Door remains open for Richard Green at US Senior Open
Richard Green and caddie walk from the course after play was postponed – image USGA
When Richard Green resumes his final round of the US Senior Open at the Newport Country Club on Rhode Island at 8.00am Monday morning US East Coast time, he will find himself four shots out of the lead held by Japan’s Hiroyuki Fujita and one behind the current second placed Richard Bland of England.
Horrific wet and windy conditions brought play to a halt at 3.00pm on Sunday with only 11 of the 71 players having completed their rounds.
Green had just birdied the 10th hole when play was called but with still eight holes to play there is still an opportunity for the 53-year-old Victorian to become only the second Australian in the 44-year history of the event to take the title. Graham Marsh was the other when he won in 1997.
The leader Fujita, an 18-time winner on the Japan Golf Tour, has looked infallible over the first 64 holes of the event but the last eight holes will be most interesting as he, Bland and Green chase their first US Senior Open title.
Today, Fujita set a US Senior Open record by finding the fairway on 38 consecutive occasions during the course of the week to bypass the record of 32 that had been set previously in 1997, so his play has been exemplary until now.
Steve Alker 11th, and Cameron Percy 14th are the next best of the Australiasians to make the cut.
