A round equal to the best recorded at the Regions Tradition has earned Richard Green a two-stroke lead after Round 1 of the first senior major for 2025.
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.
The Victorian, who finished runner-up at the KitchenAid Senior PGA Championship just weeks ago, went bogey-free on day one, carding seven birdies to shoot 63 and grab a share of the lead with Japan’s Hiroyuki Fujita at seven-under.
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.
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