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.
Phil Mickelson – can he become the oldest to win a major title? Photo Darren Carroll PGA of America Six of the eight Australians playing this week’s PGA Championship have advanced to the weekend but two of their more credentialed players have missed out. Marc Leishman and Adam Scott finished the opening 36 holes of […]
Cameron Smith during his opening round of even par 72 – photo PGA of America Darren Carroll Cameron Davis is this week playing in just his second major championship but given the manner in which he tackled the opening round of the PGA Championship at the Ocean Course on Kiawah Island there will be plenty […]
Kiawah Island’s 15th hole – photo PGA of America Eight Australians will tee it up at this week’s PGA Championship at the Ocean Course on Kiawah Island in South Carolina, three having played the event when it was last played at Kiawah Island in 2012 and two playing the event for the very first occasions. […]
Harrison Endycott file photo Golf NSW Sydney golfer, Harrison Endycott, continued his progress in the professional ranks with a share of 4th place at the Korn Ferry Tour’s, Visit Knoxville Open, in Knoxville in Tennessee. Endycott, who represented Australia as a member of the Eisenhower Trophy winning team in 2016, has essentially played on the […]
Bland a winner at last – photo Getty Images / European Tour In one of the really feel-good stories of the European Tour, 48 year old Englishman, Richard Bland, has won his first European Tour title after more than 450 attempts spanning a period of nearly 22 years. Bland’s only other European win came nearly […]
Leader Sam Burns chasing second successive PGA Tour title. Marc Leishman has done best of the Australians playing this week’s AT&T Byron Nelson event at the TPC Craig Ranch in Dallas, the Victorian tied for 22nd place and 8 shots from the leader and last start winner, Sam Burns at the halfway mark. Like so […]
Rory McIlroy – with a much awaited 19th PGA Tour trophy – image Getty Images Jared Tilton 32-year-old Rory McIlroy has won his third Wells Fargo Championship eleven years after his first, with a narrow one shot victory over Abraham Ancer at the Quail Hollow Golf Club in Charlotte in North Carolina. McIlroy managed to […]
Maverick Antcliff – file photo Queenslander Maverick Antcliff has finished runner-up at the European Tour’s Canary Island Championship in Tenerife in Spain, providing the 28-year-old his best finish on the European Tour and easily his biggest cheque (€152,000) in professional golf. Antcliff, who hails from just south of Brisbane and attended the Hills International College […]
Ariya Jutanugarn- file photo LET Eight years after a gut-wrenching loss in the event, when not at that stage an LPGA Tour player, 25 year old Ariya Jutanugarn has become the first Thai golfer to win the Honda LPGA Thailand in Chonburi, Thailand, a final round of 63 allowing her to climb from 9th place […]
Hannah Green – file photo New Zealand’s Lydia Ko and West Australian, Hannah Green, are once again poised to challenge for an LPGA Tour title, the pair two and three shots respectively off the 54 hole pace at the Honda LPGA Thailand event in Chonburi in Thailand. Ko’s 5 under par round of 67 and […]