Entries by Bruce Young

Lydia Ko’s candid comment adds to her fan base

Lydia Ko in action yesterday – photo Harry How Getty / LPGA A beautifully candid comment by New Zealander Lydia Ko after finishing in a share of third in last week’s LPGA Palos Verdes Championship in Los Angeles has added many more admirers to the army of golfing fans she already enjoys. When asked by […]

Harrison Endycott’s maiden win both emotional and timely

A very happy Harrison Endycott – photo Getty Images. Article PGA Tour. Sydney’s Harrison Endycott was not ever sure he would win in the United States, or ever win again for that matter. The 25-year-old Australian last won in 2016, when he was still an amateur, and Endycott described much of his roughly five-year professional […]

Braden Becker holds off Hopewell to win first title

Braden Beacker (centre) holds his precious trophy – photo PGA Tour of Australasia 29-year-old Braden Becker has won his first PGA Tour of Australasia title with a one-shot victory over outstanding amateur and defending champion, Hayden Hopewell, at the West Australian Open at the Freemantle Golf Club south of Perth. Born in Pietermaritzburg in South […]

Hannah Green takes three shot lead in Los Angeles

Hannah Green in action today – photo Harry How Getty Images Australian Hannah Green has taken the halfway lead at the Palos Verdes Championship in California, her best of the day second round of 66, allowing her to improve from 8th to 1st and take a three shot lead over a group of four golfers […]

Minjee Lee starts well to lead at Palos Verdes

Minjee Lee – photo Harry How Getty Images World number four, Minjee Lee, has the lead after day one of the Palos Verdes Championship at Palos Verdes Estates in Los Angeles, California. Lee’s round of 63 leaves her one ahead of world number one, Jin Young Ko, with England’s Charley Hull, Thailand’s Moriya Jutanugarn and […]

2022 sees concurrent staging of Australian Opens

  The latest Men’s Australian Open Champion – Matt Jones In a world-first for golf, the Men’s Australian Open and the Women’s Australian Open are joining forces. The marquee events will be played at the same time and at the same venues, with the event to be held on the world-famous Melbourne Sandbelt from December […]

Anthony Quayle takes Crowns lead in Nagoya

Courtesy of Japan Golf Tour Australia’s Anthony Quayle picked up right where he left off last week by blazing the course for a bogey-free nine-under-par 61 and snatching a two-shot lead after the opening round of The Crowns on Thursday. The 27-year-old Queensland based Quayle came out with all guns blazing at the Nagoya Golf […]

Women’s NSW Open silverware re-named Jan Stephenson trophy

Jan Stephenson with the trophy named in her honour – photo and article Golf NSW One of women’s golf’s greatest advocates and a trailblazer in Australian sport, Jan Stephenson OAM, has been honoured by Golf NSW with the trophy for this week’s Women’s NSW Open Championship Trophy to be known from this point on as […]

Hannah Green finishes runner-up in Los Angeles

Hannah Green this week – Michael Owens Getty / LPGA She may have finished five shots behind the runaway winner, Nasa Hataoka, but the runner-up finish of Perth’s Hannah Green in this week’s DIO Implant LA Open was the 25-year old’s best LPGA Tour finish since finishing in the same position at the HSBC Women’s […]