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.
Adam Scott – his PGA Tour season may well rest on this week’s performance – file photo USGA This week’s Wyndham Championship at the Sedgefield Country Club in Greensboro, North Carolina brings the regular season of the 2021 PGA Tour to a conclusion with the three FedEx Cup playoffs to follow over the next three […]
Louis Dobbelaar finishing off his second round on Wednesday morning – photo Chris Keane USGA Queenslander, Louis Dobbelaar, has staged an impressive recovery from his opening round of 76 at the US Amateur Championship in Oakmont in Pennsylvania and has played his way into the Matchplay field of 64. The Strokeplay qualifying was forced into […]
The eventual winner after a playoff- Abraham Ancer photo Getty Images A disastrous double bogey 6 at the final hole of the WGC FedEx St Jude Invitational in Memphis Tennessee has cost Australian Cameron Smith the chance of a third individual PGA Tour title. Smith, who narrowly missed out on a playoff for the bronze […]
Louis Dobbelaar playing well during the US summer – file photo Three Australians are set to tee it up in the 36 stroke-play phase of the US Amateur Championship at the Oakmont Country Club in Oakmont in Pennsylvania when the most significant event in men’s amateur golf gets underway on Monday August 8th. Brisbane’s Louis […]
L-R Mone Inami, Nelly Korda and Lydia Ko – photo IGF / PGA Tour Stan Badz. On a day when there had been some doubt as to whether play would even be completed because of pending storms, American and world number one, Nelly Korda, has held off several strong late challenges to win the Olympic […]
Cameron Smith – file photo Cameron Smith has quickly put behind him the disappointment of narrowly missing a medal at last week’s Olympics by adding a second round of 62 at the World Golf Championship FedEx St Jude Invitational in Memphis. The 8 under par effort swept him from 13th overnight to a share of […]
Emily Mahar in action in today’s quarter -final – photo USGA Darren Carroll Queenslander Emily Mahar has bowed out of the US Women’s Amateur Championship at the Westchester Country Club in New York after a quarter final loss to American Jensen Castle. Mahar went 1 down early after her opponent birdied their first hole and […]
Australia’s Hannah Green – currently tied for third ahead – photo Stan Badz PGA Tour / IGF Australia’s Hannah Green and New Zealander, Lydia Ko, find themselves in at least bronze medal contention through 54 holes of the Olympic Women’s event in Saitama north of Tokyo but their fate in securing a medal of any […]
Marc Leishman – file photo It was a nice round that got him right in the thick of it despite having traveled across 14 time zones. But Marc Leishman’s 5-under 65 in the first round of the World Golf Championships-FedEx St. Jude Invitational, two back of leader Harris English, wasn’t the story. Not in and […]
Emily Mahar in action today – photo Darren Carroll USGA Brisbane’s Emily Mahar has advanced to the quarter finals of the US Women’s Amateur Championship at the Westchester Country Club in Rye, north of New York City. The 22 year old, rising senior at Virginia Tech, won her morning round of 32 match against Sophie […]