Germany’s Bernhard Langer has decided this April will mark his last time competing at the Masters.
Langer, 66, won green jackets in 1985 and 1993, the only two major titles of his World Golf Hall of Fame career. Langer has gone on to win 12 senior major championships.
“It’s going to be my last Masters this year, I’ve already decided on that,” Langer told Golf Channel in an interview that aired Wednesday night. “And it probably will be my last U.S. Open, too, unless some miracle happens.”
Langer has played the Masters every year since 1984 except 2011, when he was recovering from thumb surgery. He stormed back from four strokes down to pass Seve Ballesteros, Curtis Strange and Raymond Floyd at the 1985 Masters, and in 1993 he won by four.
In November 2020, a 63-year-old Langer became the oldest player to make the cut in Masters history. He finished inside the top 10 as recently as 2014, when he tied for eighth at age 56.
“I’m going to be hitting 3-irons and 2-hybrids when the guys are hitting 9-irons into the green, and that’s tough to compete against,” Langer said. “But it’s a challenge, and I usually don’t shy away from challenges.”
–Field Level Media