Legion are those who will tell you that the back nine on the often bleak, barren and desolate Carnoustie Links is perhaps the most challenging second half in golf.
Victorian Richard Green has continued his trend of finishing day one of a major championship up the pointy end of the leaderboard as play at The Senior Open Championship presented by Rolex got underway overnight at Carnoustie.
Bland’s 72-hole total of 17-under 267 was three better than runner-up Richard Green and four ahead of Greg Chalmers. A third Australian, Scott Hend, shared fourth place.
Sweet-swinging veteran Richard Green has a chance to wind back the clock while Todd Sinnott will join him in the final group with a huge opportunity at the TPS Victoria Rosebud tomorrow.
A host of our most accomplished tour players turn 50 in 2021. Robert Allenby, Stuart Appleby, Richard Green, Nick O’Hern and John Senden reflect on the pivotal moments in their careers and the role golf will play in their futures.
Victorian Richard Green will turn his attention to a return to Europe after his dream of joining the lucrative Champions Tour in the United States was put on hold due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
Australian Golf Digest
