Entries by Bruce Young

Depleted Asia Pacific Amateur Championship returns in Dubai

The Asia Pacific Amateur Championship trophy at Dubai Creek – photo AAC The Asia Pacific Amateur Championship returns in Dubai this week after the 2020 event at Royal Melbourne was cancelled due to Covid issues. The event is being played for the 12th occasion, bringing together the leading available amateurs from the Asia Pacific region […]

Lucas Herbert claims first PGA Tour title

Lucas Herbert – photo courtesy of Getty Images Less than two months and after just three events as a PGA Tour member, Australian Lucas Herbert has broken through for his first PGA Tour victory with a narrow but impressive one-shot win at the Butterfield Bermuda Championship in Southampton in Bermuda. In wet and gusty conditions, […]

Greg Norman behind Asian Tour boost

Article courtesy of Asian Tour West Palm Beach, October 29: Former world #1 and World Golf Hall of Fame member, Greg Norman, has today been announced as CEO of a newly formed company, LIV Golf Investments, a move which will set in motion a number of momentous developments for professional golf worldwide. Norman’s first order of […]

Injury Free Danny Lee improves sharply in Bermuda

Danny Lee – file photo Bruce Young New Zealand’s Danny Lee is currently playing the PGA Tour on a Minor Medical exemption having missed out on regaining his full status via the Korn Ferry Tour Finals, but today he made just his 9th cut in 24 starts in 2021 when adding a second consecutive 67 […]

The remarkable run continues for Steve Alker

Another US$91,000 earned by Steve Alker for a share of 4th place at the opening event of the PGA Tour Champions playoffs, the Dominion Energy Charity Classic in Richmond in Virginia, has further confirmed his standing on the PGA Tour Champions and guarantees the 50-year-old New Zealander a start in the penultimate event on the […]

Lydia Ko’s impressive 2021 continues in Korea

File photo LET Lydia Ko’s impressive 2021 has continued with a share of 3rd place at the BMW Ladies Championship in Busan in South Korea. Ko finished five shots from the playoff between the eventual winner, Jin Young Ko, and Hee Jeong Lim but for the 24-year-old New Zealander the finish was her 11th top […]

Warren and Scrivener Australian Stage Two Korn Ferry Tour qualifiers

Justin Warren – file photo courtesy of Anthony Powter Master of the Amateurs New South Wales golfer, Justin Warren, and West Australian Jason Scrivener are the only Australasians to have successfully negotiated their way through Stage Two qualifying for the Korn Ferry Tour and in finishing 8th at their respective venues in California and Florida […]

Workhorse Hillier on verge of European Tour card

Daniel Hillier – photo Getty Images – European Tour 23 year old New Zealander Daniel Hillier earlier this week won his first European Challenge Tour event, the Challenge Costa Brava in Girona in Spain, and as a consequence jumped to 18th in the Road to Mallorca rankings and opened up the possibility of earning his […]

Adam Scott produces second best finish of 2021

Adam Scott – file photo Bruce Young Birdies at the last two holes of his final round of this week’s CJ Cup at The Summit in Las Vegas in Nevada has seen Adam Scott record a 5th place finish, his second best of 2021. Scott was in 3rd place heading into today’s final round and […]