Entries by Bruce Young

Lyras and Hillier lead respective Vic Opens

Whitney Hillier – photo Golf Australia NSW’s John Lyras and West Australian Whitney Hillier lead their respective Victorian Open fields at the halfway stage of the events being played at the 13th Beach Golf Club on the Bellarine Peninsula. Lyras leads by three over fellow New South Wales golfer, Dimi Papadatos, with another shot back […]

Victorian Open fields reflect event’s popularity

The 13th Beach golfing facility on the Bellarine Peninsula – photo PGA of Australia The Vic Open has become one of the mainstays of the PGA Tour of Australasia in recent years, the event now considered one of the most popular on the Australasian professional golfing scene for both men and women. That the event […]

Dramatic win for Harold Varner, Cameron Smith shares 4th

Harold Varner reacts to his monstrous winning eagle putt at the 72nd hole photo Paul Lakatos Cameron Smith has finished in a share of 4th place and four from the winner, Harold Varner 111 at the inaugural Asian Tour’s staging of the PIF Saudi International at the Royal Greens Golf and Country Club in the […]

Todd Sinnott claims second professional title at Rosebud

Todd Sinnott – after a horror run of injury and illness the former impressive amateur wins again 29-year-old Victorian, Todd Sinnott, has won his second title as a professional with a one shot win over Anthony Quayle and Daniel Gale in the PGA Tour of Australasia’s TPS Victoria event at the Rosebud Golf Club on […]

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 […]