In 2018, at 45 and soon to be 46, he had lost his European Tour playing privileges, only to become the oldest player to graduate from the lower-level Challenge Tour and grind his way back.
So it was just, right, OK, I’ve always been someone that can get my head down and work hard, and I always knew I had the game to compete on the European Tour at the highest level.
But I just think every kind of sportsman, sportswoman, they have that never-die or that never-quit attitude, no matter whether it’s golf or it’s tennis or it’s boxing, whatever it is.
He’d win tournament 478, the Betfred British Masters, becoming the oldest first-time winner on the European Tour.
I think they might think something different if they did play it for a living, but yeah, I’ve always been — thought of it as I’m very fortunate that I can travel the world and play some of the best courses in the world and some of the biggest tournaments in the world.
Hopefully if I can keep playing the way I’m playing, maybe next year I might be able to experience it, or the year after that would be unbelievable.
“You know, in the qualifyings that we have in Europe, I think I’ve lost in a playoff four times for this, for a U.S.
Bland, after his victory at the British Masters, was escorted to a video booth, where his family was on the other side of the camera to congratulate him.
During the first round of the Open, Bland wore a white hat adorned with a bird logo in black.
“This is just my golf club back home, the Wisley,” he said.
“Yeah, well, we’re in a sport where you’re going to miss some cuts, so yeah, I try not to take the Twitter sort of too seriously,” Bland said.
“I’ve always been a firm believer of the way I want to swing a golf club, you get the coach that kind of teaches that.
As I said after my win to Sky, if I had another 20 years of a career, he would be my coach for 20 years.