RICHARD BLAND: Playing On LIV, Winning Majors And His Career Renaissance | Monthly Meets

In the second episode of Monthly Meets, our in-depth interview series with some of the biggest names in golf, Dan Parker sits down with LIV Golfer and now two-time senior major champion Richard Bland to discuss his career, the process of joining LIV and what the future holds.
This video was filmed in late May, specifically the week after Richard won the US Senior PGA Championship - hence no reference to him then winning the US Senior Open. His Cleeks GC team also went on to win the LIV Houston event the week after this interview.
Be sure to tune in every month for more big interviews with some of the most high profile names in the sport! Massive thanks to Richard for being so generous with his time and joining us for the second episode of Monthly Meets and to the Wisley for hosting us!
CHAPTERS
Introduction 0:00-0:28
Winning the US Senior PGA 0:28-2:51
Not being exempt on the Seniors Tour 2:51-5:31
Winning the British Masters 5:31-10:22
Leading the US Open 10:22-12:48
First signing for LIV 12:48-16:27
The reaction when he joined LIV 16:27-19:08
Post-LIV plans 19:08-25:09
Money in LIV 25:09-26:37
What LIV is like day-to-day 26:37-29:37
Playing as part of a team 29:37-34:24
How should world golf look in 5 years? 34:24-38:35
Quickfire questions 38:35-39:44
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[@kennethmckinney2532]

Great guy. 2 time senior major champion in 2 tries. Not bad. Finished top 24 on LIV at his age is quite the accomplishment

[@usacool88]

What a good dude. Who wouldn’t root for this guy. Such an inspiring story of persistence and keeping at it.

[@barry5138]

Well done Blandy, what an inspiration 👏

[@dougiemcbriar1998]

So so pleased for Richard, I won't forget him celebrating his DP tour win with Tim Barter, truly tear jerking. All success to him.....

[@benmarnoch4111]

What a solid honest guy, good luck to him!

[@juiceqc7716]

Well done Richard. You've earned it.

[@vintagegolffilms]

Have a lot of respect for the guy! Saw him play on Challenge Tour pushing his own buggy (no caddy) and DP and Liv. Hard working straight forward guy 👍👍😊💪

[@MrHobbs-lm8jn]

Great to see you achieve the peak of golf

[@HuntForParfection]

Nothing but class from Blandy. Good on ya mate!

[@johndomutz1052]

Very nice interview. I'm glad to see a guy like Bland contribute to the success of LIV and come back and win majors on the Seniors PGA side.

[@Ryglado]

Always rooting for Blandie after his first win. One of the sweetest swings out there.

[@digitalmanoz]

Amazing golf Blandy. Really showing people what you’ve got.

[@jamesdaw131]

Started supporting him when he won the British Masters - always look out for his results and tune in a bit if the timing suits me. Also support Aaron Rai - for some reason I love a (no offence meant at all) a second tier british tour pro. Hopefully see him at JCB!

[@perryseehoe590]

Go Blandy 🏆

[@sylvandude1]

Great interview! Appreciate the honesty and keep winning those Majors!

[@ladgolf6330]

I'm buying a Cleeks hat at JCB - Blandy is doing it for the Generation X golfers of the world. 👍

[@seanoconnor5638]

I'll be there too.think I'm gonna get a torque lime green top and has to be a crushers hat I'm thinking

[@ladgolf6330]

@@seanoconnor5638 Went last year and had a quality day out👍

[@mikemartin5340]

“Liv never got into fracturing the sport in any way.” LOLOLOL cmon dude, what a quote

[@BidenIsKing]

There are tons of tours out there. Their intention was to work with the PGA tour and they refused them. So did they fracture the tour or did the PGA tour do that by not taking their call.

[@jimiverson3085]

LIV did offer Bland $100K/tournament even if he finished last. He wasn't making that kind of money on the European Tour and never had. LIV was his retirement ticket, plain and simple, which was true for most of the Euro players who jumped.

[@kevinpriceukfr]

And...

[@kennethmckinney2532]

And?

[@digitalmanoz]

😢😢😢😢😢 How’s your butt ?

[@SwayPromo]

And your point is? lol that’s why he clearly said he did It for the money…

[@jimiverson3085]

@@SwayPromo Yes, but his statement that he wasn't given anything is a bit disingenuous. If LIV guaranteed him a run of several years, he was effectively guaranteed several million dollars. I get it why he said yes - he had made a living in golf but this was a chance he hadn't had to make enough for his family and a secure retirement.

[@SmokingJoe62]

My favourite player on the Liv tour. Great competitor, always delivers 👍😎

[@richardback2805]

What a brilliant story and so happy for you my fellow Richard! Watched your final round and the determination and resilience you showed was incredible. Don't rule this guy out of an open championship charge!

[@BillyDenton-nx3oy]

I think that you're wrong about the frequency with which we see the best players in the world. With LIV packing a guaranteed world class field, and the PGA Tour elevated events, The Majors and The Ryder Cup, I would argue that we have never seen fields with such a thick contingent of the world's best. We just don't see the mix as often, but we get the players and the competition. Btw, The LIV Team events are AWESOME !!

[@Pud56]

Great golfer, true gentleman, and a graphic demonstration that there doesn’t need to be divide in golf. I am one of those that enjoy LIV, not least because its ad free so watchable, mostly because its great golf and entertainment. Richard Bland exemplifies freedom for professional golf

[@SwayPromo]

You win in Houston! And I’m super proud to be there to witness It!

[@craig3775]

Legend 🇬🇧🥇

[@austinmeehan3522]

It's hard not to root for Blandy!

[@gillgareth]

Dickie Bland a legend, golf was dieing of a slow death, PGA Tour is a US organization and while a well run organization it is US eccentric not Global, LIV is Global andnlove the party hole theme, but also local rules like being able to use a range finder in tournament play which helps sppedd up play, howm many times we seen a caddie pace off yardage with todays tech is ridiculous. I think LIV can set up a new golf rules organization as not agreeing to role back the ball size and can we stop playing out of divots in the fairway, should be a free drop, just a few examples where us fans want to see changes. Great interview

[@michaelblack2334]

Great interview. If dropped from LIv he can play the International Series

[@frankdooley6451]

Great attitude.

[@WarwickWood-h6j]

Great interview - very open & honest.

[@Ball_Striker]

Lessgo Cleeks!

[@jh4375]

Bland is a great man

[@stevevainikolo8263]

Wish you were at Carnoustie..

[@vincesteer7960]

Not sure about Kaymer be hall of famer as yet.

[@Kevin-l4]

2 time major champion and players champion means he is a lock for HoF . He more than makes the criteria.

[@raymondritchie6008]

As you said "you knew what would happen when sind up to LIV !!!!!" Get over it 😢

[@michaelcohen7088]

What made his game suddenly click after 30 years ? A new coach?Why doesn't the interviewer ask this obvious question?

[@afdkj]

LIV should have a senior captain and woman on every team and subs. I know Richard Bland is aptly named, he plays boring unassuming golf without flash (that's definitely not a diss of his skill, he's unreal), but I would rather watch Tiger Woods shoot 75 in a team competition than that random kid shoot 57 on a goat track. I don't get why LIV doesn't relegate the bottom two scores on Sunday to a two-man scramble. It would make it more exciting. It doesn't make much sense to compete against the PGA Tour in format. Golf is about media and the players as much as the result. I would expand the fields and teams. LIV could elevate women's golf, which has long suffered from an image problem. Having it be invite only makes it watchable.

[@Pud56]

Couldn’t disagree more, LIV works in its format, it doesn’t have to be a PGA clone. Your thoughts re the media, well they are coming round, all the UK press now report LIV, Sky sports news reports LIV despite not covering it. My worry is the major TV companies come sniffing as then dreaded ADs will kill part of its appeal. So hope LIV+ and KZbin remain the main outlets, obviously offer sponsorship, such as the existing Maserati deal, but don’t sell ads every 5 minutes, followed by 10 Putts and then more ads, which sums up PGA broadcasting. LIV isn’t perfect and will evolve, as Saudi already sponsors Women’s golf via Aramaco, there is the opportunity to have co sanctioned events, which might be interesting. But please do not mimic the failed foremat of PGA golf. And yes, it’s failed, it feeds a few pros, the rest starve.

[@stephensumpton3090]

Err, Errm, So err!!!

[@TheBigBananaaa]

👍✅😜✅👍

[@joenolan4917]

I hope the guys get back together with 4 round cut tourneys, but I’ve changed my opinion on liv dulling people’s game. It’s obliviously competitive and keeping guys sharp young and old

[@The-OC]

Erm, erm, erm, erm, erm, erm.

[@nelsonjames1272]

It’s funny how there is always an excuse when LIV things aren’t going so well.

[@Pud56]

LIV is going fine, and growing fast

[@ianhaddit4890]

And a flurry of pro LIV bots working ferociously to attack anyone who doesn't see it the way they tell them to...

[@davidparry8713]

Huh?

[@klars3207]

Has he ever worked a real job, or just plays a game?

[@dallasreid7755]

Shame he did not get a nice cheque from LIV. I had assumed he got something given the money being thrown around. Happy is making good money there. The hypocrisy of the PGA and their pet poodle the European Tour is pitiful.

[@dthomas99]

Shameless PGA Tour. It does not own golf or golfers. Golf is global.

[@convinceme6676]

he finished top 24 because his competition isn’t top shelf. Hope he enjoys his blood money. Lebron James and others have donated to schools, after school programs and have put their money where their mouth is. Fair play to them, they have character that should be emulated. The LIV players can close their eyes to the Saudis whitewashing their record by throwing money at sports but I will not be able to abide it.

[@Ecka63]

Lets get things straight. Senior events are NOT majors and as such, Bland is NOT a major winner. Further, he never won on the PGA tour so he joined the circus where he makes money when his team mates play well.

[@shankedit65]

Butt hurt comment

[@kennethmckinney2532]

Get lost hater

[@jadesmith6823]

I bet you was a little cry baby as a kid...

[@chevy4x466]

Senior event majors are majors LPGA majors are majors

[@digitalmanoz]

In your eyes. Every senior player will class it a major.

[@deanrobinson2459]

Sorry, but anyone who bit the hand that fed them, knowingly tried to fracture golf and dilute the game for all involved just to make (even) more money, should at least be expected to be roundly criticised. That's before you get into any sport-washing.

[@shankedit65]

So the pgatour taking players off every other tour and especially gutting the European tour is OK. Pgatour inward looking and treating world golf with contempt for decades is OK. Blood money, USA bombed these countries since 1946 = Vietnam, Afghanistan, Iraq, Syria, Libya, Panama, Colombia, Bosnia, Cambodia, el Salvador, Congo, Grenada, Yugoslavia, Guatemala, Laos, Iran, Lebanon, Nicaragua, Pakistan, Peru, Somalia, Yemen, there's more.

[@kennethmckinney2532]

Lol. Butthurt? Jealous? Hater?

[@chevy4x466]

Have u ever worked for an employer that paid u less than ur market value; when u left get accused biting the hand that feeds u?

[@SwayPromo]

Keep on crying 😝

[@johnrobbins917]

PGA Tour is the problem in golf. Always has been.

[@tomdallas3690]

The guy plays in no cut events and therefore cashes a decent check every tournament. How is that not offering you a dollar? Now he wins two majors on the Champions Tour and he has the answers. He took the cash...no big deal. Own up to it. The LIV tour is a joke.

[@LeoOttawa42]

LIV is not a pro league, no matter if they have previous pros as members. Of course when you leave the pro league you will not be exempt of the majors. LIV are free to create their own majors - good luck.

[@Matthew-of9sp]

Majors are independent from the tours. The major win grants a senior tour exemption, as that is how the senior tour has always conducted itself in regards to the senior major champions. They didn’t give him the exemption to play the senior tour bc he plays for LIV. But wouldn’t simply come out and say that…