Bernhard Langer looking to make it a dozen senior majors at 2023 U.S. Senior Open

STEVENS POINT, Wisconsin – Bernhard Langer still considers himself a contender to win major golf titles, but he knows time is running short.

The 65-year-old Langer, who has won 11 senior major titles and became the all-time leader in that category with his 2017 Senior PGA Championship victory, will try to make it 12 at this week’s U.S. Senior Open at SentryWorld Golf Course.

The World Golf Hall of Fame member hasn’t won a major since the 2019 Senior Open at Royal Lytham & St. Annes Golf Club in England. His only win in the U.S. Senior Open came in 2010.

“I am working on it. That’s the idea,” Langer said Tuesday when asked if he can still win majors. “When I came out here, I wanted to win majors and tournaments and I’ve been very fortunate to do a number of those. But there’s always room for more.”

𝗔𝗻𝘀𝘄𝗲𝗿: 9 #TriviaTuesday#USSeniorOpen champions teeing it up this week at @SentryWorld:

Bryant (2007)
Funk (2009)
Langer (2010)
Perry (2013 & 2017)
Montgomerie (2014)
Maggert (2015)
Toms (2018)
Stricker (2019)
Harrington (2022) https://t.co/KsKvLsZJIp pic.twitter.com/nHoqWATiNe

— USGA (@USGA) June 28, 2023

Langer has one victory this season, the Chubb Classic in Naples, Florida, in February for his 45th win on the Champions Tour to tie Hale Irwin for the most ever. Langer won seven tournaments in 2017 but hasn’t won more than two events in a season since.

He acknowledged his competition is hitting the ball farther than him and that makes it hard to compete, but he believes he still can.

“I know I have to play at my highest level to have any hope to win, but I know I’m capable of doing that,” he said.

When asked who his toughest competition this week could be, he joked: “There’s about 100 other guys, I think, who have a chance out of 156.”

Bernhard Langer has won 11 major championships on the Champions Tour and has 45 wins on the senior circuit.