| Capital: | € 40 million |
|---|---|
| Age: | 62 |
| Born: | 8/27/1957 |
| Country of origin: | Germany |
| Source of wealth: | Entrepreneurs |
| Last updated: | 2020 |
Short introduction
Bernhard Langer is the most successful professional golfer in Germany. He achieved his biggest success in 1985 and 1993 when he won US Masters twice. The 62-year-old child is still on a senior tour today, where he won a list of money in nine out of ten years. In mid-2019, he had won 112 international golf tournaments. Bernhard Langer has been married since 1984 and has four children. Today he lives with his family in Florida.
Early Life
Bernhard Langer was born in Anhausen, Bavaria, to a mason. His mother is a housewife. Langer came to play golf because he made money as a caddy on the nearest golf course in his home city. It was equivalent to 0.5.5 cents per hour at that time. At that time, golf was more than sports for rich people. A player gave Bavaria, who grew in a rather simple condition, several golf clubs. His parents were not impressed when their son began an internship as a golf coach at the age of 15 years. In 1976 Langer finally became a golf instructor near Augsburg. Bernhard Langer is a very godly person, for whom belief gives “inner peace”.
Career
Langer began a very successful golf career at the age of 17 years. At that time he won his first professional tournament in Bhagarh. After that just ride. In 1980, at the age of only 23, he won one of his first European main tournaments. Five years later, a green jacket at the US Golf Club in Augusta in the state of Georgia could only slip for the first time: He won the US Masters, who with the US Open, the PGA Championship in the UK and the United States PGA championship was between the four most important golf tournaments belongs to the world. The second victory at Augusta followed in 1993. Equipped with a lifelong right to play in the US Masters, he made the 8th place in Augusta at the age of 56. Bernhard Langer was still one of the most successful professional golfers of all time in the senior series. ,
Career spotlight.
The highlight of his professional golf career could barely be registered. In addition to a double major victory in Augusta, Bernhard Langer has won a major in the senior series 11 times. The last time in 2019 was a senior British open in England – at the age of 62. He has become a champion of the PGA tourist or tourist player eight times. Langer was the first player to win the senior player championship three times in a row. And according to his own statement, he hasn’t thought to stop. He told sports information services in early October 2019: “I will definitely play tournament golf for the next few years.” He still enjoys playing golf and thinks he can always improve.
In 2002 he was appointed to the Hall of Fame Golf World. Queen Elizabeth II from England named it “the best British royal sequence officer” in 2006. In Germany, Bernhard Langer was a recipient of a federal cross and Silver Laurel leaf. The Deutsche Sporthilfe foundation gave him for his life work with “gold sports pyramids”, for “sports and entrepreneurial achievements and social commitments”. “The Bernhard Langer Foundation” was founded in 2003 supporting people in need. “Langer Sport Marketing GmbH” he set up a plan, set and conduct golf shows. Since 1996 he has designed and developed a new golf course around the world with the architect team, including in France, Mauritius, Japan and China.
Famous quotes
“I will never dream that I will get this far. My career border is on a miracle!”
“It’s hard to arrogant in a ravine. Everyone gets a reducer from time to time. On the one hand, golf is a humility game.”
“When I was upset about three putts, I took a step back and remembered that there were more important things in the world than golf.”
“I’m not afraid of death at all. Because I know that I will go to heaven and there is no pain there, life is much better than on this earth.”
“Anhausen is still my house. I grew up there and I still have friends there. That’s why it’s still my home.”
Success tips
“Determined! The wrong decision is usually not bad than hesitation.”
“The more I practice, the lucken me.”
“Faith is and it has been very important in my life and especially in the last 35 years my career. I don’t know how it is without this support.”
