Entries by Bruce Young

Hannah Green now Australia’s leading ranked female golfer

Hannah Green – file photo Bruce Young A 3rd place finish at last weekend’s LPGA Mediheal Championship at Lake Merced in Daly City near San Francisco, has allowed Perth’s Hannah Green to become Australia’s leading ranked female golfer for the first time. Green now ranks 14th in the Rolex World Rankings for female golfers, one […]

Australians looking to extend Torrey Pines record

The entry statement to the public golf course that is Torrey Pines In recent years Torrey Pines Golf Course on the coastline outside of San Diego has proven a happy hunting ground for Australians. Marc Leishman and Jason Day (twice) have been winners there and Leishman (twice), Day, Adam Scott and Michael Sim have all […]

Scott Hend finds form in Sweden

Scott Hend file photo Getty Images European Tour Queensland’s Scott Hend has recorded his best European Tour finish in more than two years with a share of 4th place at the inaugural Scandinavian Mixed event Hosted by Henrik and Annika in Gothenburg in Sweden. A final round of 70 at the Vallda G&CC saw the […]

Stephen Allan earns US Open start – Day’s major run over

Stephen Allan plays US Open for the 6th time – file photo Bruce Young With Sectional Qualifying for next week’s US Open at Torrey Pines near San Diego now completed, seven Australians are now confirmed for the third major championship of 2021. Former Australian Open Champion, Stephen Allan, was the only Australian to gain access […]

Yuka Saso wins playoff for US Women’s Open

Yuka Saso- photo USGA John Mummert A 12 foot birdie putt on the third hole of a playoff saw Filipino, Yuka Saso, fully overcome a horror start to her final round of the US Women’s Open and eventually take the female game’s most significant event and become the first Filipino to do so. Saso had […]

Can Lexi Thompson emulate the deeds of Phil Mickelson?

Lexi Thompson in full flight today – photo USGA Darren Carroll Two weeks ago, America’s favourite golfing son, Phil Mickelson, won the PGA Championship and rewarded his many golfing fans in doing so. Tomorrow America’s favourite golfing daughter, Lexi Thompson, gets her chance to emulate Mickelson’s deeds and convert the one shot 54 hole lead […]

Another teenager takes US Women’s Open lead

Yuka Saso- photo USGA Lydia Ko, Minjee Lee and Hannah Green are, perhaps predictably, the only three  Australasians to make the weekend at the US Women’s Open at Olympic Club near San Francisco, the Ko and Lee finishing their opening 36 holes at 4 over par and one shot inside the cutline while Green was […]

17 year old amateur shares US Women’s Open lead

Megha Ganne – shares the lead with Mel Reid- photo USGA 17-year-old American amateur, Megha Ganne, and 33-year-old Englishwoman, Mel Reid, lead after day one of the US Women’s Open at Olympic Club in San Francisco, the pair tied at 4 under and one ahead of Brooke Henderson, Megan Khang and Angel Yin. Ganne, a […]

Jason Day’s last minute battle for US Open start

Jason Day with his runner-up US Open medal on debut in 2011 – photo Bruce Young Not since his brilliant runner-up debut finish at the US Open in 2011 has Jason Day had to worry about the right to play the historic event. 2021, however, has Day looking at the possibility of not being in […]