Richard Bland is still in front in his senior major debut at the Senior PGA Championship. Bland shot a 66 at Harbor Shores and set the target at 12-under 130. The threat of dangerous storms in the afternoon made it unlikely the second round would finish. But it's going to be tough to catch the 51-year-old Englishman.
Richard Bland watches his tee shot on the first hole during the second round of the Senior PGA Championship golf tournament Friday, May 24, 2024, at Harbor Shores in Benton Harbor, Mich. Play is suspended Friday, May 24, 2024, as inclement weather moves in during the second round of the Senior PGA Championship golf tournament Friday, May 24, 2024, at Harbor Shores in Benton Harbor, Mich.
He had a one-shot lead over Scott Dunlap after the morning wave, and it looked as though it would hold up as the 36-hole lead. The second round was delayed in the afternoon by potentially dangerous weather, making it unlikely it would finish. 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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