It took a two-hole aggregate playoff then two more holes of sudden death as Richard Bland of England outlasted Hiroyuki Fujita of Japan for the U.S. Senior Open title Monday at Newport Country Club in Rhode Island. Bland became the 12th player to win his U.S. Senior Open debut and the second golfer from England…
NEWPORT, R.I. — The rest of the field at this 44th U.S. Senior Open might wind up needing some help. Hiroyuki Fujita looks in control entering the final round at Newport Country Club. Saturday did nothing to dent his advantage or his confidence atop the leaderboard. Fujita got up and down at the tough par-4…
NEWPORT, R.I. — Hiroyuki Fujita said his first round of the U.S. Senior Open was lucky. The Japan native threw luck aside on his second day at Newport Country Club. Fujita finished with a 4-under 66 on Friday and 11 under for the tournament to claim sole possession of first place at the cut. And…
NEWPORT, R.I. — Newport Country Club had already thrown its first curveball. Golfers ditched their practice round notes after Wednesday’s storm changed the course for the opening day of the U.S. Senior Open. In the practice rounds, short-sided shots were a death sentence. That was the opposite for the tournament’s first round. “Yesterday, if you…
