Welcome to 54 Golf. In this episode, we delve into Richard Bland’s remarkable victory at the 2024 Senior PGA Championship and the shocking decision by the PGA Tour to strip him of his Champions Tour exemption. We also cover the ALL of the latest golf news on our UNCUT edition on Spotify (link below)
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0:00 Moment of Silence for Grayson Murray
0:30 Richard Bland’s Senior PGA Victory
3:00 PGA Tour Strips Bland’s Exemption
5:00 Final Thoughts
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I I we definitely should start the show off with a moment of silence for grace and Murray for sure all right he probably want us to talk about golf so let’s talk about golf Liv is now the holder of the Senior PGA Championship clicks GC stud Richard Bland Dicky B Bland all the catchphrases you can possibly you can possibly say what a performance I I think when they gave him the exemption the play they didn’t think he’d have a chance to win I think they did it just maybe to satisfy some people you know who I’m talking about in particular I think a lot of people after yesterday how badly he played yesterday uh thought he was they were like okay you know 54 holes he’s you know he’s done after this you know he played horribly yesterday Ells was up there with a shot to win a couple other guys that you know I never really paid much attention to on the senior tour we right up there and you know I looked at my phone today and saw he was six seven8 under I was like my God I was like dude played so well you know Thursday and Friday just had a band day yesterday and he admitted to playing horrible huge win for him huge win for Liv um now he’s exempt for the senior US Open which is even awesomer he’s also exempt from the senior British Open but he will not be going there most likely because that conflicts with a live tournament oh yeah so that’s going to be something something if it is on the same weekend and he wanted to play in the Senior Open Championship what would they have to do they’d have to get one of the Wild Card guys to play his spot or they have people yeah it wouldn’t be a wild card guy because Wild Card guys won’t be able to count towards team points but it would be one of the fillings so it would be h sord l uh Lorie uh caner you know one of those guys what are you gonna say there backy so part two of this Saga after winning first of all congratulations Richard Bland I know we already said that but like the the show is going to go away from you but we shouldn’t take it too far away from him played awesome deserved a win like you said played terribly on Saturday was all over the course couldn’t hit a fairway couldn’t hit a green couldn’t make a putt and then shoots eight eight under on the final day to win on Sunday yeah eight under throw the 504 whole thing out the window 55 through 72 53 years old or 52 years old and played 72 holes and kicked the [ __ ] out of some of the best senior golfers beat beat the hell out of Stricker beat the hell out of L’s you know so that’s that’s saying something you know they want a trash L for only playing three rounds guys have the step anyways now he’s 51 years old he’s a major champion and with a major championship comes a one-year exemption into the champions stour that’s awesome yeah but the PGA came out already and stripped him of his one year of Eligibility on the Champions yeah they immediately following the event um let me get the exact words because I don’t want to be called out by some DGA dude I’m sure they’re GNA call me out anyway here are the exact words from J monan theour in spite of the win because of competing in an unauthorized event by the PGA tour he will be ineligible for tour Affiliated events the PGA of America USGA and RNA each operate based on their by based on criteria of their own so not saying he can’t play in the majors the other senior Majors which he’ll be eligible for and he’ll likely play in all them get the year exemption he doesn’t get to participate he’s also definitely going to finish in the top 55 in their money because he’s like sixth after just winning this one so he’s not going to fall out of the top 50 the rest of the season going to be hanging like right around there even if he just participates in the other events he’s going to make some cash so he’s going to get a second exemption for 2025 and not be able to play so he’s going to be stripped of two separate exemptions onto the tour wow it’s ridiculous follow suit with the way they are man they just can’t that’s off Landing good job I don’t know what Richard blanded to the PGA Tour or the champions tour I like to focus on unauthorized event unauthorized by who these guys were never employee Richard Bland was never an employee of the PGA Tour he played on the DP world he played on DP world and he was eligible to play on the DP World Tour while he was playing on PGA Tour he’s never been a a uh a member of the or employed by the Senior PGA Tour or the champions tour so what unauthorized events has he participated in or after earning the the lift yeah hypocrisy at best mean LIF yeah at best play on the lift oh yeah he play it on lift of course that’s that’s exactly what they’re saying there’s one tour there’s only one tour one one one type of event there’s only one place that you’re not allowed to play one it’s his sandbox he gets to tell people if he if people are allowed to play it and it or not for how long how much long I mean that’s that’s only going to last so long I mean that’s that’s got to be embarrassing for everybody else in at the senior PGA Championship is you just got beat by a guy that your boss just told him oh by the way you can’t play with us unless we invite you again next year even though you won [ __ ] you yeah he can’t even like there’s probably a Champions Tour event like this week he can’t even go to that event he’s not he’s banned from the Champions Tour event that he is eligible for before like immediately it’s incredible but people want to tell us how much Liv divides the game and how bad Liv is for golf and listen these guys just keep uh keep proving us right and them wrong so it’s it’s great you know they can hang um they can not only hang they can be winners with Brooks and Richard band and many others they can ryson D Shambo killing it this year in a major so it’s like conversation just needs to stop it’s so dumb
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who will be the next LIV golfer to win a Major Championship? 🤣✌️
Discrimination and blackballing at its finest by the PGA Tour.
Just got my tickets for Nashville…….Roll Aces Roll
Great points in this show. I do not think bland would miss a LIv event for a senior Open even if he has the blessing because he needs to protect himself from relegation. He has said this would be his last tour, although that was before this senior pga win.
I agree it’s ridiculous he is banned before doing anything. He was never a member. He has not played LIv since he won.
The PGAT continues to piss off the Saudis while trying to get their money. No merger soon with this sort of petty crap by the PGAT .
Would love to see a LIV winner at both the US Open and The Open. Rahm, Bryson, Brooks, Cam Smith, or Patrick Reed.
My understanding is that the LIV players are pretty happy with their Tour, especially the amount of time-off they have available now. Good on them!
PGA saying negotiations with PIF are ongoing and merger is imminent is lying. Instead of quickly banning Bland from Champions tour, why not say that that decision is pending like the negotiations where it could change depending on the merger negotiations. This swift banning of Blandy exposes PGAs hand that they still not keen on merging in good faith.
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It doesn't matter if it's 1 hole or 100, LIV definitely has mostly the top players in the world.