Entries by Bruce Young

Nelly Korda holds off challengers for Olympic gold

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 […]

Hot putter sweeps Cameron Smith into contention in Memphis

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 […]

Queensland’s Emily Mahar bows out at US Women’s Am

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 […]

Ko and Green’s Olympic medal hopes at mercy of weather

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 reunites with parents after 18 months

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 […]

Grace Kim and Emily Mahar advance at US Women’s Am

Grace Kim – photo Darren Carroll USGA At least one of the three Australians to have made the knockout phase of the US Women’s Amateur Championship at the Westchester Golf Club in Rye, New York, was guaranteed a place in the second round. As it turned out two would advance, although one was at the […]

Lydia Ko leads Australasians after day one in Tokyo

Lydia Ko – photo LET Lydia Ko leads the Australasians after round one of the Women’s Olympic competition in Saitama north of Tokyo, a 1 under par round of 70 in blistering hot conditions leaving her in a share of 16th place and four shots from opening round leader, Madelene Sagstrom of Sweden. Minjee Lee […]

Three Australians reach knockout stage of US Women’s Am

Maddison Hinson-Tolchard – photo USGA Darren Carroll Three Australians have played their way into the match-play phase of the US Women’s Amateur Championship being held at the Westchester Country Club in Rye, New York. West Australian Maddison Hinson-Tolchard finished the 36 holes of stroke-play qualifying in 20th place, Queensland’s Emily Mahar is 40th and New […]