Golf-Reality check ends fairytale Bland run at U.S. Open


  • Golf
  • Sunday, 20 Jun 2021

Jun 19, 2021; San Diego, California, USA; Richard Bland plays a shot from a bunker on the 16th hole during the third round of the U.S. Open golf tournament at Torrey Pines Golf Course. Mandatory Credit: Orlando Ramirez-USA TODAY Sports

SAN DIEGO, Calif. (Reuters) - Halfway U.S. Open co-leader Richard Bland received a sobering reality check when he plunged out of contention with a six-over-par 77 in the third round at Torrey Pines on Saturday.

The 48-year-old English journeymen held it together with just one bogey on the front nine.

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