More Information About Bernhard Langer
| Bernhard Langer |
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| Personal information |
| Full name |
Bernhard Langer |
| Born |
27 August 1957 (1957-08-27) (age 52)
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 |
79 |
| Number of wins by tour |
| PGA Tour |
3 |
| European Tour |
42 (2nd all time) |
| Champions Tour |
9 |
| European Seniors Tour |
1 |
| Other |
26 |
Best results in Major Championships
(Wins: 2) |
| The Masters |
Won: 1985, 1993 |
| U.S. Open |
T4: 1987 |
| Open Championship |
2nd/T2: 1981, 1984 |
| PGA Championship |
T21: 1987 |
| Achievements and awards |
| World Golf Hall of Fame |
2001 (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 |
Jack Nicklaus Trophy
(Champions Tour) |
2008, 2009 |
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.
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 [1]. 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).[2]
Professional wins (79)
European Tour wins (42)
| Legend |
| Major Championships (2) |
| Other European Tour (40) |
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| 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 |
The Masters |
-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) |
Playoff |
Seve Ballesteros |
| 17 |
25 May 1987 |
Whyte & Mackay PGA Championship |
-18 (66-69-68-67=270) |
4 strokes |
Seve Ballesteros |
| 18 |
5 Jul 1986 |
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 |
The Masters |
-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) |
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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 (9)
European Seniors Tour (1)
Major championships
Wins (2)
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.
Champions Tour major results
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
- 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
See also
References
External links
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World Number ones since 1986 |
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*Tiger Woods (USA) is the current World No. 1, and has spent the most weeks in that position, currently over 580.
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