Bruce Young has established himself as one of Australia’s leading golf journalists and analysts. Since leaving a marketing role in the golf course design company of highly regarded Australian golfer Graham Marsh in 1999, Bruce has created a portfolio of golf related work in internet, print, radio and television commentary and has recently branched out into hosting lunches and other MC related activities.
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 […]
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 […]
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 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 […]
Jack Thompson with his breakthrough trophy – photo PGA of Australia Just seven days after New South Wales’ Blake Windred broke through for his first PGA Tour of Australasia victory, another of this country’s emerging talents, Jack Thompson, has claimed his first title at this level with victory at the Gippsland Super 6 event east […]
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 […]
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 – 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 – 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 […]
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 […]