| Redmond,
Washington.
- German star Bernhard Langer, a two-time U.S. Masters winner, will has withdrawn
from this week's PGA Championship at the Sahalee Country Club due to a strained
neck. Neal Lancaster
of Smithfield, N.C., replaces Langer in the field. Langer
has played in 12 PGA Championships with his best finish being a tie for 21st in
1987 at PGA National. Larry Nelson was the winner that year. Langer tied for 23rd
last year at Winged Foot, finishing 16 strokes behind champion Davis Love III.
Langer, who
will turn 41 on August 27, has won three times on the U.S. PGA Tour, including
the 1985 and '93 Masters. He also captured he Sea Pines Heritage Classic in '85.
He has 51 victories worldwide, many of them on the PGA European Tour, but he is
winless this year. On
Sunday, Langer tied for 13th in the German Open.
Langer, who plays the majority of his golf on the European PGA Tour, performed
in the German Open this past weekend, finishing in a tie for 13th place. |
