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.
Minjee Lee – photo Kyle Rivas – Getty Images Minjee Lee has added yet another high finish to what has been a breakthrough year in many respects, when finishing joint runner-up at the Walmart NW Arkansas Championship in Rogers, Arkansas. Lee shared the lead into to day’s final round and was still a factor playing […]
Anthony Quayle – file photo NZPGA The Japan Golf Tour never really gets the exposure it perhaps deserves and in this time of Covid related restrictions, that obscurity has been heightened, as, for much of the 2021 season, the tour featured mainly Japanese players without the significant contingent of foreigners who would otherwise ply their […]
Day two action at Whistling Straits – Maddie Myer PGA of America The European Ryder Cup side faces a massive task if it is to retain the Ryder Cup it won in Paris three years ago after sharing fourball honours on Saturday afternoon at Whistling Straits in Wisconsin. Now trailing by a huge six point […]
Minjee Lee – photo Kyle Rivas Getty Images Yesterday it was Australia’s Katherine Kirk who shared the lead at the LPGA’s Walmart NW Arkansas Championship, today it is her fellow countrywoman, Minjee Lee, who has that honour, the West Australian tied for the lead with one round remaining in the event in Rogers, Arkansas. Lee […]
Katherine Kirk – file photo Bruce Young Australian Katherine Kirk’s year in 2021 has been a struggle to date but, just as her fellow countrywoman, Su Oh, did last week in Portland she might well have turned a corner with an opening round of 8 under par 63 in the opening round of this week’s […]
The Ryder Cup – photo PGA of America As has been so often the case, even over the 42 years since the Ryder Cup developed in 1979 into a contest between Europe and the USA rather than just Great Britain and the USA, the Americans will start the on-paper favourites at this week’s edition of […]
John Senden file photo – records top ten on PGA Tour Champions Four Australasians have finished inside the top 12 players of the PGA Tour Champions Sanford International in Sioux Falls in South Dakota, making it one of the most successful weeks ever in terms of the number of down-under golfers featuring in a PGA […]
Marc Leishman – file photo Australia’s Marc Leishman produced eight birdies in the first 14 holes of his final round of the Fortinet Championship in Napa in California and although he was unable to secure the extra birdie or two he needed to contend for the title over the closing holes at the Silverado Golf […]
Su Oh – a timely return to form – Steve Dykes Getty Images Victorian Su Oh has equaled her best ever finish on the LPGA Tour when finishing runner-up at the Cambia Portland Classic in Oregon this weekend. Oh finished tied for second with Jeongeun Lee and four shots behind the former world number one, […]
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 […]