Entries by Bruce Young

Jason Day within striking distance at Pebble Beach

Jason Day – file photo – a chance to win his first PGA Tour title in more then three years Jason Day finds himself just four from the lead after the completion of the opening 54 holes at which point the cut has been made for the final round of the AT&T Pebble Beach Pro-Am. […]

Cameron Smith nicely poised in Saudi Arabia

Harold Varner 111 – joint leader by two – photo Paul Lakatos  Cameron Smith is tied for 3rd place and just two behind the lead held by Harold Varner 111 of the US and Adri Arnuas of Spain at the completion of 36 holes of the Asian Tour’s lucrative PIF Saudi International in King Abdullah […]

Money speaks all languages in Saudi this week

Two months after turning professional, recent Aust PGA Champion Jed Morgan plays a US$5 million event. The first event of the 2022 Asian Tour schedule gets underway on Thursday with the staging of the inaugural PIF Saudi International played at the Royal Greens Golf and Country Club in Saudi Arabia. The tournament represents the first […]

Lydia Ko back where she belongs after Gainbridge win

Lydia Ko – yet another trophy photo Douglas P. DeFelice Getty / LPGA Lydia Ko has today won her 17th LPGA Tour title with a narrow but impressive one-shot victory over her close friend, Danielle Kang, at the Gainbridge LPGA at Boca Rio in Boca Raton on Florida. For Ko it was just her second […]

Near miss at Torrey Pines but encouraging signs for Jason Day

Jason Day – file photo Jason Day might not have won his third Farmers Insurance title at Torrey Pines this morning but his three-way share of third behind the eventual winner, Luke List and runner-up Will Zalatoris, will ensure the former world number one will move well inside the top 100 from his current 129th […]

Lydia Ko shares lead in Florida – Karrie Webb makes cut

Lydia Ko – file photo Getty / LPGA Close friends, Lydia Ko and Danielle Kang share the lead through 36 holes of the Gainbridge LPGA Boca Rio in Boca Raton, Florida, the pair opening up a four-shot gap over England’s Jodi Ewart Shadoff and Japan’s Yuka Saso. Ko, who finished runner-up to Nelly Korda in […]

Jason Day finds form at happy hunting ground

Jason Day file photo Jason Day and Torrey Pines get along just fine and today was another example of how the Southern California layout seems to fit the eye of the man who has won two professional events, finished runner-up at another and won a World Junior title over the oceanside facility near San Diego. […]

Steve Alker picks up where he left off in 2021

  New Zealander Steve Alker has picked up where he left off in 2021 with a runner-up finish at the opening event of the 2022 PGA Tour Champions, the Mitsubishi Electric Championship at Hualalai in Hawaii Alker actually tied for the lead through 54 holes before losing a playoff at the 2nd extra hole to […]

Brilliant teenager Kim heads Asian Tour Order of Merit

Joohyun (Tom) Kim – photo Asian Tour Paul Lakatos 19-year-old Korean star, Joohyun (Tom) Kim, has claimed the Asian Tour Order of Merit following the completion of the final event of the extended 2020/2021 season in Singapore this weekend. Kim’s win at last week’s Singapore International and this week’s runner-up finish at the Singapore yielded […]

Anthony Quayle rides roller coaster to win QLD PGA

Anthony Quayle – another win at home – photo PGA of Australia He might have been born in NSW and raised until the age of 14 in the Northern Territory, but 27-year-old Anthony Quayle is a self-confessed proud Queenslander and today he added further to the pride he has in representing the Sunshine State with […]