Like the superhero who cuts the right cable one second before the bomb explodes, Bernhard Langer arrived in time to extend the streak he has maintained since 2007, when he turned 50 and was able to access the Champions Tour. The German won the final of the great veterans circuit with a very long putt on the 18th hole that awakened the adrenaline of his great victories.
At 67 years old, Langer won the forty-seventh title in that League. Nobody has achieved more. On this occasion, for the records, he added two of the four rounds with scores lower than his age, a luck that any golfer would achieve at least once in his life. He shot 64 on Friday and 66 on Sunday. On Saturday it stayed at 67. Between below or even, there are already 23 laps in those numbers.
“To break my age twice and equal it again is very exceptional. And if I hadn’t hit the ball out of bounds on the first day on the 14th I could have achieved four. I have played incredible golf this week and I have also puttted very well” , he told reporters.
Langer’s performances on this circuit created to give opportunities to golfers who historically made the game great have earned him $42 million in prizes throughout, 15 more than Hale Irwin, the second golfer on the all-time earnings list.
“Winning never gets old. People ask me why I keep playing. Well, this is why, because I like the adrenaline. I like to go hunting and I still feel like I can win and be up there in the rankings. I just proved it once more, becoming the oldest winner [él ya ostentaba el récord]. “It’s been great,” he stressed.
The most difficult year
In February, Langer suffered a ruptured Achilles tendon playing pickleball and missed seven tournaments. Among them the Augusta Masters, the tournament he has won twice and played 40 times. He has been using a buggy on his return. On Friday, he was asked if at the time he thought he wouldn’t be able to return to the circuit. “I’m not even close to 100 percent of my ability, but I’m a golfer who can still perform.”
