Richard Bland is the Senior PGA Championship winner in his first time playing a senior major. Bland competes on Saudi-funded LIV Golf. He wasn't even aware that winning the British Masters in 2021 would lead to a spot in the Senior PGA Championship. He sure made the most of it.
Richard Bland tees off on the fourth hole during the final round of the Senior PGA Championship held at Harbor Shores Sunday, May 26, 2024, in Benton Harbor, Mich. Greg Chalmers tees off on the fourth hole during the final round of the Senior PGA Championship held at Harbor Shores Sunday, May 26, 2024, in Benton Harbor, Mich. Chris DiMarco chips on to the fifth green during the final round of the Senior PGA Championship held at Harbor Shores, Sunday, May 26, 2024, in Benton Harbor, Mich.
Bland did not realize until last year the Senior PGA Championship offers a one-time exemption to players who have won on the European tour in the last five years. He couldn’t play because the Senior PGA was held the same week as LIV Golf Bedminster in New Jersey.“The British Masters was very special at 48. This is right up there. I couldn’t be happier,” Bland said. “I’m going to celebrate the hell out of this one.
This stage belonged to Bland, who got choked up during the trophy presentation thinking about his brother, Heath, who was diagnosed with stomach cancer just over a year ago and learned last week he had cancer in the lungs.Bland had to get past Chalmers in a terrific battle in which Chalmers was bogey-free with six birdies and Bland had eight birdies in 12 holes to offset two bogeys. And then the Englishman surged ahead with the eagle on the 15th, and no one could catch him.
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