Bland gains PGA Tour start at Canadian Open

IN: News | US PGA | Canadian Open (2007) | Preview | by Bruce Young | 18 Jul 2007

Adam Bland’s professional career gained another boost today when it was confirmed he has earned a start at next week’s Canadian Open at the Angus Glen Golf Club in Markham, Ontario.

Adam Bland

(Photo: Anthony Powter)

Bland, who won two early season Canadian Tour events and is currently ranked second on the 20007 Canadian Tour money list behind American Spencer Levin, is one of six players from the money list to gain automatic entry into the PGA Tour event.

Bland hails from South Australia and was the rookie of the year on the Von Nida Tour in 2005 before playing mini tour events in the US in 2006. An injury late last year curtailed his season on the Australasian Tour but on gaining his Canadian Tour card earlier this year he has gone from strength to strength.

This will be the second PGA Tour start for Bland, having made the field for last year’s Open Championship at Hoylake, eventually missing the cut.

Position	Score	Player	R1	R2	R3	R4	Total
1	-16	Jim Furyk	69	66	69	64	268
2	-15	Vijay Singh	68	65	68	68	269
T3	-13	George Mcneill	70	69	66	66	271
T3	-13	Ryan Palmer	67	67	71	66	271
T5	-12	Bob Heintz	69	69	67	67	272
T5	-12	Hunter Mahan	62	74	67	69	272
T7	-11	Brandt Snedeker	67	68	70	68	273
T7	-11	John Mallinger	66	66	70	71	273
T7	-11	Steve Allan	64	68	70	71	273

Position	Score	Player	R1	R2	R3	R4	Total
T7	-11	Steve Allan	64	68	70	71	273
T10	-10	Paul Gow	70	69	67	68	274
T15	-9	Stephen Leaney	70	67	72	66	275
T22	-8	Steve Elkington	72	69	69	66	276
T34	-5	Mathew Goggin	68	70	69	72	279
T34	-5	Michael Sim	69	67	73	70	279
T47	-2	Jarrod Lyle	75	65	72	70	282
Cut -1
CUT	+1	Gavin Coles	71	72	-	-	143
CUT	+1	Nathan Green	69	74	-	-	143
CUT	+2	Paul Sheehan	71	73	-	-	144
CUT	+3	Andrew Buckle	73	72	-	-	145
CUT	+3	Grant Waite	72	73	-	-	145
CUT	+4	Ben Ferguson	74	72	-	-	146
CUT	+11	Adam Bland	77	76	-	-	153
CUT	+16	Craig Perks	77	81	-	-	158

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