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.
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Adam Scott file photo The news in the last 24 hours that Adam Scott has withdrawn from the possibility of representing Australia at the Olympics is no real surprise given he has been throwing out signals that, as was the case in 2016, he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 […]
Brad Kennedy with his 2013 Kansai Open trophy The long wait for a return to the Japan Golf Tour ends this Thursday for many of the Australasian contingent who regularly ply their trade there with eight teeing it up at the Kansai Open in Kobe in Hyogo Prefecture. After more than 15 months when the […]
Stewart Cink and son Reagan enjoying the moment. – photo Patrick Smith Getty 47-year old Stewart Cink provided one of the truly feel-good moments to date on the 2021 PGA Tour when winning the RBC Heritage Classic on Hilton Head Island in South Carolina. Cink led the event from the end of round two after […]
File photo David Tease Golf NSW New South Wales golfer, Austin Bautista, has finished 7th at the Austrian Open near Vienna, the 24-year old taking full advantage of an invite to play the European Tour event. Bautista, who has status on Canada’s McKenzie Tour in 2021, recovered from disappointing opening round of 74 on Thursday, […]