Entries by Bruce Young

Minjee Lee eliminated at LPGA matchplay

Ariya Jutanugarn defeated Minjee Lee – photo Getty Images  Minjee Lee has been eliminated at the quarterfinal stage of the Bank of Hope LPGA Match Play event in Las Vegas. Lee won her round of 16 match against England’s Mel Reid on Saturday morning but against Ariya Jutanugarn it was a different story with the […]

Minjee Lee advances to round of 16 at match play

Minjee Lee in action today – photo Getty Images Minjee Lee is the only Australian to advance from the group stages of the Bank of Hope LPGA Match Play event at Shadow Creek in Las Vegas, recording two wins and a halved match in the round-robin stages of the event. Lee confirmed her place in […]

Elvis Smylie Begins International Professional Journey

Elvis Smylie – photo Bruce Young One of Australian golf’s most exciting golfing prospects in some years, Elvis Smylie, begins his international professional career in late June when he takes advantage of an invite to play the European Tour’s BMW International Open in Munich in Germany. The event is one of at least four European […]

Sarah Kemp completes impressive week in Virginia

Sarah Kemp in action this week – photo Getty Images Australia’s Sarah Kemp has finished 4th at the Pure Silk Championship in Williamsburg, Virginia recording her second-best LPGA Tour career finish in the process. Kemp began her final round two behind the lead of eventual winner Wei Ling Hsu of Taiwan and Thailand’s Moriya Jutanugarn. […]

Sarah Kemp leads LPGA Tour event in Virginia

Sarah Kemp – file photo LET NSW golfer Sarah Kemp has yet to win on the LPGA Tour but she has shown in 2021 that such a milestone is not beyond her and that has been further confirmed by the 35 year old taking the lead through 36 holes of the Pure Silk Championship in […]

Eight Australians face Kiawah Island’s demands

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. […]