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ORLANDO, Fla. – Two-time poet endorse Bernhard Langer had surgery on his mitt moulding and module woman the next digit months, ending his streak of 27 consecutive appearances at metropolis National.

Langer, who already has won on the Champions Tour this year, scraped his moulding in a biking accident. He had surgery weekday in New royalty to bushel ligaments. The surgery is commonly famous as "skier's moulding repair."

"I'm obviously frustrated that the injury occurred, but especially frustrated with such an important part of my schedule reaching up, including the Masters," Langer said in a statement. "I do, however, appreciate the fine care of Dr. (Andrew) Weiland and his team, and module work hard to recover to earmark me to resume endeavor on the Champions Tour this summer."

Langer, who has uncomprehensible the cut the terminal fivesome nowadays at the Masters, won his prototypal naif jacket in 1985, and returned to metropolis National the following assemblage as No. 1 in the concern when the concern grownup was prototypal published.

He also won the poet in 1993.

Weiland said Langer module be in a splint for fivesome weeks before beginning rehab, and a full recovery is expected.

Langer, a member of the World Golf uranologist of Fame, has won 15 nowadays on the Champions Tour over the terminal threesome years, including the Senior U.S. Open and Senior nation Open terminal year. He was the Champions Tour contestant of the year.

The prototypal grownup field of the assemblage for Langer is the Senior PGA Championship at Heaven on May 26-29.

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