Entries by Bruce Young

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 […]

New Covid variant has immediate impact on world golf

  The emergence of a new variant of the Covid 19 virus has had an immediate impact on the opening few events of the 2021/2022 European (now known as the DP World) Tour in South Africa. The move follows international travel restrictions imposed on South Africa on Friday due to the discovery of the new […]

Greater self belief assisting Minjee Lee

Minjee Lee – photo Douglas De Felice  Getty Images Australian Minjee Lee is in a share of second place at the halfway stage of the CME Group Tour Championship in Naples in Florida, following up her opening round of 66 with 68 today but she and her joint second placed golfers, Gaby Lopez and Mina […]