Adam Bland

Adam Bland
Personal information
Full nameAdam James Bland
Born (1982-08-26) 26 August 1982 (age 42)
Mildura, Victoria, Australia
Height1.85 m (6 ft 1 in)
Weight95 kg (209 lb; 15.0 st)
Sporting nationality 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 TournamentDNP
PGA ChampionshipDNP
U.S. OpenDNP
The Open ChampionshipCUT: 2006, 2015, 2017
Achievements and awards
Von Nida Tour
Order of Merit winner		2005

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

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. Date Tournament Winning score Margin of
victory 		Runner-up
1 17 May 2015 Japan PGA Championship Nissin Cupnoodles Cup −16 (64-68-64-72=268) 3 strokes South Korea Lee Sang-hee

Canadian Tour wins (2)

No. Date Tournament Winning score Margin of
victory 		Runner(s)-up
1 15 Apr 2007 San Jose International Open −9 (74-67-71-67=279) Playoff United States John Ellis, United States Scott Gibson,
United States Spencer Levin
2 6 May 2007 Ford Culiacan Open −18 (64-66-69-67=266) 3 strokes United States Michael Harris

Von Nida Tour wins (1)

No. Date Tournament Winning score Margin of
victory 		Runner-up
1 29 May 2005 WA PGA Championship −15 (66-70-67-70=273) 1 stroke Australia Brad Lamb

Playoff record

PGA Tour of Australasia playoff record (0–1)

No. Year Tournament Opponents Result
1 2022 Victorian PGA Championship Australia Brett Coletta, Australia Andrew Martin,
Australia 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. Year Tournament Opponent Result
1 2009 Mexico Open United States Troy Merritt Lost to birdie on first extra hole

Results in major championships

Tournament 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017
The Open Championship CUT CUT CUT

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.

Tournament 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018
Championship T18
Match Play
Invitational
Champions 77 T54
  Did not play

"T" = Tied

Team appearances

Amateur

References

  1. ^ "Adam Bland wins Western Australian PGA". iseekgolf.com. 29 May 2005.[permanent dead link‍]
  2. ^ a b c "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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