Masters champion finding it ‘difficult to walk’ as he shares worrying health update ahead of his final Augusta
TWO-TIME Masters champion Bernhard Langer claims he’s finding it “difficult to walk” after sharing a worrying health update.
The 67-year-old German secured victory at Augusta in 1985 and 1993.
And Langer is preparing for his final Masters next week after continuing to shine on the PGA Tour.
However, the fan favourite has now revealed he is struggling to move around the green.
Langer suffered a torn Achilles tendon last year that scuppered his chances of playing at the 2024 Masters.
It’s taken him many months to recover from the setback.
But Langer admits he is still struggling to walk and will find it hard getting round Augusta’s 18 holes.
He revealed: “To get back to where I was, and I always thought I would come back, it was just a matter of when and how.
“So it was a long and tough process. It still is. I’m not 100 per cent and maybe I never will be, but walking is still difficult.
“So I’ve been riding a cart for the most part – well, walking 18 holes.
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“I can walk, I’m OK walking nine holes, but then I get a little fatigued and stiff and all that kind of stuff.
“It’s still a process trying to get better in that department.
“I’m hoping to play great, and I have to play great to make the cut because the course is so long for me that nothing but great will do it.
“I’m coming in with two and three-irons where the other guys are hitting nine-irons, on every hole, and that’s just hard to compete.”