LIV pro wins Senior PGA but is denied customary PGA Tour Champions exemption
LIV pro wins Senior PGA but is denied customary PGA Tour Champions exemption
Richard Bland wins in his senior debut at the 2024 Senior PGA Championship.
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Typically, the winner of the Senior PGA Championship, one of the Senior Tour’s five major tournaments per year, is granted a one-year exemption to the PGA Tour Champions Tour. Unless you spend most of your time playing LIV Golf.
This is exactly the situation Richard Bland found himself in this morning. And it all started with a truly improbable victory.
Bland was a founding member of LIV Golf’s Cleeks team, riding an inspired stretch of golf and a DP World Tour win in 2021 to a spot on the upstart tour in 2022.
