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.
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 […]
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 […]