Adam Bland

State/Country: SA
Height: 185
Weight: 100
Birthdate: 26/08/1982
Residence: Adelaide South Australia
Turned Professional: 28/06/2004
Career Earnings: 0

Adam Bland

Girlfriend Bec, a massage therapist.

Started playing golf in 1995 as another sport to try.

A former State Champion Tennis player.

Favourite sportsperson Andre Agassi.

Likes: sport, the beach, sun, relaxing & watching movies. Dislikes: arrogant people...Favourite food: Chicken Parmigana Favourite drink: Coke...Favourite actor: Wesley Snipes. Past employment: Golf club technician...Earliest golf memory: pulling dads golf cart at 10...Golf shot most prominent in his memory: 'my 8 iron that holed out on a par 5

Sponsors include Crazy John's and Dodo

Adam Bland

Joined Tour: 2005
Yearly Tournaments: 0
Official Tour Victories: 2005 Western Australian PGA Championship (Von Nida Tour)
Other Victories: 2007 Ford Culiacan Open (Canadian Tour) / 2007 San Jose International ( Canadian Tour) / 2005 Von Nida Tour Order of Merit Winner
Scoring Average: 73.5 (20 rnds, 2006)
Season Lowround: 67 (-5), RD3 2006 MasterCard Masters, Huntingdale
Best OOM Finish: 9, (2007)
Career Lowround: 65 (-7), 2001 Lake Macquarie, Belmont
Highlights: 2010: Has cards on both Australasian and Nationwide Tours. Started year with three made cuts at the Vic Open (T24), NZ Open (T32) and Moonah Classic (T70).

2009: Played Australsian and Nationwide Tours...Good start to 2009 season with three top ten results in six events. T3 at Cellarbrations Victorian PGA Championship, T4 at Nationwide Tour co-sanctioned Moonah Classic & T10 at the Michael Hill NZ Open. Finished 14th on the 2009 Australasian Tour OOM...Ended his rookie season on the 2009 Nationwide Tour ranked No. 38 on the money list, thanks to three top-10 finishes in his 11 made cuts. Added a playoff runner-up result to rookie Troy Merritt at the Mexico Open to his top 10 finishes. Posted a course-record 8-under 64 in the final round to finish at 15-under 273 and force the playoff, which Merritt won with a 20-foot birdie putt on the first extra hole.

2008: Finished 27th on Australasian Tour OOM. Played four events with best results T11 at Australian Open and T25 at Johnnie Walker Classic....played one VNT event finishing T6 at Vic Open. Advanced to Nationwide Tour in 2009 after a T97 finish at 2008 PGA TOUR Qualifying Tournament

2008: Also played Canadian Tour. Played 14 events, making 11 cuts with six top ten finishes and three top three finishes. Results included T-2nd at the 2008 Corona Mazatlan Mexican PGA Championship and the San Luis Potosi Open...T-3 at TELUS Edmonton Open...T-4th at the Stockton Sports Commission Classic...T-6th at the Greater Vancouver Charity Classic

2007: Finished 9th on OOM, his best ever finish...Results in 2007 included:...T6 - Cadbury Schweppes Aust PGA Championship/ T12 - Michael Hill New Zealand Open/T16 - Johnnie Walker Classic/ T30 - MasterCard Masters/ T49 - HSBC NZ PGA/ MC - Jacob's Creek Open

2007: Finished 16th on Von Nida Tour Money List with a 3rd place at the Qld Open and T3 at the Cairns Classic.

2007: qualified for the 2007 Canadian Tour after finishing 4th at Qualifying School in California in April and followed that up with victory a week later at the season opening San Jose International. Bland came from a T10 overnight to win on the first hole of a four man play-off.

May 2007: Just three weeks later claimed his second Canadian Tour title, the Ford Culiacan Open. The 24-year-old rookie fired a final-round 4-under 67 to end the week at 18-under 266, three shots in front of 2005 money leader Michael Harris (66).

2006: Played on Australasian Tour full season and finished 30th on Order of Merit. Good performance at MasterCard Masters brought his best result, T10.

2005: Winner of the 2005 Von Nida Tour Money List. Adam won 2005 Western Australian PGA Championship, T2 at Cairns Classic, T3 Proton NSW Open, 4th NSW PGA.

The Von Nida Tour Money List win earned him a start in the $5 million HSBC Champions Tournament in Asia in 2006 where he finished T59. Played three events on Australasian Tour in 2005 with best finish T17 at the PGA Championships.

Winner of 2005 Kel Nagle PGA Rookie of the Year Award.

Best amateur performances: Dunes Medalist, winner Mandurah Open, 2002 SA Amateur… State teams/Australian Honour team