Bidding to become golf’s oldest major winner, Bernhard Langer shot a 7-over 79 in Sunday’s final round of the Masters at Augusta National. He finished the tournament 6-over 294, tied for 24th.
Langer, who is scheduled to play at the Mitsubishi Electric Classic at TPC Sugarloaf in Duluth next week, was 1 under after Saturday’s third round and on the leaderboard. The 58-year-old was attempting to become the oldest winner of a major since Julius Boros won the 1968 PGA Championship at the age of 48.
Langer could never gain traction on Sunday. He opened with a bogey after his approach bounced through the green and left him with a tough chip that he couldn’t get close enough to the flag to save par.
He followed that with a double bogey on No. 3, ending his pursuit of winning a third green jacket.
Playing at Sugarloaf could be just the salve for Langer. He won the tournament in 2013 and was runner-up last year to Olin Browne.
The Mitsubishi Electric Classic will start on Friday.
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