Entries by Bruce Young

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 […]

Important week for Adam Scott in Greensboro

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 […]

Second round recovery advances Dobbelaar at US Amateur

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 […]

Final hole double bogey costs Cameron Smith dearly in Memphis

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 […]