Entries by Bruce Young

Kyriacou, Smith and Davidson earn LPGA Tour status

Stephanie Kyriacou – file photo LET The three Australians who this week attempted Final Stage qualifying for the 2022 LPGA Tour have successfully negotiated their way onto female golf’s biggest stage but it was not without a scare for two. Sarah Jane Smith and Karis Davidson have both finished right on the cut off score […]

Blake Windred confirms promise with Vic PGA victory

Blake Windred – all smiles after his breakthrough win – photo PGA of Australia 24 year old NSW’s professional, Blake Windred, is in just his second year as a professional golfer but in that time in the paid ranks he had already given plenty of indication that he would be a force to be reckoned […]

Andrew Evans heads qualifiers at Japan Tour School

Andrew Evans – file photo PGA of Australia NSW golfer Andrew Evans turns 36 in a few days’ time, but his birthday may well have come early after finishing atop the Japan Tour Qualifying School this week. Evans has played both the Japan Golf Tour and the secondary tour in that country this season although […]

Local Brad Kivimets leads Victorian PGA Championship

Michael Sim – shaping as major threat – file photo 27-year-old local, Bradley Kivimets, leads the Victorian PGA Championship at Moonah Links Resort, adding a second round of 64 to his opening 68 to lead by two over Gold Coast based West Australian, Michael Sim, with another two shots back to Queensland’s, Chris Wood, who […]

Enigmatic Mark Hensby chasing Champions Tour rights

Mark Hensby – file photo courtesy of Golf NSW US based Australian, Mark Hensby, gets his chance to play the PGA Tour Champions when he takes on the Final Stage of Qualifying in Florida this week. At the halfway stage of the 72 hole test at the TPC Tampa Bay, Hensby finds himself in 21st […]

Australians keep LPGA dreams alive

Stephanie Kyriacou – great year continues in Alabama – file photo Tristan Jones LET Three of the four Australians involved in the final stages of qualifying for the 2022 LPGA Tour will advance to the event’s second week in their quest to be one of the 45 golfers to earn an LPGA Tour card on […]

Ormsby retains lead on Asian Tour money list

O Ormsby seen here with the 2020 Hong Kong Open trophy, the catalyst to his Asian Tour OOM lead. South Australian Wade Ormsby retains his position atop the Asian Tour money list following his share of 14th place at this week’s Laguna Phuket Championship in Thailand. Ormsby finds himself with earnings of US$250,000 in Asian […]

Four Australians aiming for LPGA Tour status

Stephanie Kyriacou – one of Australian golf’s brightest prospects A field of 110 players will take to the fairways of the Crossings and Falls Courses in Mobile in Alabama beginning on December 2nd as part of a two-step process to establish their right or otherwise to play the LPGA Tour in 2022. The low 70 […]

New Zealand Open organisers determined for event to proceed

Brad Kennedy being presented the 2020 NZ Open trophy by four time winner Sir Bob Charles The New Zealand Open, one of the few remaining Tier One events on the PGA Tour of Australasia schedule for 2021 / 2022, announced today that in all likelihood the event will proceed as scheduled on March 31st 2022, […]

Return to Asia sparks Scott Hend’s return to form

Scott Hend with his 2016 Asian Tour Order of Merit trophy – file photo Asian Tour  Australia’s Scott Hend has not played an event on the Asian Tour since the Hong Kong Open in early 2020 but today he gave another indication as to why he has been such a dominant force in Asia since […]