It was Langer’s record 12th senior major championship, to go with two Masters titles. It was his second US Senior Open victory, 13 years after his first. It also marked his record 11th season with multiple victories, his having won the Chubb Classic earlier this year.
Although David Graham’s greatest playing days were more than a generation ago, he had one characteristic that would have made the Aussie a natural in modern golf’s technology-driven world: an obsession with equipment.