Padraig Harrington says Bernhard Langer does something on the Champions Tour that separates him from everyone else

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The Champions Tour has some of the most successful players to ever swing a golf club currently playing on it but few names on there are bigger than Padraig Harrington and Bernhard Langer.

Harrington is a three-time major champion on the PGA Tour, while Langer has won two Masters titles and also holds the record of winning a whopping 47 events on the Champions Tour.

Of course, we all saw Langer win with son Jason at the PNC Championship last week as they saw off Tiger and Charlie Woods.

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Indeed, Tiger praised Langer’s fitness after the event, while Woods also claimed Langer hit one of the best shots he’d ever seen down the stretch.

And backing up those comments from Woods, Padraig Harrington has now explained why Langer is the main man on the Champions Tour.

Padraig Harrington reveals why Bernhard Langer is so successful

Speaking to the Beyond the Clubhouse podcast, Harrington quickly got onto the subject of Langer, who had won on the Champions Tour again November before winning the PNC last week.

And according to Harrington, Langer is very much the top dog on the Champions Tour right now.

“He’s the guy who if he gets in contention – which is does a lot – who can do things that make you worry down the stretch. Ernie is a bit like that as well. There’s two guys on the Champions Tour, kind of like for us all on the Champions Tour when we get in that position we kind of remember our past and can do it but sometimes getting in that position is hard.

“But with Bernhard, nobody works harder on the Champions Tour. He works harder than anyone else, he really puts it in and he’s the guy who can hole the putts.

When asked to expand on what makes Langer so good, Harrington explained what the German is like at tournaments.

“I only see him at tournaments but he puts in a FULL week. We don’t have to be there until Thursday for a Friday start but he’s there on a Tuesday putting in the work. He never leaves the course before close. He’d put anyone to shame with his work-ethic. And he’s still doing the gym work and recouping.”

Now 67, it remains to be seen how long Langer can keep his form going.

Whether or not he enters the Masters, remains to be seen. But given he is in such fine form and clearly in fine fettle in terms of fitness, Langer might just fancy one last crack at Augusta.