Father Time is undefeated. No matter how gifted you are in the sports world, you ultimately fall victim to the calendar on the wall that slowly chips away at your talent.

But here’s the thing: Bernhard Langer has never met Father Time.

At age 67, Langer isn’t just the best player at this week’s PGA Tour Champions’ Chubb Classic, he is among the few players who seems to only be getting better with age. A World Golf Hall of Famer, Langer just continues to dominate the over-50 set even though 70 is quickly approaching.

But c’mon, Bernhard, isn’t it time to perhaps even contemplate a retirement age?

“No, I never had a number in mind,” said Langer at a pre-tournament news conference. “I always said the three things that need to be in place: First of all, I’ve got to be healthy to swing the club the way I want to swing it. Secondly, I’ve got to enjoy the game and have a desire; and certainly I need to be in contention or playing at a level where I’m not finishing in the bottom third of the field every week.

“I’ve always said, if those three things are still there, if I have the desire, the health and the success, I probably will continue to play the Champions Tour. When one or two of these things go away, then it’s probably time to quit playing.”

Unfortunately for his peers this weekend at Tiburon, neither Langer’s desire, health nor success has waned a bit. Sure, there was a setback last year when Langer injured his Achilles tendon working out at home, causing him to miss defending his 2023 Chubb title, as well as what was going to be his final Masters appearance.

But Langer rehabilitated his injury like an athlete a third his age — making it back within months and managing to win the season- ending Charles Schwab Cup Championship for a record 47th PGA Tour Champions victory.

“Even though last year I missed several months and I had a major surgery, I still finished seventh in the Schwab Cup,” Langer said. “I just had a good start this year. So I don’t see any immediate need or reason to quit. But life can throw something at you and things can stop in a heartbeat.”

Which is why Langer isn’t keen on kicking his feet up and relaxing, either professionally or personally. Not only is he attacking his 18th season on the PGA Tour Champions with typical zeal, he also recently enjoyed a skiing trip with family in Park City, Utah.

“It was an absolute blast,” said Langer of trading grass for snow and clubs for ski poles. “We had six days of skiing out of seven, so I was pretty tired. I was pooped because there were no lines at all, we had blue skies, and the one day I didn’t ski, it was snowing all day, so we decided to go cross-country skiing, which is one of the best exercises you can do.”

Any concern for that surgically repaired Achilles, Bernhard?

“I had so much fun just letting gravity take care of it,” Langer said with a grin. “The cool thing is my injury was the Achilles in the foot, so that’s all tied into a boot now. The ski boot goes almost all the way up to the knee, so there was no issue whatsoever. I had no problem shifting weight or putting pressure on it.

“It was actually, in regards to my injury, maybe one of the safest things I could do because I couldn’t really hurt my foot no matter what I did.”

Langer obviously loves the Chubb and Naples, seeing as he has won this event five times heading into this weekend’s play — and he is eager for more.

“I live in Boca Raton and I’ve been here for 40 years now, more or less, so Naples is just an hour and a half across on the other side,” Langer said. “It feels to me like a home game. Easy to get to; I have friends over there. I’m used to the local Bermuda grasses, which is a little bit of a home advantage, I think, and it’s been a wonderful tournament to me over the years.

“I truly love Tiburón because it’s not the average course we play on, on Tour. It’s very tight, very narrow. You have lots of trouble on many of the tee shots, and it’s not the longest course on the Champions Tour. Those two things kind of help me to be in contention because I’m fairly straight off the tee, generally hit greens in regulation, and kind of stay away from trouble. That has helped me probably over the years to win a few times at Tiburón.”

Quasi-home game? Knows how to win here? Loves the golf course? Completely undeterred by Father Time?

Yes, yes, yes and yes. So don’t be surprised to see Langer hoisting yet more Chubb Classic crystal by weekend’s end.

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