Entries by Bruce Young

Su Oh finds form in Oregon

Su Oh – file photo – Henry Peters Su Oh has not enjoyed the best of seasons on the LPGA Tour but her most recent form suggests things are getting better for the Victorian and today that improvement continued when finding herself in a share of 4th place and four shots from the leader and […]

Aaron Baddeley takes advantage of tournament invite

Aaron Baddeley – file photo – Bruce Young Aaron Baddeley no longer has full status on the PGA Tour and in this week’s Fortinet Championship in Napa California the 40-year-old required a tournament invite to gain a start. The two-time Australian Open Champion and four-time PGA Tour winner is tied for 24th after opening rounds […]

Australasia’s increasing strength on PGA Tour Champions

Rod Pampling – file photo – Bruce Young The PGA Tour Champions has seen an increase in the number of Australasian participants in recent times, the lucrative 50 and over playground for former PGA Tour players and others good enough to earn the right to play there proving a happy hunting ground for recently turned […]

Australasians struggle at the Dutch Open

Ryan Fox – file photo Australasians are yet to make any sort of impact at the halfway mark of the European Tour’s Dutch Open being played in Cromvoirt in the Netherlands. New Zealander Ryan Fox and Queensland’s Maverick Antcliff are the only two to have made it to the weekend in the €1 million event, […]

PGA Tour season begins in Napa with new Aussie recruits

Fortinet Championship logo – PGA Tour Lucas Herbert gets to play his first event as a PGA Tour card holder this week when he tees it up at the opening event of the 2021/2022 season, the Fortinet Championship (previously the Safeway Open) at the Silverado Resort and Spa in Napa in Northern California. Herbert earned […]

Horschel wins BMW PGA – European Ryder Cup team finalised

Billy Horschel- photo Getty Images The completion of this week’s BMW PGA Championship at Wentworth Golf Club west of London marked decision time for European Ryder Cup captain Padraig Harrington, his task to add three players to the nine who had automatically made the team through various qualifying criteria. Sergio Garcia, Ian Poulter and 2019 […]

Scott two behind Aphibarnrat at BMW PGA

Kiradech Aphibarnrat today – photo Getty Images Adam Scott finds himself just two shots from the lead held by Thailand’s Kiradech Aphibarnrat as the BMW PGA Championship field enters the weekend at Wentworth in Surrey, England. Scott recovered from a roller-coaster opening nine holes, during which he recorded and eagle, one birdie, four pars, two […]

Adam Scott starts well in first BMW PGA since 2006

Adam Scott in action during round one – photo European Tour It has been 16 years since Adam Scott last played the BMW PGA Championship at Wentworth in Surrey but, on his return today, he displayed the game which has witnessed him developing into one of the world’s leading players during that period. Scott opened […]

Cantlay FedEx Cup Champion but Tour Champion on handicap only

Cameron Smith – perhaps a disappointing week but a great season Patrick Cantlay has emerged the winner of the money-fest that is the FedEx Cup following his win in the Tour Championship today, earning US$15 million for his one-shot victory over Jon Rahm in the season-long FedEx Cup. Interestingly, however, Rahm won the Tour Championship […]

Herbert and Drewitt confirmed as PGA Tour graduates

Lucas Herbert – a PGA Tour player – file photo USGA With the final event of the Korn Ferry Tour season, the Korn Ferry Tour Championship, now run and won, the fallout for a number of Australasians attempting to regain their full PGA Tour playing privileges has been decided. At the completion of the eventand […]