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Bernard Langer honored as PGA Tour Champions' player of year

PONTE VEDRA BEACH, Fla. (AP) -- Bernhard Langer received the Jack Nicklaus Award on Wednesday as the PGA Tour Champions' player of the year for the third straight season and record sixth time.

The 59-year-old German star won four times last season, including two major championships, and took his record fourth Charles Schwab Cup season points title. He was selected player of the year in voting by fellow players, edging Colin Montgomerie, Scott McCarron, Woody Austin and Paul Goydos.

Langer also won the Arnold Palmer Award as the tour's leading money winner for the record eighth time, finishing with $3,016,959, and took the Byron Nelson Award for the record-tying fifth time with a scoring average of 68.