Adam Bland

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Adam Bland
Personal information
Born (1982-08-26) 26 August 1982 (age 40)
Mildura, Victoria, Australia
Height1.85 m (6 ft 1 in)
Weight95 kg (209 lb; 15.0 st)
Sporting nationalityFlag of Australia (converted).svg  Australia
Career
Turned professional2005
Current tour(s) Japan Golf Tour
PGA Tour of Australasia
Former tour(s) European Tour
Nationwide Tour
Canadian Tour
Gateway Tour
Professional wins4
Number of wins by tour
Japan Golf Tour1
Other3
Best results in major championships
Masters Tournament DNP
PGA Championship DNP
U.S. Open DNP
The Open Championship CUT: 2006, 2015, 2017
Achievements and awards
Von Nida Tour
Order of Merit winner 		2005

Adam Bland (born 26 August 1982) is an Australian professional golfer who has played on a number of the world's golf tours.

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Bland turned professional in 2005 and plays on the PGA Tour of Australasia. He won the 2005 Western Australia PGA Championship on the tour's developmental tour, the Von Nida Tour. [1] He also played on the Gateway Tour in 2005 and had five top-10 finishes. [2] He played on the Canadian Tour in 2007 and 2008 with six top-10s including two wins in 2007. [2] He played on the Nationwide Tour (now Web.com Tour) from 2009 to 2011 with his best finish a playoff loss to Troy Merritt in the 2009 Mexico Open. [2]

He began playing on the Japan Golf Tour in 2014 [3] and won the third event of the 2015 season, the Japan PGA Championship Nissin Cupnoodles Cup. [4]

Professional wins (4)

Japan Golf Tour Tour wins (1)

Legend
Japan majors (1)
Other Japan Golf Tour (0)
No.DateTournamentWinning scoreMargin of
victory		Runner-up
117 May 2015 Japan PGA Championship Nissin Cupnoodles Cup −16 (64-68-64-72=268)3 strokes Flag of South Korea.svg Lee Sang-hee

Canadian Tour wins (2)

No.DateTournamentWinning scoreMargin of
victory		Runner(s)-up
115 Apr 2007 San Jose International Open −9 (74-67-71-67=279)Playoff Flag of the United States.svg John Ellis, Flag of the United States.svg Scott Gibson,
Flag of the United States.svg Spencer Levin
26 May 2007 Ford Culiacan Open −18 (64-66-69-67=266)3 strokes Flag of the United States.svg Michael Harris

Von Nida Tour wins (1)

No.DateTournamentWinning scoreMargin of
victory		Runner-up
129 May 2005 WA PGA Championship −15 (66-70-67-70=273)1 stroke Flag of Australia (converted).svg Brad Lamb

Playoff record

PGA Tour of Australasia playoff record (0–1)

No.YearTournamentOpponentsResult
1 2022 Victorian PGA Championship Flag of Australia (converted).svg Brett Coletta, Flag of Australia (converted).svg Andrew Martin,
Flag of Australia (converted).svg Lincoln Tighe 		Martin won with birdie on fifth extra hole
Bland and Coletta eliminated by birdie on first hole

Nationwide Tour playoff record (0–1)

No.YearTournamentOpponentResult
1 2009 Mexico Open Flag of the United States.svg Troy Merritt Lost to birdie on first extra hole

Results in major championships

Tournament200620072008200920102011201220132014201520162017
The Open Championship CUTCUTCUT

CUT = missed the halfway cut
Note: Bland only played in The Open Championship.

Results in World Golf Championships

Results not in chronological order before 2015.

Tournament20112012201320142015201620172018
Championship T18
Match Play
Invitational
Champions 77T54
  Did not play

"T" = Tied

Team appearances

Amateur

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References

  1. ↑ "Adam Bland wins Western Australian PGA". iseekgolf.com. 29 May 2005.[ permanent dead link ]
  2. 1 2 3 "Adam Bland – Profile". PGA Tour. Retrieved 20 May 2015.
  3. ↑ Partland, Warren (3 January 2014). "Adam Bland starting to build an international golfing presence". The Courier-Mail .
  4. ↑ Welsh, Scott (18 May 2015). "SA golfer Adam Bland scores breakthrough win in Japan PGA Championship". The Advertiser .


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