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Richard Bland Set For A Monumental Efficiency In Jakarta’s Warmth At BNI Indonesian Masters
Wednesday, October 30, 2024
English golf veteran Richard Bland has had a rare season, capturing two Senior Main titles and delivering persistently robust performances within the LIV Golf League. Heading into this week’s BNI Indonesian Masters at Royale Jakarta Golf Membership, Bland shared insights into the ‘secret’ behind his spectacular type.
At 51, Bland has proven exceptional consistency, securing 9 top-20 finishes in 13 LIV Golf League occasions, with factors earned in 12 of these tournaments. His season additionally included a notable seventh-place end on the Worldwide Collection England on house soil this August.
This week presents a brand new sort of take a look at for Richard Bland as he contends with Jakarta’s intense warmth, marking his first match in Indonesia because the 2009 Indonesia Open, the place he positioned tied for fifth. The tropical local weather presents a pointy distinction to the milder circumstances of Southern England, the place he sometimes trains.
Bland stated: “I can’t think about the local weather has modified an entire lot right here, so it’s in all probability going to be scorching and sticky this week. It’s nothing that we haven’t confronted earlier than. It at all times takes a little bit bit longer to acclimatise if you end up within the UK for a short time. However, yeah, come Thursday I’ll be able to go.
“It’s different grass. You must get used to the way the ball comes off the face. So that’s the biggest challenge. Especially around the greens, you can get some funny lies just with the different grass. The grass is much stronger than it is at home, so it just takes a little bit more work on the short game, just getting used to that. But hopefully I don’t miss too many greens. That’s the secret.”
As a key participant for Martin Kaymer’s Cleeks GC group, Richard Bland secured a powerful nineteenth place within the LIV Golf League standings this season, ending forward of former Masters champions Patrick Reed (twentieth) and Charl Schwartzel (twenty first).
With the LIV Golf League’s season concluding after the Group Championship in Dallas in September, Bland has devoted his low season to refining his abilities and enhancing his recreation.
Reflecting on his consistency and areas of focus in the course of the break, he stated: “I’ve picked up factors in LIV Golf from 12 out of the 13 particular person occasions this 12 months. I’ve performed very constant. I believe it’s simply realizing what works and what doesn’t work, simply engaged on the a part of my recreation, or elements of my recreation that I do know that can give me the extra likelihood of success.
“It’s not about standing there hitting, you understand, 105 irons on the vary, that actually doesn’t do an enormous quantity for me. So, it’s extra about training the place I do know it would make a distinction, and simply attempting to maintain on prime of that.
“That’s the kind of thing that when you are a little bit out of practice it takes a little bit of time to get those field shots dialled in. So, you know, I’m not expecting to be razor sharp this week, but, you know, hopefully it’d be good enough.”
The BNI Indonesian Masters marks the seventh of 10 elevated tournaments in The Worldwide Collection for 2024. Richard Bland will compete alongside a formidable discipline, together with two-time Masters champion Bubba Watson, present Worldwide Collection Rankings chief John Catlin, and defending champion Gaganjeet Bhullar.
