Entries by Bruce Young

Minjee Lee and Su Oh head Australians at Carnoustie

Su Oh in action today – photo Warren Little/R&A/R&A via Getty Images Sue Oh and Minjee Lee head the Australasian challenge at the halfway mark of golf’s final major championship of 2021, the AIG Women’s Open Championship at Carnoustie. The pair are in a share of 12th place at 4 under but only three shots […]

AIG Women’s Open provides female golf’s richest purse

The AIG Women’s Open trophy with the Carnoustie hotel in the background  – Photo R&A/R&A via Getty Images 18 August 2021, Carnoustie, Scotland: The AIG Women’s Open has set a new benchmark for prize money in women’s golf with the announcement that the prize fund for this year’s championship will increase by $1.3 million to […]

Six Australians chasing FedEx Cup riches

Adam Scott – his fine weekend in Greensboro and a previous win on the course give hope this week The first of the three lucrative FedEx Cup Playoffs begins on Thursday at the Northern Trust Open at the Liberty National Golf Club in Jersey City in New York, the leading 125 from this season’s FedEx […]

Last Chance Saloon at Korn Ferry Tour Finals

Lucas Herbert – gets his chance to join the PGA Tour – file photo Five Australians and one New Zealander have one last chance to either gain or regain PGA Tour status when they line up in the first of the Korn Ferry Tour Finals in Boise in Idaho on Thursday. Aaron Baddeley, Greg Chalmers, […]

Women’s British Open brings major season to an end

Carnoustie’s famed finishing hole-  Photo by Mark Runnacles/R&A/R&A via Getty Images) The golfing world’s final major of 2021 is played  this week when the LPGA and Ladies European Tours join forces for the staging of the AIG Women’s British Open at the demanding Carnoustie in Fife in Scotland. Carnoustie will play host to the event […]

Agonising miss for Scott despite weekend brilliance

Adam Scott – a week of sharp improvement but ending in a narrow miss – file photo Adam Scott entered this week’s Wyndham Championship in Greensboro in North Carolina knowing he needed a good week if he was to remain in the hunt for the riches of the FedEx Cup. On Wednesday, Scott was in […]

Gritty Brett Drewitt returns to PGA Tour

Brett Drewitt – file photo New South Wales golfer, Brett Drewitt, might have finished second last of those who made the cut in the final Korn Ferry Tour event of the 2020 / 2021 season in Omaha but by doing so he has cemented his place in the top 25 of that tour’s standings and, […]

Maverick Antcliff close to lead in London

Maverick Antcliff – file photo European Tour Queenslander Maverick Antcliff finds himself just two shots off the pace at the European Tour’s Cazoo Classic at the London Golf Club in Ash near London, the 28-year-old adding a second consecutive round of 68 to be tied in 5th place behind the leader Rhys Enoch of Wales […]

Dobbelaar bows out early at US Amateur Championship

Louis Dobbelaar in action this week – photo  USGA Queenslander, Louis Dobbelaar, has been knocked out in the Round of 64 at the US Amateur, losing his opening round encounter against American Ross Steelman 2 down after being 2 down through 14 when their match was brought to a halt by darkness on Wednesday. Returning […]