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Bernhard Langer
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Bernhard Langer is one of the best-known - certainly the most consistent and resilient - golf professionals playing today. He has hovered in the upper echelons of the game for over 20 years, and since 1980, he has only once been outside the top 30 in the Volvo Order of Merit. His fascinating story is one of conquering adversity. Despite growing up in a country where golf is a minority sport, he rose to become World Number One. Within that rise he has ... famously struggled to overcome 'yips' - putting problems that dogged his career. A devout Christian, he formed and help runs The European Tour Bible Class and is respected throughout the sport for his faith and integrity.
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Bernhard Langer's ability to turn adversity into triumph has never been in question. Time and time again, the 45 year old German (46 on Aug 27) has silenced his detractors by displaying the courage and nerve which have characterised his play over four decades during which time he has won 66 tournaments worldwide including 42 on The European Tour International Schedule.
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Bernhard Langer joins Seve Ballesteros, Nick Faldo, Sandy Lyle and Ian Woosnam in the so-called "Big Five" of professional golf. All of these talented players were born within 12 months of one another, all have won at least one Major, and all have experienced victories as part of the European Ryder Cup team. Langer won the Masters twice (1985 and 1993) and was captain of the victorious European Ryder Cup team at Oakland Hills in 2004. In 1986, the 49-year old was the first number one in the brand new world golf rankings, and the first German player to win international recognition.
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One day after setting the course record at Augusta Pines, Bernhard Langer established a new 36-hole Administaff Small Business Classic tournament record of 17-under par 127. Langer’s score is ... the lowest 36-hole total on the Champions Tour this year, surpassing Hale Irwin’s 16-under 128 total at the season-opening MasterCard Championship at Hualalai.
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[I]t proved, as, in 1985, Langer held off the challenge of Ballesteros, American’s Ray Floyd and Curtis Strange, to win his first Green Jacket by two shots and become the first German Major winner. Some eight years later, in 1993, he recovered from the ‘yips’ once more to register another Augusta National triumph, beating America’s Chip Beck by four shots.
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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.
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