Entries by Bruce Young

Elvis Smylie enters calculations at Royal Queensland

Elvis Smylie plays the pro-am at Royal Queensland today – photo Bruce Young The scarcity of highly world ranked golfers in this week’s Fortinet Australian PGA Championship field opens the door for a young Australian golfer to step up and claim not only one of Australian golf’s most coveted titles but the first prize cheque […]

Min Woo Lee the standout at Royal Queensland

Min Woo Lee at today’s press conference – photo PGA of Australia The 2022 Fortinet Australian PGA Championship might not be blessed with a field strength typical of those seen in the recent history of the event, but the inclusion of one of Australia’s brightest stars, and a player likely to take his world ranking […]

Wire to wire victory earns Smith top ten ranking

  Cameron Smith – courtesy of Getty Images Cameron Smith’s wire to wire victory at the Sentry Tournament of Champions at Kapalua on the island of Maui in Hawaii today has seen the 22-year-old move into the top ten (10th) in the world ranking and achieve one of his 2022 goals almost before the year […]

Australian PGA Championships a welcome relief for domestic golf

The new look Royal Queensland gets a showcase opportunity – photo Bruce Young The Fortinet Australian PGA Championship returns to the PGA Tour of Australasia next week when the $1 million time honoured event is played for the first time since last being staged at RACV Royal Pines just over two years ago. Royal Queensland […]

Five Australians begin 2022 at Sentry Tournament of Champions

Lucas Herbert – an early opportunity to play the Tournament of Champions – file photo PGA of Australia Cameron Smith, Marc Leishman, Matt Jones, Lucas Herbert and Cameron Davis provide Australia with a strong representation in the opening event of the PGA Tour in 2022, all four having played their way to the Sentry Tournament […]

Herbert, Davis, Lee, Ko and Kyriacou big movers in 2021

Cameron Davis – Mathematically, Australia’s biggest mover in 2021 amongst top 100 – image Getty /PGA Tour Australian golfers have finished the 2021 year with six men inside the top 100 of the World Golf Ranking and five women inside the top 100 of the Rolex World Ranking but amongst the men it has been […]

Casey Martin loses leg after long and gutsy battle

Casey Martin at the 2012 US open – photo Bruce Young During the coverage of the Father and Son Challenge this weekend I was sad to hear that Casey Martin, a teammate of Tiger Woods, Notah Begay and others during his time at Stanford University in the mid 1990’s, was forced to have his leg […]

Chris Wood flirts with 59 in Gippsland

Chris Wood – file photo courtesy of PGA of Australia Two of the main protagonists at the halfway stage of last week’s Victorian PGA Championship are again playing a key role at the Gippsland Super 6 as the event enters the weekend at the Warragul Country Club about an hour east of Melbourne. Queensland’s Chris […]