MUNICH — Bernhard Langer has bid farewell to the European tour on dwelling soil in Germany 50 years after the two-time Masters champion made his debut.
Langer, 66, missed the reduce on the BMW Worldwide Open in Munich on Friday however mentioned he’ll cherish the “fantastic reminiscences” he is made.
“It is exhausting to place into phrases. It is form of been a dream come true for me, rising up in a village of 800 folks the place no person knew what golf was,” Langer mentioned. “After I informed my classmates I will go play golf, they thought I used to be loopy. I used to be in a position to dwell that dream for 50 years.”
Langer made his European tour debut in 1974 and performed greater than 500 occasions, claiming 42 wins.
He shot a 1-over 73 within the second spherical to complete three under the reduce line in his remaining look on the tour.
Early this 12 months, Langer tore his Achilles tendon whereas exercising and had surgical procedure. He had deliberate to play the Masters one final time. It is potential he might nonetheless return in 2025 for an Augusta farewell.
“I used to be in a position to journey the world, meet with kings and queens, and play golf with all kinds of individuals, whether or not they’re profitable businessmen or simply the typical butcher or bricklayer or no matter,” Langer mentioned.