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Bernhard Langer
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| Personal Information |
| Birth |
August 27, 1957 (1957-08-27) (age 50)
Anhausen, West Germany |
| Height |
5 ft 9 in (1.75 m) |
| Weight |
155 lb (70 kg) |
| Nationality |
 Germany |
| Residence |
Boca Raton, Florida, U.S.
Anhausen, Germany |
| College |
None |
| Career |
| Turned Pro |
1972 |
| Current tour |
PGA Tour
European Tour
Champions Tour |
| Professional wins |
72 (European Tour: 40, PGA Tour: 3, Other: 26, Champions Tour: 3) |
Best Results in Major Championships
Wins: 2 |
| Masters |
Won 1985, 1993 |
| U.S. Open |
T4: 1987 |
| British Open |
2nd/T2: 1981, 1984 |
| PGA Championship |
T21: 1987 |
| Awards |
| European Tour Order of Merit Winner |
1981, 1984 |
Bernhard Langer (born August 27, 1957) is a German professional golfer.
[edit] 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, 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 regaining a place in the top hundred of the rankings three months before his fiftieth birthday. 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, 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.
[edit] Professional wins (72)
[edit] European Tour wins (40)
- 1980 (1) Dunlop Masters
- 1981 (2) German Open, Bob Hope British Classic
- 1982 (1) Lufthansa German Open
- 1983 (3) Italian Open, Glasgow Golf Classic, St. Mellion Timeshare TPC
- 1984 (4) Peugeot Open de France, KLM Dutch Open, Carroll's Irish Open, Benson & Hedges Spanish Open
- 1985 (2) Lufthansa German Open, Panasonic European Open
- 1986 (2) German Open, Lancome Trophy
- 1987 (2) Whyte & Mackay PGA Championship, Carroll's Irish Open
- 1988 (1) Epson Grand Prix of Europe
- 1989 (2) Peugeot Spanish Open, German Masters
- 1990 (2) Cepsa Madrid Open, Austrian Open
- 1991 (2) Benson & Hedges International Open, Mercedes German Masters
- 1992 (2) Heineken Dutch Open, Honda Open
- 1993 (2) Volvo PGA Championship, Volvo German Open
- 1994 (2) Murphy's Irish Open, Volvo Masters
- 1995 (3) Volvo PGA Championship, Deutsche Bank Open TPC of Europe, Smurfit European Open
- 1997 (4) Conte Of Florence Italian Open, Benson & Hedges International Open, Chemapol Trophy Czech Open, Linde German Masters
- 2001 (2) The TNT Open, Linde German Masters
- 2002 (1) Volvo Masters (shared with Colin Montgomerie)
[edit] PGA Tour wins (3)
The Masters did not count as a European Tour event until 1997.
[edit] 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.
[edit] Champions Tour wins (3)
[edit] Major Championships
[edit] Wins (2)
[edit] Results timeline
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] Team appearances
- Ryder Cup: 1981, 1983, 1985 (winners), 1987 (winners), 1989 (tied - retained trophy), 1991, 1993, 1995 (winners), 1997 (winners), 2002 (winners), 2004 (non-playing captain - winners)
- World Cup (representing Germany): 1976, 1977, 1978, 1979, 1980, 1990 (winners), 1991, 1992, 1993 (individual winner), 1994, 1995, 1996, 2006 (winners)
- Alfred Dunhill Cup: 1992, 1994, 2000
- Four Tours World Championship: 1985 (captain), 1986 (captain), 1987 (captain), 1989 (captain), 1990
- Hennessy Cognac Cup: 1976, 1978, 1980, 1982 (captain)
- Seve Trophy: 2000 (winners)
- UBS Cup: 2001, 2002
[edit] See also
[edit] External links
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