Bernhard Langer

Bernhard Langer
Personal information
Full name Bernhard Langer
Born 27 August 1957 (1957-08-27) (age 54)
Anhausen, West Germany
Height 1.74 m (5 ft 9 in)
Weight 74 kg (160 lb; 11.7 st)
Nationality  Germany
Residence Boca Raton, Florida, U.S.
Anhausen, Germany
Spouse Vikki Carol (m.1984)
Children Jackie (b.1986), Stefan (b.1990), Christina (b.1993), Jason (b.2000)
Career
Turned professional 1976
Current tour(s) Champions Tour
Former tour(s) European Tour
PGA Tour
Professional wins 84
Number of wins by tour
PGA Tour 3
European Tour 42 (2nd all time)
Japan Golf Tour 1
Champions Tour 14 (T15th all time)
European Seniors Tour 3
Other 25
Best results in Major Championships
(Wins: 2)
Masters Tournament Won: 1985, 1993
U.S. Open T4: 1987
The Open Championship 2nd/T2: 1981, 1984
PGA Championship T21: 1987
Achievements and awards
World Golf Hall of Fame 2001/2002[1][2] (member page)
Honorary Officer of the
Most Excellent Order
of the British Empire		 2006
European Tour
Order of Merit winner		 1981, 1984
European Tour
Player of the Year		 1985, 1993
Champions Tour
Rookie of the Year		 2008
Jack Nicklaus Trophy
(Champions Tour
Player of the Year)		 2008, 2009, 2010
Arnold Palmer Award
(Champions Tour
Money List Winner)		 2008, 2009, 2010
Byron Nelson Award
(Champions Tour
lowest scoring average)		 2008, 2009
Charles Schwab Cup
(Champions Tour)		 2010

Bernhard Langer (born 27 August 1957) is a German professional golfer. He is a two-time Masters champion, and was one of the world's leading golfers throughout the 1980s and 90s, being the first official number one ranked player in 1986. After turning fifty, he became one of the most successful players on the Champions Tour.

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Life and work

Langer was born in Anhausen near Augsburg, Bavaria, Germany. He turned professional in 1976 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. He was elected to the World Golf Hall of Fame in 2001 (but deferred his induction until 2002).[2] 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 regaining a place in the top hundred of the rankings three months before his fiftieth birthday. He is one of the game's most successful globetrotters, being one of only a handful of players to have won sanctioned professional tournaments on every continent on which the game is played: Europe, Asia, North and South America, Africa and Australia. 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.

Langer has battled the "yips", a term used to denote a strong tendency to flinch or twitch during putting.[3] 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, Stefan, Christina, and Jason. They maintain homes in Langer's birthplace of Anhausen and in Boca Raton, Florida. Langer is known to be a devout Christian.

In 2006, in recognition of his contribution to the sport of golf, Langer was appointed as an honorary Officer of the Most Excellent Order of the British Empire (OBE).[4]

Professional wins (84)

European Tour wins (42)

Legend
Major championships (2)
Other European Tour (40)
No. Date Tournament Winning Score Margin of
Victory		 Runner(s)-up
1 4 Oct 1980 Dunlop Masters -14 (70–65–67–68=270) 5 strokes Brian Barnes
2 2 Aug 1981 German Open -12 (67–69–64–72=272) 1 stroke Tony Jacklin
3 27 Sep 1981 Bob Hope British Classic -16 (67–65–68=200) 5 strokes Peter Oosterhuis
4 1 Aug 1982 Lufthansa German Open -9 (73–71–69–66=279) Playoff Bill Longmuir
5 1 May 1983 Italian Open -17 (67–69–67–68=271) Playoff Seve Ballesteros, Ken Brown
6 26 Jun 1983 Glasgow Golf Classic -6 (70–66–66–72=274) 1 stroke Vicente Fernández
7 18 Sep 1983 St. Mellion Timeshare TPC -11 (69–68–66–66=269) 2 strokes Paul Way
8 20 May 1984 Peugeot Open de France -18 (68–71–67–64=270) 1 stroke José Rivero
9 19 Jul 1984 KLM Dutch Open -13 (64–68–69=74=275) 4 strokes Graham Marsh
10 5 Aug 1984 Carroll's Irish Open -21 (68–66–67–66=267) 4 strokes Mark James
11 14 Oct 1984 Benson & Hedges Spanish Open -13 (73–68–72–62=275) 2 strokes Howard Clark
12 14 Apr 1985 Masters Tournament -6 (72–74–68–68=282) 2 strokes Seve Ballesteros, Raymond Floyd,
Curtis Strange
13 24 Aug 1985 Lufthansa German Open -27 (61–60–62=183) 7 strokes Michael McLean, Mark McNulty
14 1 Sep 1985 Panasonic European Open -11 (66–72–64–67=269) 3 strokes John O'Leary
15 31 Aug 1986 German Open -15 (75–65–66–67=273) Playoff Rodger Davis
16 19 Oct 1986 Lancome Trophy -14 (67–69–68–70=274) Shared Seve Ballesteros
17 25 May 1987 Whyte & Mackay PGA Championship -18 (66–69–68–67=270) 4 strokes Seve Ballesteros
18 5 Jul 1987 Carroll's Irish Open -19 (67–68–66–68=269) 10 strokes Sandy Lyle
19 8 May 1988 Epson Grand Prix of Europe 4 & 3 Mark McNulty
20 30 Apr 1989 Peugeot Spanish Open -7 (70–72–67–72=281) 3 strokes José Maria Cañizares, Paul Carrigill
21 8 Oct 1989 German Masters -12 (67–71–70–68=276) 1 stroke José María Olazábal, Payne Stewart
22 22 Apr 1990 Cepsa Madrid Open -18 (70–67–66–67=270) 1 stroke Rodger Davis
23 14 Oct 1990 Austrian Open -17 (65–66–72–68=271) Playoff Lanny Wadkins
24 21 Apr 1991 Benson & Hedges International Open -2 (73–68–75–70=286) 2 strokes Vijay Singh
25 6 Oct 1991 Mercedes German Masters -13 (68–72–67–68=275) Playoff Rodger Davis
26 26 Jul 1992 Heineken Dutch Open -11 (68–68–69–72=277) Playoff Gordon Brand Jnr
27 11 Oct 1992 Honda Open -15 (69–65–70–69=273) 3 strokes Darren Clarke
28 11 Apr 1993 Masters Tournament -11 (68–70–69–70=277) 4 strokes Chip Beck
29 31 May 1993 Volvo PGA Championship -14 (70–69–67–68=274) 6 strokes Gordon Brand Jnr, Colin Montgomerie,
Frank Nobilo
30 29 Aug 1993 Volvo German Open -19 (65–68–70–66=269) 5 strokes Robert Allenby, Peter Baker
31 3 Jul 1994 Murphy's Irish Open -13 (70–68–70–67=275) 1 stroke Robert Allenby, John Daly
32 30 Oct 1994 Volvo Masters -8 (71–62–73–70=276) 1 stroke Seve Ballesteros, Vijay Singh
33 29 May 1995 Volvo PGA Championship -9 (67–73–68–71=279) 1 stroke Michael Campbell, Per-Ulrik Johansson
34 11 Jun 1995 Deutsche Bank Open TPC of Europe -18 (67–66–68–69=270) 6 strokes Jamie Spence
35 1 Oct 1995 Smurfit European Open -8 (74–70–68–68=280) Playoff Barry Lane
36 4 May 1997 Conte Of Florence Italian Open -15 (71–69–69–64=273) 1 stroke José María Olazábal
37 11 May 1997 Benson & Hedges International Open -12 (70–66–71–69=276) 2 strokes Ian Woosnam
38 10 Aug 1997 Chemapol Trophy Czech Open -20 (70–67–64–63=264) 4 strokes Niclas Fasth, Ignacio Garrido,
Miguel Ángel Jiménez
39 5 Oct 1997 Linde German Masters -21 (68–69–60–70=267) 6 strokes Colin Montgomerie
40 29 Jul 2001 The TNT Open -15 (69–67–67–66=269) Playoff Warren Bennett
41 7 Oct 2001 Linde German Masters -22 (67–64–68–67=266) 1 stroke John Daly, Fredrik Jacobson
42 10 Nov 2002 Volvo Masters Andalucia -3 (71–71–72–67=281) Shared* Colin Montgomerie

*Langer and Montgomerie agreed to share the 2002 Volvo Masters Andalucia after failing light caused play to halt after 2 holes of a playoff.

PGA Tour wins (3)

Legend
Major championships (2)
Other PGA Tour (1)
No. Date Tournament Winning Score Margin of Victory Runner(s)-up
1 14 Apr 1985 Masters Tournament -6 (72–74–68–68=282) 2 strokes Seve Ballesteros, Raymond Floyd,
Curtis Strange
2 21 Apr 1985 Sea Pines Heritage -11 (68–66–69–70=273) Playoff Bobby Wadkins
3 11 Apr 1993 Masters Tournament -11 (68–70–69–70=277) 4 strokes Chip Beck

Other wins (26)

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.

Champions Tour wins (14)

Legend
Major championships (2)
Other Champions Tour (12)
No. Date Tournament Winning Score Margin of
Victory		 Runner(s)-up
1 14 Oct 2007 Administaff Small Business Classic -25 (62–65–64=191) 8 strokes Mark O'Meara
2 7 Mar 2008 Toshiba Classic -14 (65–65–69=199) Playoff Jay Haas
3 30 Mar 2008 Ginn Championship Hammock Beach Resort -12 (67–66–71=204) 8 strokes Lonnie Nielsen, Tim Simpson
4 19 Oct 2008 Administaff Small Business Classic -12 (68–67–69=204) 2 strokes Lonnie Nielsen
5 25 Jan 2009 Mitsubishi Electric Championship at Hualalai -18 (64–66–68=198) 1 stroke Andy Bean
6 26 Apr 2009 Liberty Mutual Legends of Golf (with Tom Lehman) -27 (61–66–62=189) Playoff Jeff Sluman and Craig Stadler
7 7 Jun 2009 Triton Financial Classic -15 (65–69–67=201) 6 strokes Mark O'Meara
8 12 Jul 2009 3M Championship -16 (67–68–65=200) 1 stroke Andy Bean
9 21 Feb 2010 Allianz Championship -17 (67–65–67=199) Playoff John Cook
10 18 Apr 2010 Outback Steakhouse Pro-Am -9 (67–66=133)* 1 stroke Mark O'Meara, Mike Reid
11 25 Jul 2010 The Senior Open Championship -5 (67–71–69–72=279) 1 stroke Corey Pavin
12 1 Aug 2010 U.S. Senior Open -8 (69–68–68–67=272) 3 strokes Fred Couples
13 29 Aug 2010 Boeing Classic -18 (66–63–69=198) 3 strokes Nick Price
14 20 Feb 2011 The ACE Group Classic -18 (64–66–66=196) 4 strokes Fred Funk

*Tournament shortened to 36 holes due to rain

European Seniors Tour (3)

Major championships

Wins (2)

Year Championship 54 Holes Winning Score Margin Runner(s)-up
1985 Masters Tournament 2 shot deficit −6 (72–74–68–68=282) 2 strokes Seve Ballesteros, Raymond Floyd,
Curtis Strange
1993 Masters Tournament (2) 4 shot lead −11 (68–70–69–70=277) 4 strokes Chip Beck

Results timeline

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 2007 2008 2009
The Masters T28 T6 T32 CUT T4 T20 CUT CUT CUT CUT
U.S. Open CUT T40 T35 T42 DNP T33 DNP DNP DNP DNP
The Open Championship T11 T3 T28 CUT DNP T5 CUT DNP DNP DNP
PGA Championship T46 CUT T23 T57 T66 T47 CUT DNP DNP DNP
Tournament 2010 2011
The Masters CUT DNP
U.S. Open DNP DNP
The Open Championship DNP CUT
PGA Championship DNP DNP

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.

Senior major championships

Wins (2)

Year Championship 54 Holes Winning Score Margin Runner(s)-up
2010 The Senior Open Championship 3 shot lead −5 (67–71–69–72=279) 1 stroke Corey Pavin
2010 U.S. Senior Open Tied for the lead −8 (69–68–68–67=272) 3 strokes Fred Couples

Senior results timeline

Results are not in chronological order before 2011.

Tournament 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011
The Tradition DNP T7 T17 T10 DNP
Senior PGA Championship DNP 2 T17 T23 DNP
The Senior Open Championship DNP 4 4 1 T12
U.S. Senior Open DNP T6 T22 1 T9
Senior Players Championship T13 T7 T5 T9 T6

DNP = Did not play
CUT = missed the halfway cut
"T" indicates a tie for a place.
Green background for a win. Yellow background for top-10.

Team appearances

See also

Notes and references

  1. ^ Langer was elected to the Hall of Fame in 2001 but deferred his induction until 2002
  2. ^ a b Profile at the World Golf Hall of Fame
  3. ^ James Wagner – Are the yips more than something in the head?
  4. ^ "Honorary OBE Awarded to Bernard Langer". Foreign and Commonwealth Office. 11 January 2006. http://www.fco.gov.uk/resources/en/press-release/2006/01/fco_npr_110106_langeraward. Retrieved 9 February 2009. 

External links

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