BENTON HARBOR, Mich. (AP) — Richard Bland is hitting it so well he felt he struggled on the greens of Harbor Shores and still managed a 5-under 66 on Friday to set the target at the Senior PGA Championship in the Englishman's senior major debut.
BENTON HARBOR, Mich. — Richard Bland is hitting it so well he felt he struggled on the greens of Harbor Shores and still managed a 5-under 66 on Friday to set the target at the Senior PGA Championship in the Englishman's senior major debut.
Hall of Famer Ernie Els was 8 under, closing his afternoon round with a bogey on the par-4 ninth for a 64. He birdied five of his first six holes, then had three birdies in a four-hole stretch on his final nine. Iowa instructor Jeffrey Schmid topped the club professionals, following an opening 66 with a 71 to remain 5 under.
Bland was exempt to play the Senior PGA Championship last year under a category for players winning European tour events in the last five years — he won the British Masters at age 48 in 2021. But last year's Senior PGA was the same week as LIV Golf Bedminster. He made his first bogey on the par-4 fourth when he failed to get up-and-down, and Bland considers the next hole key to his round — all because of a fly.
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