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.
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 […]
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 […]
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, […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
The brothers Højgaard- consecutive winners on the European Tour – photo Getty Images West Australian Min Woo Lee has dropped from contention at the DAS Automobiles Italian Open in Rome, eventually finishing in a share of 12th place after leading the event by two heading into the final 36 holes. Lee’s rounds of 71 and […]