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November 21, 2025

Richard Bland

Riyadh Golf Club

Quick Quotes

Q. Great round today, Richard, 7-under for the day. Can you talk us through your shots today?

RICHARD BLAND: Yeah, I played similar to how I played yesterday. Drove the ball really nicely. Hit some really nice iron shots. Putted quite nice. A little disappointing to bogey 17, but hopefully the guys who are still out there don't run too far off into the distance.

I've given myself a chance for tomorrow. When you're 6 or 7 back going into Saturday, or Friday as it is, if you can just give yourself that chance on Sunday, then it's been a good day.

Q. You've been playing well this week. How would you assess your game going into the week?

RICHARD BLAND: It's been nice. All around it's been pretty solid. Obviously you always like to do the odd thing here a little bit better. The greens are quite tricky to read, so you've got to stay patient. Even though they putt very well, sometimes they don't quite do what you think they're going to do. So you've kind of got to -- if that does happen, you get a few holes where maybe you get some chances and you don't take them, it's very important to stay patient.

Yeah, the last couple of days, pretty much the chances I've given myself, I've managed to take. Hopefully that continues tomorrow.

Q. And what is the mantra going into tomorrow? You said about being patient?

RICHARD BLAND: I believe so. A lot depends on what the guys do the last six or seven holes. There are chances out there. The conditions are perfect. There's not much breeze. It's warm. So I certainly expect them to get a couple more in front of me.

Obviously I'm going to have to be aggressive, of course, because that's how those guys are going to play. It's going to need something similar to today, but the nice thing is that everything's there that gives me the opportunity to do it.

I'm looking forward to it. It's the last round of the year. Hopefully make it exciting.