Entries by Bruce Young

Jed Morgan facing possibility of huge ranking rise

Jed Morgan amongst his many fans today at Royal Queensland – photo PGA of Australia Starting this week’s Fortinet Australian PGA Championship at Royal Queensland, 22-year-old Jed Morgan was ranked 1522nd in the world. If tomorrow, as is now expected, he goes on to win the significant title he will jump some 1300 positions to […]

Grace Kim makes impressive start to professional career

Grace Kim in action today – photo PGA of Australia Sydney’s Grace Kim leads the Fortinet Australian Women’s PGA Championship through 36 holes at the Royal Queensland Golf Club, the recently turned professional adding a round of 68 to her opening 69 to lead by one over the pre-tournament favourite, Su Oh, with another of […]

Dobbelaar and Oh lead respective PGA Championships

Louis Dobbelaar in action at Royal Queensland this week – photo Bruce Young 20-year-old Queensland rookie professional, Louis Dobbelaar, has already experienced a rewarding few weeks, but after taking the opening round lead at the Fortinet Australian PGA Championship at Royal Queensland things could potentially get significantly better over the next few days. Several weeks […]

Sarah Jane Smith likely contender at Royal Queensland

Sarah Jane Smith during yesterday’s pro-am Florida based Queenslander, Sarah Jane Smith, is enjoying being back in Australia for the first time in over two years and as the week has progressed at Royal Queensland, the 37-year-old is emerging as a chance to take back to the US more than just the memories of a […]

PGA Tour of Australasia announces major boost

Gavin Kirkman PGA of Australia C.E.O and Rodger Davis (Chairman) at today’s media conference – photo PGA of Australia The Fortinet Australian PGA Championship and the ISPS Handa PGA Tour of Australasia received a major boost this week when the PGA of Australasia’s CEO, Gavin Kirkman and its Chairman, Rodger Davis, announced an extension of […]

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 […]