, among them The Masters in 1985 and 1993. He was the inaugural World Number 1 when the Official World Golf Rankings were introduced in 1986, and he became a member of the World Golf Hall of Fame in 2001. He ranks second in career wins on the European Tour, with forty and has also played regularly on the U.S. based PGA Tour, especially in the late 1980s and since 2000. He has shown great durability, finishing in a tie for fifth at The Open Championship the month before his forty-eighth birthday and holding a place in the top hundred of the rankings until he was almost forty-nine. He played on 10 Ryder Cup teams (1981, 1983, 1985, 1987, 1989, 1991, 1993, 1995, 1997, 2002) and was non-playing captain of the victorious European team in 2004.

Through much of his career, Langer has battled the "yips", a term used to denote a strong tendency to flinch or twitch during putting. He has changed his grip on the putter numerous times in an attempt to cure this problem; while he has been mostly successful, this tendency has colored his career. Langer is remembered nearly as much for one particular missed putt as he is for his titles. In the 1991 Ryder Cup, Langer missed a five-foot putt that would have tied the Ryder Cup and allowed the European team to retain the trophy.

Langer has been married to his American wife Vikki Carol since 1984. They have four children: Jackie (b. 1986), Stefan (b. 1990), Christina (b. 1993), and Jason (b. 2000). They maintain homes in Langer's birthplace of Anhausen and in Boca Raton, Florida.

Langer is known to be a devout Christian.

Contents

[edit] European Tour wins

[edit] PGA Tour wins

The Masters did not count as a European Tour event until 1997.

[edit] Other wins

  • 1974 German National Open Championship (as an amateur)
  • 1975 German National Open Championship
  • 1977 German National Open Championship
  • 1979 German National Open Championship, Cacharel Under-25s Championship (by 17 strokes)
  • 1980 Colombian Open
  • 1983 Casio World Open (Japan), Johnnie Walker Tournament
  • 1984 German National Open Championship
  • 1985 Australian Masters, German National Open Championship
  • 1986 German National Open Championship, Million Dollar Challenge (South Africa)
  • 1987 German National Open Championship
  • 1988 German National Open Championship
  • 1989 German National Open Championship
  • 1990 German National Open Championship
  • 1991 German National Open Championship, Hong Kong Open, Sun City Million Dollar Challenge (South Africa)
  • 1992 German National Open Championship
  • 1996 Alfred Dunhill Masters (Hong Kong)
  • 1997 Argentinian Masters
  • 2005 Father/Son Challenge (with son Stefan)
  • 2006 Father/Son Challenge (with son Stefan), WGC-World Cup (with Marcel Siem)

Note: the German National Open Championship is a different event from the German Open listed five times in the European Tour wins section. That event was open to all comers, German and non-German. The German National Open Championship is "open" to German golfers whether they are amateur or professional.

[edit] Results in major championships

Tournament 1976 1977 1978 1979
The Masters DNP DNP DNP DNP
U.S. Open DNP DNP DNP DNP
The Open Championship CUT DNP CUT DNP
PGA Championship DNP DNP DNP DNP
Tournament 1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989
The Masters DNP DNP CUT DNP T31 1 T16 T7 T9 T26
U.S. Open DNP DNP CUT DNP DNP CUT T8 T4 CUT T59
The Open Championship T51 2 T13 T56 T2 T3 T3 T17 69 80
PGA Championship DNP DNP DNP DNP DNP T32 CUT T21 CUT T61
Tournament 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999
The Masters T7 T32 T31 1 T25 T31 T36 T7 T39 T11
U.S. Open CUT CUT T23 CUT T23 T36 DQ CUT CUT DNP
The Open Championship T48 T9 T59 3 T60 T24 WD T38 CUT T18
PGA Championship CUT CUT T40 CUT T25 DNP 76 T23 DNP T61
Tournament 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006
The Masters T28 T6 T32 CUT T4 T20 CUT
U.S. Open CUT T40 T35 T42 DNP T33 DNP
The Open Championship T11 T3 T28 CUT DNP T5 CUT
PGA Championship T46 CUT T23 T57 T66 T47 CUT

DNP = Did not play
WD = Withdrew
DQ = Disqualified
CUT = missed the half way cut
"T" indicates a tie for a place.
Green background for wins. Yellow background for top-10.

[edit] See also

[edit] External links


Official World Golf Rankings | World No. 1's in Men's Golf
Severiano Ballesteros | Fred Couples | David Duval | Ernie Els | Nick Faldo | Bernhard Langer | Tom Lehman | Greg Norman | Nick Price | Vijay Singh | Tiger Woods | Ian Woosnam
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