The last Masters for Bernhard Langer

After bidding farewell to the DP World Tour in 2024, Bernhard Langer will appear for the last time at the Masters, which he won twice.

The Masters 2025 will be the last of Bernhard Langer. “It will be my last as a player, unless of course I get injured,” declared with a smile the 67-year-old German player, who nevertheless shatters longevity records one after the other. The time has come. I'm getting older, I'm getting shorter and shorter and this journey is very, very long. And then it’s day and night. It’s a totally different journey for them. I'm talking 70 to 90 meters sometimes. They hit a wedge when I have a hybrid 2 on the hillside with a downhill lie. »

A final farewell to a whole generation of winners

Bernhard Langer had already announced that 2024 would be his last participation in the competition before having to give up due to an Achilles tendon injury. In 2023, he missed the cut for only the 13th time in 40 appearances.

The German's farewell will mark a final farewell to the players who won the Masters in the 1980s: Jack Nicklaus was the first to stop participating in 2005, then there was notably Seve Ballesteros (2007), Tom Watson in 2016 while Larry Mize et Sandy Lyle stopped in 2023.

“Bernhard has done an incredible job staying at the topcommented Nick Faldowho left the stage in 2006, in Golf week. But as time goes on, we start to lose touch, and you can't play Augusta without touch. »

This promises to be touching: “After so many years, it will be very emotional. This tournament meant a lot to me, to my career and even to my family. Coming back there every year is very, very special”warned Bernhard Langeryet known for his composure…

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