\n<\/p>\n
Bernhard Langer shot lower than his age to snatch victory at the season-ending Charles Schwab Cup Championship and extend his record of winning a title every year on the PGA Tour Champions’ circuit to 18 years.<\/p>\n
The 67-year-old holed a 30-foot birdie putt on the final hole to card a five-under-par 66 and seal a one-stroke victory on 18 under over defending champion Steven Alker and Richard Green.<\/p>\n
It is the 47th title Langer has won on the over-50s circuit and the first since tearing his Achilles tendon in early 2024. <\/p>\n
“It’s unbelievable,” said Langer, who also had rounds of 69, 64 and 67 at the Phoenix Country Club in Arizona.<\/p>\n
“To win this big tournament after what I’ve been through and to make 18 years in a row out here, it’s quite amazing. I’m very grateful, very blessed.”<\/p>\n
Langer, a two-time Masters winner, had a five-shot lead heading into the back nine but back-to-back bogeys on the 10th and 11th saw his lead diminish.<\/p>\n
A further bogey on the 17th, coupled with Alker making a birdie, saw the pair head down the 18th level.<\/p>\n
Langer drove into the trees on the par-five closing hole but made a brilliant birdie to beat his age for a 22nd time and secure the win, as Alker could only make par.<\/p>\n
A joint second finish for 53-year-old New Zealander Alker was enough to pass Ernie Els and capture the season-long Charles Schwab Cup points race. <\/p>\n
“It would have been nice to win it all, the whole lot, but I’ve got the Schwab Cup and that’s important to me,” said Alker. <\/p>\n<\/div>\n