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.
Minjee Lee – file photo Perth’s Minjee Lee is on track to add a second victory of 2021 when she takes a one shot lead into the final round of the Korean LPGA Tour’s Hana Financial Group Championship at the Pocheon Adonis Country Club in Pocheon in Korea. Lee, who is currently ranked 7th in […]
Denzel Ieremia – gets a rare chance – file photo PGA of Australia The Alfred Dunhill Links Championship at St Andrews has long provided an opportunity for Australasian golfers without European Tour status to play one of the most popular and lucrative events on that tour. One of the entry criteria for the event […]
The USA side enjoying the moment – photo Darren Carroll PGA of America Ultimately it was the weight of numbers that counted in the final analysis of the 2021 Ryder Cup, those numbers involving the world rankings of the USA side as they tackled and comfortably defeated a European side who were not the dominant […]
Steve Alker – file photo Bruce Young New Zealand’s Steve Alker has continued the remarkable start to his career on the PGA Tour Champions when again finishing inside the top ten in an event on the tour for the over-fifties. Just over a month ago Alker began his PGA Tour Champions career without status […]
Minjee Lee – photo Kyle Rivas – Getty Images Minjee Lee has added yet another high finish to what has been a breakthrough year in many respects, when finishing joint runner-up at the Walmart NW Arkansas Championship in Rogers, Arkansas. Lee shared the lead into to day’s final round and was still a factor playing […]
Anthony Quayle – file photo NZPGA The Japan Golf Tour never really gets the exposure it perhaps deserves and in this time of Covid related restrictions, that obscurity has been heightened, as, for much of the 2021 season, the tour featured mainly Japanese players without the significant contingent of foreigners who would otherwise ply their […]
Day two action at Whistling Straits – Maddie Myer PGA of America The European Ryder Cup side faces a massive task if it is to retain the Ryder Cup it won in Paris three years ago after sharing fourball honours on Saturday afternoon at Whistling Straits in Wisconsin. Now trailing by a huge six point […]
Minjee Lee – photo Kyle Rivas Getty Images Yesterday it was Australia’s Katherine Kirk who shared the lead at the LPGA’s Walmart NW Arkansas Championship, today it is her fellow countrywoman, Minjee Lee, who has that honour, the West Australian tied for the lead with one round remaining in the event in Rogers, Arkansas. Lee […]
Katherine Kirk – file photo Bruce Young Australian Katherine Kirk’s year in 2021 has been a struggle to date but, just as her fellow countrywoman, Su Oh, did last week in Portland she might well have turned a corner with an opening round of 8 under par 63 in the opening round of this week’s […]
The Ryder Cup – photo PGA of America As has been so often the case, even over the 42 years since the Ryder Cup developed in 1979 into a contest between Europe and the USA rather than just Great Britain and the USA, the Americans will start the on-paper favourites at this week’s edition of […]