COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. — Richard Bland won’t defend his title this week on the U.S. Senior Open, selecting as a substitute to play at LIV Golf’s cease in Dallas whereas the seniors tee it up on the Broadmoor in Colorado Springs.
The 52-year-old defending champ said on social media that he was dedicated to enjoying LIV’s 14-event schedule with a purpose of ending among the many high 24 to ensure his spot on the Cleeks crew captained by Martin Kaymer.
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— Cleeks Golf Membership (@Cleeks_GolfClub) June 24, 2025
Motion begins Thursday on the Broadmoor, which is internet hosting its ninth USGA championship. That features Jack Nicklaus’ victory within the 1959 U.S. Novice and Annika Sorenstam’s 1995 win within the U.S. Girls’s Open.
Bland, a longtime fixture on the DP World Tour, received the British Masters in 2021 at age 48 to turn into that tour’s oldest first-time winner. Additionally that yr, he shared the lead on the U.S. Open at Torrey Pines after two rounds earlier than ending fiftieth.
Bland was denied entry into the 2023 Senior Open due to excellent fines he owed to the European tour after his transfer to LIV. However his win on the Senior PGA Championship in 2024 certified him for the Senior U.S. Open later final summer time, and he beat Hiroyuki Fujita in a playoff at Newport Nation Membership for the title.
With out Bland within the combine, the favorites this week are Stewart Cink, Miguel Angel Jiménez and Steven Alker. Jimenez beat Alker in a playoff finally week’s senior tour cease.
Additionally within the subject are two-time Senior U.S. Open champion Bernhard Langer and Ángel Cabrera, who has already received two majors — the Custom and Senior PGA — this yr. David Toms received the final Senior Open held on the Broadmoor in 2018.
