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.
Hyo Joo Kim – Getty Images West Australian Hannah Green continued her good recent form with a runner-up place finish at the HSBC Women’s World Championship event in Singapore but bogeys at her final two holes would prove costly for the 24-year-old. Green had a one-shot lead with two holes to play but three putted […]
Tae Koh – an important professional breakthrough for the former Australian Amateur champion In 2013 New Zealand’s Tae Koh became just the third New Zealander to win the Australian Amateur Championship when defeating Australian Curtis Luck in the final. Normally, such a victory would be the likely catalyst for a successful professional career but for […]
Two time Singapore winner Inbee Park perhaps the one to beat – photo Getty Images West Australian Hannah Green and New Zealand’s Lydia Ko have continued their recent good form to be tied for 7th and four shots from the lead at the halfway mark of the HSBC Women’s World Championship at the Sentosa Golf […]
Ryan Fox file photo – Bruce Young As perhaps expected, New Zealand’s leading world ranked male golfer, Ryan Fox, has the halfway lead at that country’s PGA Championship at the Te Puke Golf Club near Tauranga in the Bay of Plenty. The historic and iconic event in New Zealand golf has been resurrected as a […]
photo PGA Tour Australians Cameron Smith and Marc Leishman have parred the first extra hole of a playoff to win the Zurich Classic of New Orleans after their opponents, Charl Schwartzel and Louis Oosthuizen, found the water from the tee and could do no better than double bogey. For Smith it is his third […]
Brett Drewitt – file photo Taree born and Inverell raised, Brett Drewitt, has finished in a share of 3rd place in the Korn Ferry Tour’s Veritax Bank Championship in Arlington in Texas, recording his best finish and first top ten on that tour since his win at the Lincoln Land Championship last September. Drewitt birdied […]
Hannah Green – file photo Hannah Green has finished in a share of 3rd at the Hugel-Air Premia LA Open at the Wilshire golf Club in Los Angeles and two shots behind the winner, Brooke Henderson. Green’s final round of 66 was the equal best of the day and saw the 24 year old West […]
Cameron Smith in action this week – photo Stacy Revere Getty Australia’s Cameron Smith has won two events on the PGA Tour but in 24 hours it might just be that he adds a third and, if he was to do so, two of those will have been the same event. Pairing with Marc […]
Adam Scott file photo The news in the last 24 hours that Adam Scott has withdrawn from the possibility of representing Australia at the Olympics is no real surprise given he has been throwing out signals that, as was the case in 2016, he will put his family, his regular schedule and quest for higher […]
Hannah Green the best of the Aussies – file photo Bruce Young One week a seven-shot winner of an LPGA Tour event, the next a missed cut by two shots is the story of Lydia Ko’s last two weeks. Today, Ko was able to follow up her surprising opening round of 78 at the Hugel-Air […]