January 2022 Ohio Golf Journal

The Long & Illustrious Career of Bernhard Langer One of the most amazing stories in golf that no one seems to talk about is the long and illustrious career of Bernhard Langer. In 2021, the ageless German won the Charles Schwab Cup for the sixth time at the age of 64. Since 2010 he has either won or finished runnerup in nine of the last 11 Charles Schwab Cup races. Over the past two years, he played in all 39 PGA Tour Champions events and never missed one cut. Along the way he garnered two wins and collected 24 top tens. 24! He finished inside the top ten in over 60% of the events he entered on the Champions Tour in 2020-21! While 20 and 30 somethings complain about the travel and playing in more than three consecutive events, Langer has only missed one PGA Tour Champions event in the last 11 years. That’s right, I said 11 years, which is a total of 292 tournaments out of a possible 293. Did I mention that he battled By Fred Altvater Ohio Golf Journal

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