Bernhard Langer Net Worth 2023 – Bio, Career Facts, Wife, Kids, House, WITB

Bernhard Langer Net Worth 2023 – Bio, Career Facts, Wife, Kids, House, WITB

Not many people can have the following claim: being the world’s very first #1 in the sport they chose to turn into a career.

But that’s what Bernhard Langer can say and the sport has been good to him in other aspects as well. For example, over the past few decades of playing golf he amassed a fortune of close to $50 Million in that time period.

Need the stats on this guy? Here’s all there is to tell.

Who is Bernhard Langer?

Bernhard Langer is a professional golfer from Germany who played a big role in international golf especially during the 1980s and 1990s.

After the Official World Golf Ranking System was put in place, he was the one that walked away with the title of ‘world number one’ for the first time ever in 1986.

Another special claim he can make is that he has won pro golf events in six different continents. This is something only five golfers in the world can say at the moment.

History & Current State of Play

Bernhard became a pro player in 1972.

He has played in a variety of tournaments and has been part of the European Tour as well as the PGA Tour.

Is Bernhard Still Playing?

Bernhard is in his sixties and still an example of an exceptional player. Currently he is part of the PGA Tour Champions.

He still performs well and had a major win as recently as March 2020 when he took first spot in the Cologuard Classic.

Bernhard Langer – Quick Facts Table

Date of birth	27 August 1957
Marital status	Married
Birth place	Anhausen, Germany
Net worth	$25 million
Profession	Professional golfer
Children	4: Jackie, Stefan, Christina, Jason

What’s His Net Worth?

Online sources like celebritynetworth.com places Bernhard Langer’s net worth at around $25 million. This includes lifetime earnings as well as endorsement payments.

We see Bernhard’s Net Worth to be much closer to $50 million after such a long and successful golf career.

Career Highlights, Earnings and Tournament Wins

Bernhard made an impact on the golfing world from the start of his pro career. In total, he has had 117 professional wins.

He has won in major tours including the PGA Tour, Japan Golf Tour, Asian Tour, PGA Tour of Australasia and Europen Senior Tour.

However, it’s the European and PGA Tour Champions that earned him the most wins: 42 for the first and 41 wins in the latter.

His performances also earned him multiple awards over the years, including:

• World Golf Hall of Fame in 2001/2002
• Honorary OBE
• Arnold Palmer Awards
• Rookie of the Year for the Champions Tour in 2008
• Byron Nelson Award
• Order of Merit in the European Tour

Bernhard’s excellent performance still continues even though he’s the oldest player to be accepted to the Masters. For example in the 2020/2021 season

Bernhard Langer Earnings

According to Wikipedia, on the PGA Tour and PGA Tour Champions alone, Bernhard earned over $36 million during his career up until 2018.

In 2018 he also won the Charles Schwab Cup and in this tournament alone he managed to win $7 million over the years.

In terms of his 2020 period earnings, Golfweek mentions an amount of $1.5 million during 16 tournaments over the 2020 period.

Bernhard Langer Endorsement Earnings 2020

It’s difficult to put an exact number on endorsement earnings but Bernhard can ask a lot from sponsors and they’ll be willing to pay for the exposure.

For example, simply placing your logo on Bernhard’s logo could cost a company $2.2 million says star-telegram.com. However, Bernhard isn’t often found with sponsored visors.

Langer’s Golf Stats

Bernhard is 5’9” tall and weighs around 160lb. To perform this well at such an advanced age—compared to many other golfers these days—he has had to stay fit.

Performing at top levels for so long doesn’t mean it becomes easy. Bernhard actually has a major problem with twitching—also referred to as yips—while he’s putting.

To combat this problem he has changed his putter and his grip several times, but it’s a challenge he never really overcame.

As a caddie, Bernhard has Terry Holt, his companion on the greens ever since 2007. The bag Terry carries around will possibly contain some of the following says golfmonthly.com:

• Ping driver—the G400
• TaylorMade M2 wood
• Adams Idea Pro hybrids
• Artisan CB irons as well as Adams Idea Pro MB irons
• TaylorMade Pitching wedge

Is Bernhard Langer Sponsored by Any Brand?

Bernhard’s sponsorships have changed over the years, but his name has been associated with:

• Bogner
• A jet company called Wheels Up
• Mercedes Benz

Bernhard Langer Bio

For Bernhard it’s somewhat miraculous that he’s even alive. His father was a prisoner of war who escaped being executed during WWII and his mother was warned by doctors not to have more children. But she eventually had Bernhard and the rest is history.

His childhood was also filled with challenges, such as a curious disease that caused fever and pain which the doctors couldn’t treat or explain. Luckily this suddenly stopped at age 3.

As a family they didn’t have much while they grew up. Bernhard had two siblings older than he was. It’s thanks to his brother that he was introduced to golf, because his brother was a caddie at a local club and agreed to let Bernhard tag along.

He had already tasted some golf success in the 1980s when he married Vikki Carol, an American, in 1984.

Together the couple had four children and these days they call two places ‘home’: Anhausen and Boca Raton in Florida, USA.

Steps to Becoming a Pro

Bernhard’s relationship with golf started at the young age of eight when his older brother helped him get a job as caddie at Augsburg Golf Club. Luck was on his side that day because he got the role of being caddie to the club’s champion.

Bernhard was a natural from the start, quickly learning what the player needed and finding lost balls in the brush. Unfortunately, he didn’t have enough money to play himself and could rarely play in tournaments as an amateur to measure his skills against others.

Golf wasn’t a well-known career choice for German youths in the 70s but Bernhard convinced his parents to let him move away from home at the tender age of 15, in order to pursue his golfing dreams. He became an assistant club pro at Munich Country Club.

Bernhard slowly moved up the golf ladder, playing and winning the country’s national championship when he was 17.

An impressed onlooker helped fund expenses for future championships, which enabled Langer to play against more European players and he was in the European Tour at age 19.

Unfortunately, he had to take a break in 1977 to do military training but he continued in 1979 and quickly started making a name for himself.

Now, a few decades later, the world still watches this talented player.

Conclusion

The name ‘Bernhard Langer’ is synonymous with the game of golf and even other players are amazed at how long he has maintained such a high standard of playing.

Is it his talent? Is it his outlook on life? Or perhaps the result of overcoming the odds, even from birth?