![Bernhard Langer will this week tee off at The Open, an event at which he has twice been runner-up, for what could be the last time.](https://media.cnn.com/api/v1/images/stellar/prod/150708090501-bernhard-langer-us-senior-open.jpg?q=w_3000,h_2487,x_0,y_0,c_fill/h_447)
Final flourish? —
Bernhard Langer will this week tee off at The Open, an event at which he has twice been runner-up, for what could be the last time.
![He admitted that if it was to be his final flourish at The Open, it would be an emotional and nostalgic experience.](https://media.cnn.com/api/v1/images/stellar/prod/150708091334-bernhard-langer-tee-shot.jpg?q=w_4410,h_3025,x_0,y_0,c_fill/h_447)
End of an era? —
He admitted that if it was to be his final flourish at The Open, it would be an emotional and nostalgic experience.
![Langer's most notable successes have come at the Masters, where he first donned the Green Jacket as champion in 1985.](https://media.cnn.com/api/v1/images/stellar/prod/150708091924-ben-crenshaw-bernhard-langer.jpg?q=w_1520,h_2320,x_0,y_0,c_fill/h_447)
Master of his profession —
Langer's most notable successes have come at the Masters, where he first donned the Green Jacket as champion in 1985.
![He said he still felt empty after the win -- but then became a born-again Christian, along with his wife Vikki, and won the Masters again on Easter Sunday 1993.](https://media.cnn.com/api/v1/images/stellar/prod/150708092107-bernhard-langer-family-masters.jpg?q=w_4056,h_2688,x_0,y_0,c_fill/h_447)
New beginning —
He said he still felt empty after the win -- but then became a born-again Christian, along with his wife Vikki, and won the Masters again on Easter Sunday 1993.
![Langer says his religion helped him overcome his career lows of his career, the most notable of which was a missed putt that would have given Europe victory at the 1991 Ryder Cup.](https://media.cnn.com/api/v1/images/stellar/prod/150708092737-bernhard-langer-missed-putt.jpg?q=w_1900,h_2896,x_0,y_0,c_fill/h_447)
Keeping faith —
Langer says his religion helped him overcome his career lows of his career, the most notable of which was a missed putt that would have given Europe victory at the 1991 Ryder Cup.
![Despite the 1991 blip Langer enjoyed an illustrious Ryder Cup career, including captaining the winning European team in 2004.](https://media.cnn.com/api/v1/images/stellar/prod/150708092404-bernhard-langer-ryder-cup.jpg?q=w_2048,h_1567,x_0,y_0,c_fill/h_447)
Toast of Europe —
Despite the 1991 blip Langer enjoyed an illustrious Ryder Cup career, including captaining the winning European team in 2004.
![Langer also suffered a bad case of the yips with his putting, which he has tried to overcome through prayer.](https://media.cnn.com/api/v1/images/stellar/prod/150708091500-bernhard-langer-putting.jpg?q=w_3000,h_1698,x_0,y_0,c_fill/h_447)
Putting it right —
Langer also suffered a bad case of the yips with his putting, which he has tried to overcome through prayer.
![Langer has been a trailblazer for a younger generation of German golfers, among them former world No.1 Martin Kaymer.](https://media.cnn.com/api/v1/images/stellar/prod/150708091108-bernhard-langer-martin-kaymer.jpg?q=w_2187,h_1458,x_0,y_0,c_fill/h_447)
Showing the way —
Langer has been a trailblazer for a younger generation of German golfers, among them former world No.1 Martin Kaymer.
![Langer has enjoyed an illustrious career after the pro tour, claiming 25 Champions Tour wins including five senior majors.](https://media.cnn.com/api/v1/images/stellar/prod/150708090920-bernhard-langer-senior-pga.jpg?q=w_3696,h_2412,x_0,y_0,c_fill/h_447)
Serial winner —
Langer has enjoyed an illustrious career after the pro tour, claiming 25 Champions Tour wins including five senior majors.
![Set to turn 58, Langer says: "It will be hard to play that last round when it happens. It could be this year, I don't know. I just have to enjoy it."](https://media.cnn.com/api/v1/images/stellar/prod/150708091627-bernhard-langer-golf-silhouette.jpg?q=w_3580,h_2348,x_0,y_0,c_fill/h_447)
Into the sunset? —
Set to turn 58, Langer says: "It will be hard to play that last round when it happens. It could be this year, I don't know. I just have to enjoy it."