Bernhard Langer Turns into Oldest Participant to Have Masters Prick at Age 63
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As mighty because the PGA’s formative years motion has taken over the game nowadays, the game can never in fact outrun its past.
Tiger Woods proved that in 2019 by winning the Masters 14 years after his closing inexperienced jacket. And or now no longer it’s fitting that a dilemma as awash in nostalgia because the grounds at Augusta National finds one procedure to rejuvenate even other folks that the game has supposedly handed by.
By two rounds of play in Georgia on Friday, that mighty is terribly right for Bernhard Langer.
Now 63 years outdated and almost 30 years removed from his closing Masters victory in 1993, Langer grew to turn out to be the oldest participant ever to obtain the slice at Augusta, posting a one-over-par 73 in his 2nd spherical to tie for 27th dilemma at three beneath for the match.
Joe Peta @MagicRatSF
How fantastic is Bernhard Langer making the slice at the 2020 Masters?
Langer has competed in a prime in opposition to Gene Sarazan (born 1902) and Abel Gallegos (born 2002). That is opponents born 100 years apart!
(Sarazan performed his closing main at the ’76 Open Championship, Langer’s 1st.
Langer is now precise six strokes leisurely Abraham Ancer, Cameron Smith, Justin Thomas and Dustin Johnson, all at 9 beneath, for first dilemma and will likely be pleased two more days to face up the floor.
The native of Germany stumbled somewhat Friday with 5 bogeys, however four birdies helped abet him internal putting distance of the leaders and safely away from the projected slice line of even par.
Play used to be halted thanks to darkness at some stage within the 2nd spherical and can resume Saturday morning at 7: 30 a.m. ET. Langer will now no longer must always pay any mind to that. He’s already safely beneath the slice and in a online page to contend for a third occupation inexperienced jacket.