Golf-Bland wins British Masters in playoff to end 25-year wait

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Richard Bland won his first European Tour title at the 478th attempt after beating Guido Migliozzi in a playoff at the British Masters on Saturday.

Golf - European Tour - British Masters - The Belfry, Sutton Coldfield, Britain - May 15, 2021 England's Richard Bland celebrates winning the British Masters with the trophy Action Images via Reuters/Paul ChildsShare this contentBland, 48, and Migliozzi finished on 13 under par after 72 holes at The Belfry to force the playoff in which the Englishman parred the first extra hole while his Italian opponent made a bogey.

"My game had been tending in the right way and I'd worked really hard, as you know we've worked so hard on the wedges. "I just drove the ball so well this week, I've gone back to my old driver. Round here - especially for me, I'm not the longest on Tour - I've got to hit fairways and I've probably missed single digit fairways all week."Mikko Korhonen, Dave Coupland and Adrian Meronk finished third, one stroke behind Bland and Migliozzi with Andy Sullivan and Dean Burmester one stroke further back.

 

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