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Golf-Langer defends Senior Players title with six-stroke romp

June 14 (Reuters) - German Bernhard Langer captured his fifth career senior major in style when he completed a six-stroke romp at the Senior Players Championship in Massachusetts on Sunday.

Langer entered the day with an eight-stroke cushion and finished things off with a 68 for a 19-under 265 total at Belmont Country Club.

Kirk Triplett fired a 64 to earn second place at 13-under, but Langer was never challenged as he successfully defended his Players Championship crown.

"I got off to a good start so the lead didn't shrink too much, if at all," Langer told Golf Channel.