Bernhard Langer matched Hale Irwin’s PGA Tour Champions victory record of 45 after winning the Chubb Classic for the fifth time.
The 65-year-old German matched his age with a closing 7-under-par round for a three-stroke victory over Steve Stricker and Padraig Harrington.
Langer finished at 17-under 199 on Tiburon Golf Club’s Black Course. At 65 years, 5 months, 23 days, the German star extended his record as the oldest winner. He holds the top three places on the list. Langer also won Chubb titles in 2011, 2013, 2016 and 2022.
“It’s extremely special because we’ve been talking about it for so long, it seems now,” Langer said. “When I first came out here, I thought, ‘This is never going to happen.”’
Right now, I just feel relieved and grateful and thankful for everybody that’s been on my team and helping me through these years,” Langer said. “Like we said, for a German kid from a village of 800 people and starting as a caddie to do what I’ve done, it takes a lot of people to do that, not just one.”
“He continues to amaze us all,” Stricker said about Langer. “He just keeps going, and he stays in shape. He’s just incredible, really. Forty-five wins, and he keeps winning, 65 years old, shot his age this week. I don’t know, there’s not much else you can say about him. And he’s a nice person, too. That’s, I think, the coolest part is he’s a good guy.”