It’s the second time in two years that the same player won both the Senior PGA and the Regions Tradition, after Angel Cabrera who won both last year in back-to-back weeks.
The 52-year-old who won the 2009 Open Championship for his lone major on the PGA Tour, blitzed the field on the final day at the Senior PGA Championship, shooting a bogey-free, nine-under 63 at the Concession Golf Club in Florida to win by six shots.
Evergreen Australian Scott Hend is on the verge of a milestone moment in his career as he closes in on the all-time earnings top spot on the Asian Tour.
Brisbane’s Michael Wright intends to lean on his relative youth to tame what shapes as a brutal test at the famed Congressional Country Club for this week’s Senior PGA Championship.
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.
Hend, chasing his 11th win on the Asian Tour and first in four years, came closest to catching the winner but hit his tee shot on the par-5 18th out-of-bounds and made a costly double-bogey.
History is being made this week on the iconic Melbourne Sandbelt, as the 10th oldest golf tournament in the world will become the first to stage a men’s and women’s championships simultaneously on the same courses.
The Queensland PGA Championship represents one of the final opportunities to earn automatic entry into next week’s $2 million Fortinet Australian PGA Championship at Royal Queensland Golf Club.
Australian Golf Digest
