The PGA of America is the home to some of the most important
events in golf, such as the PGA Golf Championship, the Senior PGA Golf
Championship, The PGA Grand Slam of Golf and The Ryder Cup. PGA Golf tournament
includes many extraordinary golf players, but only one stood out for Global
Syn-Turf (GST), a leader in artificial synthetic grass industry. In 1985 PGA
Golf leaderboard named Bernhard Langer the Master of Golf Champions.
Bernhard Langer, a professional golfer from Germany, won his
first of two major PGA Golf Championships that held in 11-14 April 85' at age
of 27. Langer scored with two strokes ahead of runners-up Steve Ballesteros,
Raymond Floyd, and Curtis Strange. That year PGA golf leaderboard showed a 69
(-3) on Saturday put Floyd in the lead after 54 holes at 212 (-4); Strange was
a stroke back, followed by Langer and Ballesteros at 214 (-2). Despite an opening round 80, Strange led by
three strokes with six holes to play in the final round, but bogeyed the 13th,
15th, and 18th holes and finished two strokes back. According to the Register-Guard associated
press, "It was 'a dream come true," for Langer, who surged from four strokes
back with nine holes to play. He claimed his first American title and became
only the third foreign player to do the green jacket that goes to the Masters
champions." The 1985 PGA golf leaderboard recorded that Langer won by two shots
with a 282 total, 6-under-par on the Augusta National Golf Club course. "I was
looking at the leader boards and I thought it was going to be another case
where I played well and came in second again," Langer said to the associated
press. In the final round, the leaderboard recorded Langer rolling in four
birdie putts in the 13 to 18-foot range, finishing the four-stroke deficit and
wining by two. He won by using two different putting techniques, conventional
from distances of 20 feet or more and a cross-handled grip from inside 20 feet.
On July 27, 2014 the Senior Open Championship at Royal
Porthcawl Golf Club reworded a victory cup for a closing round of 67 (-4) that
Langer win by a staggering 13 shots from Colin Montgomerie. As the Golf
Leaderboard reported that Langer shot a final-round 67 for a four-round total
of 266 (-18). He broke the Champions Tour record for margin of victory that had
been held for 17 years by Hale Irwin. Langer's final round victory march,
taking the lead of Wales' first Senior Major Championship to 43 put scoring
503, which is the second highest in the history of the championship. With
Langer's incredibly winning total made even more remarkable given that only
four other players broke par for the Senior Open Championship. In his interview
after the match, Langer stated that "This [was ] unusual," which earned him a place
in next year's Open Championship at St. Andrews. He continued, "I've won a
tournament by 17, the World Championship under 25 years, but this just doesn't
happen, not with the competition you're facing.... So it's been an amazing week
for me." With the excitement and satisfaction he continued to his next match
competition in Blaine that is holed by 3M Championship. At Global Syn-Turf, the world's leading
synthetic grass manufacturers will continue watching the PGA Golf Leaderboard
for Langer's success in PGA Golf tournaments.Congratulations Bernhard
Langer - 2014 Senior Open Champion!
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