Whatever pills Bernhard Langer is taking, I want some of them. After shooting a 76 on day one of the BMW International Open, he was 11 shots behind the leader. Then he puts down rounds of 66, 68, 67 and ends up in second place for the tournament, just two shots behind the leader.

Personally, I feel a little sad that he is moving over to the Champions Tour at the end of this season. He has been playing a helluva season so far and showed that he can still mingle with the young guns on both the PGA Tour and the European Tour.

There were 14 german players in the field, only two saw the weekend and the oldest one of them contends for the victory. It was good to see Sven Strüver in rising form again. And guys like Martin Kaymer or Marcel Siem will continue to make their way on the tour. But it will take them a long way until they achieve Langer-status.

I’m looking forward to following him around the course again at the Deutsche Bank Players Championship at Gut Kaden, just like last year. Even if that means to get up at 6:30 on a sunday morning.

Ok, my 63 holes in 15 hours do not quite match what some of my fellow Golf Nuts just achieved:

At midnight on June 19, 2007, a foursome of certifiable members of the Golf Nut Society, broke the Guinness World Record for the Most Holes Played by a Four Ball in a 24-hour period.  The golf nuts played 195 holes in just under 21 hours.  The old Guinness record was 180 holes in 24 hours. The record will be made “official” within the next three weeks when the Guinness book completes the audit of the scorecards, witness statements and course yardage.

“It was grueling, and in the worst conditions you can imagine,” recounted Donovan of their round at Dragon Ridge Golf Club in Henderson, Nevada, USA.  “We played in 25-30 mph winds and a high temperature of 107 degrees, with a low of only 99 degrees.”

The foursome also broke two Golf Nut Society records:
1. Most Holes played at night: 53 (old record 18)
2. Fastest 18 Holes by a foursome in a cart: 1:25:06 (old record: 1 hour, 33 minutes by a twosome!)