MUNICH, Germany (PA) -- Bernhard Langer has refused to rule out the possibility of being Ryder Cup captain again at the age of 61 in 2018.

Germany is among six countries bidding to stage that year's Ryder Cup, and when asked whether he would be interested in leading the team if a German venue is selected, he said he was.

"If they (the Ryder Cup Committee) think I am still mentally with it and I haven't lost my marbles and I'm still capable of communicating and doing a good job, then maybe so," Langer said. "Why do you think I'm in the fitness room all the time?"

The two-time Masters champion, now the leading money-winner on the Champions Tour, was an outstanding captain in Detroit in 2004, leading the European team to a record nine-point victory.

It seems unlikely he would be re-appointed, however.

Nick Faldo was 51 when he did the job last September and, after the defeat in Louisville, European officials decided there were advantages in having an active player in charge and appointed Colin Montgomerie for next year's match in Wales.

Sweden, France, Portugal, Holland and Spain are also going to bid for what will be only the second match ever staged in continental Europe. Valderrama on the Costa del Sol played host in 1997; the Ryder Cup will be staged at Gleneagles in Scotland in 2014 before crossing the channel again.

Germany is now having its own bidding process to choose which of six venues would host the 2018 Ryder Cup: Rosa Resort in Bad Saarow, Green Eagles in Winsen, Munchen-Valley in Munich, Gut Kaden in Hamburg, Schloss Beberbeck in Hofgeismar and Wittelsbacher Ausgleichsfond in Neuburg.

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