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.
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 […]
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 […]
Lucas Herbert – file photo – image PGA of Australia Despite a disappointing double bogey at his 17th hole in today’s third round of the Memorial Tournament in Dublin, Ohio, Victorian golfer, Lucas Herbert finds himself in a share of 7th position as the event heads into tomorrow’s final round. Herbert is playing the event […]
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 […]
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 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 […]
Minjee Lee in practice this week – photo USGA Robert Beck Perth’s Minjee Lee will this week play her 8th US Women’s Open but, without a top ten yet to her name, her record in this event and in major championship golf generally is below the level she has regularly achieved in her LPGA Tour […]
Hannah Green practising Tuesday as the ‘marine layer’ rolls in – photo Darren Carroll USGA Australian Hannah Green already has a major title to her name and this week she sets out to add another at the US Women’s Open. The Perth golfer, who won the KPMG Women’s PGA Championship in 2019, has played well […]
The famed Olympic Club during the 2012 (men’s) US Open – photo Bruce Young Five Australians and two New Zealanders get to tee it up at this week’s US Women’s Open at the Olympic Club just outside of San Francisco, six of those having played the event previously. The odd woman out is Brisbane golfer […]
Jason Scrivener – file photo Bruce Young Just seven days after his impressive PGA Championship debut in South California, Perth’s Jason Scrivener has finished in a share of 3rd place at the Made in Himmerland event in Farso in Denmark. Scrivener finished as the leading Australian at last week’s PGA Championship when 23rd in his […]