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.
Hannah Green – in action today – image WPGA It would be easy to suggest that Hannah Green should be leading the Australian Women’s PGA Championship given that she is the highest-ranked player in the field by some margin, but golf workes in strange ways and the expected is not always the eventual outcome. Green […]
Will Florimo wins his first Australasian Tour title – image PGA of Australia With just one event remaining on the 2025/2026 PGA Tour of Australasia schedule, Order of Merit honours are close to being finalised following the completion of the penultimate event at the Heritage Golf and Country Club in Victoria. The win by Queensland’s […]
Hannah Green – image Australian Golf Media 29-year-old West Australian Hannah Green today became the first Australian in 12 years to claim the Women’s Australian Open, a one-shot victory over Queensland’s Cassie Porter and France’s Agathe Laisne, confirming the favouritism she carried into the week and for much of the event as it unfolded. Green […]
Hannah Green and husband Jarrod Felton sharing a lighter moment today – image WAPGA The Women’s Australian Open is at the halfway stage at the Kooyonga Golf Club in Adelaide, and while Frenchwoman Celine Herbin leads the field at 6 under, the weekend shapes as a likely shootout between two of Australia’s finest golfers in […]
Hannah Green – fresh off a win in Singapore last week – image WPGA Australian golf switches its attention to the Australian Women’s Australian Open at the Kooyonga Golf Club in Adelaide for this week’s A$1.7 million event, where the outstanding favourites are Minjee Lee and Hannah Green. Both Lee and Green arrive in Adelaide […]
Min Woo Lee – perhaps Australasia’s best chance This week’s Players Championship at the famed TPC Sawgrass at Ponte Vedra Beach in north west Florida will see five Australians and one New Zealander facing the starter on Thursday morning US time. The long-held discussion point of whether the event, long touted as a potential 5th […]
Matt Griffin, Steve Williams, and this writer are talking to around 90 caddies who took advantage of another tournament function Each Tuesday of New Zealand Open week, a function officially known as the Steve Williams Caddy Clinic is held ahead of New Zealand’s national open to bring together a large group of the nearly 300 […]
Travis Smyth – survives a six-hole playoff for third professional win – image PGA of Australia 31-year-old Travis Smyth, a professional for nine years, has only won twice in that time until, that is, a 6th hole playoff victory over South Australian Jack Thompson at this week’s ISPS Handa Australasia Championship at Royal Auckland and […]
Kohei Okada – shares haflway lead at the inaugural event – image PGA of Australia The halfway stage of the inaugural ISPS Japan / Australasia Championship at the Royal Auckland and Grange Golf Club in New Zealand sees one of the Japanese golfers in the event, jointly sanctioned between the Japan and Australasian Tours, […]
Daniel Hillier every reason to smile – image NZ Open On a cold and windy day near Arrowtown, 27-year-old Daniel Hillier became just the fourth New Zealander in the last 26 years to claim their own national open golf championship with a two-shot win over Australian Lucas Herbert at the Millbrook Resort. Beginning the final […]