Bernhard Langer’s Putting Stroke Still Drawing Controversy After Tying PGA Tour Champions Win Mark

There are two constants in the PGA Tour Champions circuit: Bernhard Langer winning and people peeved over his putting stroke.

Langer won the Chubb Classic in South Florida over the weekend, giving the German 45 wins on the senior tour.

The winning moment🏆@BernhardLanger6 birdies No. 18 to win the @ChubbClassic and ties Hale Irwin with 45 career victories. pic.twitter.com/o8REH9iFcA

— PGA TOUR Champions (@ChampionsTour) February 19, 2023

Langer, 65, shot his age on his way to winning the tournament. It was his 45^th victory on the tour, tying the record set by Hale Irwin, whose last win came in January 2007.

Langer also has the second-most wins (42) on what is now the DP World Tour.

But each time he’s in the spotlight, the two-time Masters’ putting stroke comes under fire.

The cheating by @BernhardLanger6 is laughable at this point..rules officials on the @ChampionsTour need to do their job… 14-1b anchor point created by the forearm …this is from today… @NoLayingUp @TronCarterNLU @chambleebrandel @AlanShipnuck @MintzGolf @Daniel_Rapaport pic.twitter.com/hl9K42Zn3J

— TrotGolfer (@Trot_Golfer) February 19, 2023

The rules for anchoring state, “the player must not anchor the club ‘directly’ or by use of an ‘anchor point.’”

Langer addressed the controversy in 2017, and the USGA has said that his putting stroke is legal.

“I personally don’t understand it because I’m a man of integrity, and the last thing I want to do is break rules and be known as cheating or something,” Langer said six years ago.

What do the amateur rules sharks out there think? Do the critics have a case or is it just a case of sour grapes?

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