Bernhard Langer has been a top performer on the Champions Tour for years. Even at the age of 67 Bernhard can get the ball out there 275 yards on average off the tee. Not too bad at all.
NOTE: Clips of Bernhard Langer speaking are from an interview with “The French Golf Coach” YouTube Channel. The full interview can be found here:
For those of us who are seniors these tips from Bernhard Langer’s swing can benefit us off the tee. As Bernhard explains in this video the way you increase your club head speed on your driver is to have a wider swing arc. You need to have a full shoulder turn and that is exactly what Langer’s setup and swing modifications maximize.
Try these tips out today if you are noticing that you are losing driver distance as you get older. These really help.
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22 Comments
Nice video. 61 year old going to try
Im 67–gonna try it!!
LEFT HEEL UP ,EARLY HIP ROTATION ,REVERSE C FROM PAST FINISH , STRAIGHT LEFT ARM AND NOT A FAST TRANSITION MAKE HIM CONSISTENT , A SOFTER SHAFT IN DOWNSWING HES MAXED OUT FOR HIS SIZE AND AGE ,GOOD FOR LONGEVITY FOR SENIORS
I‘m 70, can still get a ball speed of 145. Will try to improve my release to gain some yardages 👍
Good video !
He is 30 yards longer then he was 30 years ago
Explain the release more please
I'm 65 and I swing exactly like Rory – in my dreams…
If you want to win like Langer, get a long putter and anchor it to your sternum, you'll make all the putts you read right…
keep it coming. head turn – will be trying this.
I'd gladly take 260.
From the vidéo his club seems very flexible but you don’t give any info on this
Great to see , very little teaching for senior players with slower swing speeds
Great tips- easy to follow and apply. thanks
The shaft is really flexed at impact. I'm 83 y.o. and have a swing speed of 85-88 mph. Should I use a senior flex or regular?
Definitely more, there's lot's of us seniors out there. I've a strong grip, also i just got fitted for new clubs, senior flex 55 gram shafts, throughout, I'm almost 70, still single digits, did away with 3-4-5-6 regular irons, put 5-6 hybrids in and added 5 & 7 woods, if it's good enough for Freddie Couples it's good enough for me, i saw a video on here with Freddie explaining why he changed, lost distance and height on longer irons.
275 yards with 98 mph clubspeed is very long, looks like you had a very good fitting or your simulator is quite generous on total distance. Do you get to 275 yards in the real world on a normal fairway?
Langer’s secret is just tee off in the middle of the fairway
at 57 i'd be very pleased with both of those drives.
More senior type videos please. Thank you.
I just turned 64 and luckily am still super limber for an old guy. I can still catch one 280 on occasion 😅
Do an assessment of how he can't putt with a legal unanchored putter! 🤣