Golf legend Bernhard Langer confirms 2025 Masters as his final playing event at Augusta National

Bernhard Langer has announced that the 2025 Masters will be his last at Augusta National. The 2024 edition was supposed to be his final appearance, however, Langer postponed it by a year after an Achilles injury kept him out of it.

Langer told the 'Beyond the Clubhouse' podcast:

"It will be very difficult. It will be emotional for me to say goodbye to the US Masters as a competitor, especially with all of the family and friends I’m going to have there," he said.

The German golfer further added that playing the 18th would be an emotional moment for him.

"I’ve got friends from Europe, Germany and then all of my family will be there. My kids and my grandkids too. I’ll be teary-eyed coming up the 18th. It’s going to be a tough (emotional) one, but I’ve had my time, now it’s time for the young guys. It’s a young man’s golf course…"

Langer has won the green jacket twice in his life. His first win at Augusta National came in 1985 and his second in 1993. He made his last cut in 2020 when he placed in T29. With such a strong legacy at the Major Championship, it would certainly be a tearful farewell to him at Augusta National this year.

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When Bernhard Langer talked of saying goodbye to Masters in 2024

Bernhard Langer at the Augusta National (Source: Imagn)

Bernhard Langer had talked of retiring from the Masters in 2024. The 67-year-old had said that the course had become tiresome for him (via Golf.com)

"That course is just so long. The last five or 10 years when I played there, it’s just playing very long. It’s not much fun hitting 3-woods into par-4s, and 2-hybrids and all that kind of stuff,"

He further added:

"The holes are made for 7-, 8-, 9-irons, and I’m coming in with some metal and other things,"

Langer further addressed the questions he gets about his retirement.

"People asked me 20 years ago how long will you play. I always said as long as I’m healthy and I’m having fun and I’m playing well. When you win tournaments and you’re in contention most of your life, I think if I reached a point where I feel I have no chance at all and I’m finishing 50th every week, I might consider quitting at that point or certainly playing a lot less. But I’m not there yet," he added.

Langer won the PNC Championship this year with his son Jason. The father-son duo played the final playoff with another father-son duo of Tiger Woods and Charlie. The 2-time Masters winner hit an eagle putt to secure a win. The victory had sparked a controversy about rules.

Bernhard Langer won the Charles Schwab Cup Championship in 2024. He also extended his age-old record of the most wins on PGA Tour Champions.