Entries by Bruce Young

Powerful finish earns Declan O’Donovan Sydney title

Declan O’Donovan – image PGA of Australia 22 year old Sydney golfer, Declan O’Donovan, in just his 7th start as a professional since turning to the paid ranks last November, today not only won his first PGA Tour of Australasia title, but he did so in the most emphatic fashion. O’Donovan began the final round […]

Dream LIV Golf debut for Elvis Smylie

Elvis Smylie – image courtesy of LIV Golf 23-year-old Australian Elvis Smylie has made a dream start to his LIV Golf career with a win in the opening event of the 2026 LIV Golf Schedule when taking out the LIV Golf Riyadh event in Saudi Arabia. Smylie, who joined LIV Golf in January after a […]

Brady Watt takes late lead on day two of Webex Sydney

Brady Watt in action today – image PGA of Australia Perth’s Brady Watt has the halfway lead in the weather-interrupted Webex Player Series Sydney, being played at the Castle Hill Golf Club in Sydney’s north-western suburbs. The 35-year-old Watt, at one stage the world’s leading amateur after his semi-final placing at the US Amateur Championship […]

Billy Dowling and Jazy Roberts claim Australian Amateur titles

  Jazy Roberts and Billy Dowling – image Golf Australia Gold Coast’s Billy Dowling has threatened for some time to break through for a significant win, whether it be in professional or amateur events, but today he took out the most coveted title in Australian amateur golf by winning the Australian Amateur Championship at the […]

The New Zealand Open – 54 years of special memories

Sir Bob Charles and I – a walk and talk chat for TV as he plays his supposedly last NZ Open in 2004 With the 2026 New Zealand Open fast approaching, my involvement in a commentary role again rekindles some lovely memories of an event which I first attended in 1971 as an 18-year-old, beginning […]

Daniel Hillier projected to make top 100 breakthrough

Daniel Hillier – file image courtesy of PhotosportNZ / NZ Open New Zealand golfer Daniel Hillier’s outstanding run of form in DP World Tour events continued overnight when the 27-year-old finished in a share of 4th place at the DP World Tour’s Bapco Energies Bahrain Championship in the Kingdom of Bahrain. Hiller finished in a […]

Perth’s Haydn Barron takes first Australasian Tour title

Haydn Barron – finally the breakthrough  – image PGA of Australia Despite a shaky start when leading into the final round of the Webex Player Series Murray River event at Cobram Barooga’s Old Course on the Murray River, soon to be 30 year old Haydn Barron has today broken through for a first PGA Tour […]

Lydia Ko off to flying start in 2026

Lydia Ko – shares the lead in a tournament she won two years ago – file image USGA New Zealand’s Lydia Ko and England’s LPGA Tour second-season player, Lottie Woad, share the halfway lead at the season-opening Hilton Grand Vacations Tournament of Champions at the Lake Nona Golf and Country Club in Orlando. Ko, who […]

Josh Armstrong takes lead at Cobram Barooga

Josh Armstrong in action on Friday – image PGA of Australia New South Welshman Josh Armstrong will take a one-shot lead into the weekend at the Webex Player Series Murray River event at the Cobram Barooga Old Course on the Victorian/NSW border, adding a second round of 65 to his opening 63 to lead over […]