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.
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 […]
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 […]
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 – 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 […]
Min Woo Lee – continues his impressive European Tour season. West Australian Min Woo Lee and New Zealand’s Ryan Fox have both recorded to four finishes at the Estrella Damm Andalucia Masters at the Real Club Valderrama in Sotogrande in Spain. Lee finished joint runner-up and three shots behind the winner, Matt Fitzpatrick, while Fox […]
Ryan Fox at this week’s Andalucia Masters – photo European Tour New Zealand’s Ryan Fox has had a solid, if unspectacular, season to date on this year’s European Tour having made 15 of 19 cuts to date but on only one occasion, has he finished inside the top ten, that coming when 6th in Saudi […]
Guan Tianlang – with the trophy that got him to Augusta National – photo APAC In 2012 I was contracted by Augusta National to join host Bill Macatee and analyst Frank Nobilo on the commentary team for the Asia Pacific Amateur Championship at the Amata Springs Golf Club outside of Bangkok. Augusta National had funded […]
New Zealand’s Steve Alker – records his 6th consecutive top ten In recent weeks I have written on several occasions on the deeds of New Zealander Steve Alker in events on the PGA Tour Champions and, today, the 50-year-old added another chapter when he finished tied for 7th at the Constellation Furyk and Friends event […]
Brett Coletta a winner of the Queensland Open as an amateur chasing Korn Ferry Tour status again The long and winding road to earn the right to play the PGA Tour continues this week when Stage 2 qualifying for the 2022 Korn Ferry Tour gets underway at the first of five venues across the USA […]
Su Oh – photo Steve Dykes Getty Images Victorian Su Oh has continued her improved form of late when finishing in a share of 7th place at this week’s Shoprite LPGA Classic in Galloway in New Jersey. The finish was just the second top ten of the season for 25-year-old but comes just two weeks […]