Entries by Bruce Young

Lee, Ko and Green amongst Olympic favourites

With a first major (Evian) now to her name, can Minjee Lee become Australia’s first Olympic Medal winner? – photo LET Following the impressive debut Olympic showing of Cameron Smith at last week’s men’s Olympic golf competition, two further Australians have their chance to become the first Australian to win a medal of any colour […]

Annika Sorenstam reminds us just how good she was

  Annika Sorenstam and family – Photo Darren Carroll USGA In 1994 Sweden’s Annika Sorenstam won her first professional tournament when winning the Women’s Australian Open at the Royal Adelaide Golf Club. 14 years later in 2008 she retired from competitive golf with an amazing record behind her including a massive 95 professional wins, amongst […]

Smith creeps closer as final round showdown looms in Tokyo

Cameron Smith at the Olympics-  photo IGF Australia’s Cameron Smith has continued his improvement at the Tokyo Olympics, building on his opening two rounds when adding a third round of 66 at the Kasumigaseki Country Club, in Saitama, Japan, moving from his 19th place through 36 holes to now be in a share of 11th […]

Schauffele leads Olympic field as Cameron Smith improves

Cameron Smith in action this week – photo Ben Jared PGA Tour / IGF Australian Cameron Smith is the best of the two Australians at the halfway stage of the Men’s Olympic competition, a second round of 67 allowing him to improve 21 positions from his overnight standing of 41st to a tie for 20th […]

New Zealand’s Daniel Hillier leads in Northern Ireland

Daniel Hillier in action during round two – photo Getty Images New Zealand’s Daniel Hillier has the halfway lead at the European Tour’s ISPS Handa World Invitational Galgorm Castle & Massereene in County Antrim in Northern Ireland. The 23-year-old produced a second round of 8 under 62, his round made even more meritorious by the […]

Leishman and Smith excited by Olympic debuts

Leishman and Smith pose with their caddies and Australian captain Ian Baker-Finch – Photo IGF Cameron Smith and Marc Leishman take to the Kasumigaseki Country Club in Saitama in the north of Tokyo this week, both considered medal chances, and both delighted to be representing their country. Both players faced the assembled media today as […]

Minjee Lee’s major breakthrough at Evian Championship

Minjee Lee celebrates her major championship breakthrough – photo Ladies European Tour Perth’s Minjee Lee today became just the 4th Australian female golfer to win a major championship when she overcame a seven shot 54-hole deficit with a final round of 64 to catch and then beat South Korean Jeongeun Lee6 in a playoff to […]

Ko and Lee keep door open at Evian Championship

The five shot leader Jeongeun Lee – photo Ladies European Tour It will take a herculean effort from either Lydia Ko or Minjee Lee in tomorrow’s final round of the Amundi Evian Championship to haul in the runaway leader Jeongeun Lee6 but they have at least kept the door open with strong third rounds overnight. […]