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Bernhard Langer (born August 27, 1957 in Anhausen
near Augsburg, Bavaria, Germany) is a professional
German golfer.

==Career outline==
Langer turned professional in 1972 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 was non-playing captain of the victorious
European Ryder Cup team in 2004 Ryder Cup|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. 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 United
States|American wife Vikki Carol since 1984. They
have four children: Jackie (b. 1986), Stefan (b.
1990), Christina (b. 1993), and Jason (b. 2000).
They maintain homes in Langer's birthplace of
Anhausen and in Boca Raton, Florida.

Langer is known to be a List of Born-again
Christian Laypeople|devout Christian.

==European Tour wins==
*1980 Dunlop Masters
*1981 German Open, Bob Hope British Classic 
*1982 Lufthansa German Open 
*1983 Italian Open, Glasgow Golf Classic, St.
Mellion Timeshare TPC 
*1984 Peugeot Open de France, KLM Dutch Open,
Carroll's Irish Open, Benson & Hedges Spanish Open
*1985 Lufthansa German Open, Panasonic European
Open 
*1986 German Open, Lancome Trophy  
*1987 Whyte & Mackay PGA Championship, Carroll's
Irish Open 
*1988 Epson Grand Prix of Europe 
*1989 Peugeot Spanish Open, German Masters
*1990 Cepsa Madrid Open, Austrian Open
*1991 Benson & Hedges International Open, Mercedes
German Masters 
*1992 Heineken Dutch Open, Honda Open
*1993 Volvo PGA Championship, Volvo German Open 
*1994 Murphy's Irish Open, Volvo Masters 
*1995 Volvo PGA Championship, Deutsche Bank Open
TPC of Europe, Smurfit European Open 
*1997 Conte Of Florence Italian Open, Benson &
Hedges International Open, Chemapol Trophy Czech
Open, Linde German Masters 
*2001 The TNT Open, Linde German Masters
*2002 Volvo Masters (shared with Colin
Montgomerie)

==PGA Tour wins==
*1985 Masters Tournament,  Sea Pines Heritage  
*1993 Masters Tournament

The Masters did not count as a European Tour event
until 1997.

==Other wins==
*1974 German National Open Championship (as an
amateur)
*1975 German National Open Championship
*1977 German National Open Championship
*1979 German National Open Championship, Cacharel
Under-25s Championship (by 17 strokes)
*1980 Colombian Open
*1983 Casio World Open (Japan), Johnnie Walker
Tournament
*1984 German National Open Championship
*1985 Australian Masters, German National Open
Championship
*1986 German National Open Championship, Million
Dollar Challenge (South Africa)
*1987 German National Open Championship
*1988 German National Open Championship
*1989 German National Open Championship
*1990 German National Open Championship
*1991 German National Open Championship, Hong Kong
Open, Sun City Million Dollar Challenge (South
Africa)
*1992 German National Open Championship
*1996 Alfred Dunhill Masters (Hong Kong)
*1997 Argentinian Masters
==Results in major championships==
{| cellpadding="3" cellspacing="0" border="1"
style="font-size: 95%; border: #aaa solid 1px;
border-collapse: collapse;"
|- bgcolor="#eeeeee"
! Tournament !! 1976 !! 1977 !! 1978 !! 1979 
|-
|Masters Tournament
|align="center"|DNP
|align="center"|DNP
|align="center"|DNP
|align="center"|DNP

|-
|U.S. Open (golf)|U.S. Open
|align="center"|DNP
|align="center"|DNP
|align="center"|DNP
|align="center"|DNP

|-
|The Open Championship
|align="center"|CUT
|align="center"|DNP
|align="center"|CUT
|align="center"|DNP

|-
|PGA Championship
|align="center"|DNP
|align="center"|DNP
|align="center"|DNP
|align="center"|DNP
|}

{| cellpadding="3" cellspacing="0" border="1"
style="font-size: 95%; border: #aaa solid 1px;
border-collapse: collapse;"
|- bgcolor="#eeeeee"
! Tournament !!1980 !! 1981 !! 1982 !! 1983 !!
1984 !! 1985 !! 1986 !! 1987 !! 1988 !! 1989 
|-
|Masters Tournament
|align="center"|DNP
|align="center"|DNP
|align="center"|CUT
|align="center"|DNP
|align="center"|T31
|align="center"|1
|align="center"|T16
|align="center"|T7
|align="center"|T9
|align="center"|T26

|-
|U.S. Open (golf)|U.S. Open
|align="center"|DNP
|align="center"|DNP
|align="center"|CUT
|align="center"|DNP
|align="center"|DNP
|align="center"|CUT
|align="center"|T8
|align="center"|T4
|align="center"|CUT
|align="center"|T59

|-
|The Open Championship
|align="center"|T51
|align="center"|2
|align="center"|T13
|align="center"|T56
|align="center"|T2
|align="center"|T3
|align="center"|T3
|align="center"|T17
|align="center"|70
|align="center"|80

|-
|PGA Championship
|align="center"|DNP
|align="center"|DNP
|align="center"|DNP
|align="center"|DNP
|align="center"|DNP
|align="center"|T32
|align="center"|CUT
|align="center"|T21
|align="center"|CUT
|align="center"|T61
|}

{| cellpadding="3" cellspacing="0" border="1"
style="font-size: 95%; border: #aaa solid 1px;
border-collapse: collapse;"
|- bgcolor="#eeeeee"
! Tournament !! 1990 !! 1991 !! 1992 !! 1993 !!
1994 !! 1995 !! 1996 !! 1997 !! 1998 !! 1999
|-
|Masters Tournament
|align="center"|T7
|align="center"|T32
|align="center"|T31
|align="center"|1
|align="center"|T25
|align="center"|T31
|align="center"|T36
|align="center"|T7
|align="center"|T39
|align="center"|T11

|-
|U.S. Open (golf)|U.S. Open
|align="center"|CUT
|align="center"|CUT
|align="center"|T23
|align="center"|CUT
|align="center"|T23
|align="center"|T36
|align="center"|DSQ
|align="center"|CUT
|align="center"|CUT
|align="center"|DNP

|-
|The Open Championship
|align="center"|T48
|align="center"|T9
|align="center"|T59
|align="center"|3
|align="center"|T60
|align="center"|T24
|align="center"|WD
|align="center"|T38
|align="center"|CUT
|align="center"|T18

|-
|PGA Championship
|align="center"|CUT
|align="center"|CUT
|align="center"|T40
|align="center"|CUT
|align="center"|T25
|align="center"|DNP
|align="center"|76
|align="center"|T23
|align="center"|DNP
|align="center"|T61
|}

{| cellpadding="3" cellspacing="0" border="1"
style="font-size: 95%; border: #aaa solid 1px;
border-collapse: collapse;"
|- bgcolor="#eeeeee"
! Tournament !! 2000 !! 2001 !! 2002 !! 2003 !!
2004 !! 2005 
|-
|Masters Tournament
|align="center"|T28
|align="center"|T6
|align="center"|T32
|align="center"|CUT
|align="center"|T4
|align="center"|T20

|-
|U.S. Open (golf)|U.S. Open
|align="center"|CUT
|align="center"|T40
|align="center"|T35
|align="center"|T32
|align="center"|DNP
|align="center"|T33

|-
|The Open Championship
|align="center"|T11
|align="center"|T3
|align="center"|T28
|align="center"|CUT
|align="center"|DNP
|align="center"|T5

|-
|PGA Championship
|align="center"|T46
|align="center"|CUT
|align="center"|T23
|align="center"|T57
|align="center"|T66
|align="center"|T47
|}

DNP = did not play

DSQ = disqualified

CUT = missed the half way cut

"T" indicates a tie for a place.

==See also==
*Golfers with most European Tour wins

==External links==
*http://www.europeantour.com/players/bio.sps?iPlay
erNo=103&sOption=profile Profile on the European
Tour's official site
*http://www.golfstarsonline.com/L/Bernhard_Langer/
Golf Stars Online - links to features and profiles
*http://www.bernhardlanger.de Langer's German
Website
*http://golf.about.com/od/golfersmen/p/bernhard_la
nger.htm Profile on about.com

Golf world number ones (men)