Bernhard Langer to make this his final Open Championship at St. Andrews

Bernhard Langer is going home one last time — to the home of golf, that is.

The two-time Masters winner announced this week that he’ll make his final Open Championship appearance at the Old Course at St. Andrews in July.

The 57-year-old German will be playing in his 30th Open at a venue where he finished joint runner-up with Watson to Seve Ballesteros in 1984. Langer has shied away from the Open in the last decade, with his last appearance in the previous eight years coming as a missed cut in 2011.

“I always have looked forward to going back to St. Andrews but then this could be my last year, and maybe my last time,” Langer said. “St. Andrews and the Old Course has always been a very special place for me but after this year I won’t be exempt any more.”

Langer is in the field this year as the reigning Senior Open champion, taking the title by 13 shots last year at Royal Porthcawl.

Tom Watson and Nick Faldo have announced they’ll make their final career Open Championship appearances in July. Langer, if he qualifies, will continue to play. It’s just unlikely that, with the Old Course unlikely to host the Open again before 2020, he’ll play again at St. Andrews in the Open.

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