Entries by Bruce Young

Minjee Lee – runner-up again after playoff in Korea

Minjee lee – file photo Australian Minjee Lee has been unable to convert the three shot lead she enjoyed through 12 holes of her final round of the Hana Bank Financial Group Championship, eventually losing a playoff at the third extra hole to 20 year old Korean LPGA Tour rookie, Song Ga Eun. It was […]

Minjee Lee in contention again in Korea

Minjee Lee – file photo Perth’s Minjee Lee is on track to add a second victory of 2021 when she takes a one shot lead into the final round of the Korean LPGA Tour’s Hana Financial Group Championship at the Pocheon Adonis Country Club in Pocheon in Korea. Lee, who is currently ranked 7th in […]

USA Outguns Europe in Landslide Victory

The USA side enjoying the moment – photo Darren Carroll PGA of America Ultimately it was the weight of numbers that counted in the final analysis of the 2021 Ryder Cup, those numbers involving the world rankings of the USA side as they tackled and comfortably defeated a European side who were not the dominant […]

Minjee Lee returns from break to finish runner-up

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 records best finish in Japan in 2021

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 […]

Europe need history rewritten to take the cup back home

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 […]

Now its Minjee Lee’s turn to share Arkansas lead

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 shares lead in Arkansas

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 […]