Bernhard Langer
Bernhard Langer
Bernhard Langer is a German professional golfer. He is a two-time Masters champion and was one of the world's leading golfers throughout the 1980s and 1990s. In 1986, he became the sport's first official number one ranked player. After turning 50, he established himself as one of the most successful players on the Champions Tour and has won seven senior major championships: the 2010 and 2014 Senior Open Championship, the 2010 U.S. Senior Open, the 2016 Regions Tradition and the...
NationalityGerman
ProfessionGolfer
Date of Birth27 August 1957
CountryGermany
I'm certainly not a saint out there on the golf course. In fact, far from it. Like when you make a three-putt and become upset. I take one step back and remember there are more important things going on in the world than golf.
That's the difference between golf and many other sports. You go to some other sporting events, they just leave you or give you the cold shoulder and move on.
We all know, the ones who play golf, know what a wonderful game it is and what a great past-time it is.
It’s up to the captain. I certainly feel my golf is worthy of playing in the Ryder Cup. But I’m not sure I’m on the radar screen of Paul McGinley.
You know why the game of golf is popular? Very easy, it's a great game.
Be decisive. A wrong decision is generally less disastrous than indecision.
So when I was told to work, ten, twelve hours a day as an assistant pro, I didn’t complain. It was normal.
Competition is healthy. It makes you work harder and strive for more and try to find that extra one or two percent in your game that you could possibly improve.
We are all human beings with our own little knick-knacks and ways of doing things.
We are in the entertaining business, they want to get autographs, they want to take something home, whether it's a signed hat or, you know, program or whatever it might be.
I grew up in the time of Germany after the war.
You can't cover people with perceptions because we are all different.
I know thousands of German's who are totally different from me, so we're not alike, we're not the same.
But when I play, I still practice hard and focus on my game.