Entries by Bruce Young

Dann and Wilson Share Bonnie Doon Lead

Charlie Dann – Photo courtesy of PGA of Australia Brett Costello Sunshine Coast golfer, Charlie Dann, has a share of the the lead at the halfway mark of the Tour Players Series Sydney event at the Bonnie Doon Golf Club in Pagewood in Sydney’s south eastern suburbs. Dann shares the lead with Victorian Peter Wilson,who, […]

Elvis Smylie Joins Gabi Ruffels In The Paid Ranks

Smylie following his Queensland Amateur Championship victory in 2019 – photo Bruce Young Last week it was Gabriela Ruffels who entered the paid ranks of golf when she played the Gainbridge LPGA event in Florida and this week sees the opening event in what promises to be a significant professional career for yet another young […]

Rapid Riser Morikawa Wins WGC Workday Championship

Collin Morikawa – photo Getty Images Sam Greenwood Current PGA Champion, Collin Morikawa, continued his meteoric rise in the game with victory at this week’s WGC Workday Championship at Concessions in Bradenton in Florida. Twelve months ago Morikawa stood outside the top 50 in the game but as a result of his PGA Championship win, […]

Cameron Percy Records One of Best PGA Tour Finishes

Cameron Percy in action this week. Photo Andy Lyons Getty Images Australian Cameron Percy has finished in a share of 7th place at the PGA Tour’s Puerto Rico Open, recording one of his best finishes on the PGA Tour in the process. Percy began the final round in a share of 3rd place in the […]

Great Week For Sarah Kemp in Orlando

Sarah Kemp – file photo Bruce Young 35 year old New South Wales golfer, Sarah Kemp, has produced her second best-ever result on the LPGA Tour when finishing runner-up at the Gainbridge LPGA Tour event at the Lake Nona Golf and Country Club in Orlando. Kemp, whose best had been when runner-up at the 2019 […]

Lydia Ko Has 36 Hole Lead in Orlando

Lydia Ko – file photo Lydia Ko has consolidated her opening round lead at the Gainbridge LPGA event at Lake Nona in Orlando, adding a second round 69 to lead by one over Nelly Korda. A 15-time LPGA Tour event winner, Ko, playing on her now home golf course, has not won since 2018 but […]

Cameron Smith At It Again in Florida

Cameron Smith in action today – photo Getty Images Sam Greenwood Australian Cameron Smith has once again put himself in the firing line of a significant PGA Tour event, this time the WGC Workday Championship at The Concession in south west Florida. Smith has completed the opening two rounds of the US$10.5 million event just […]

Greg Chalmers’ Form Turnaround in Puerto Rico

Greg Chalmers in action this week – photo Getty Images Andy Lyons In his last twelve PGA Tour starts, Texas based Australian golfer, Greg Chalmers, has missed the cut in ten and has a best finish of 50th in the other two. In fact in his one and only start this year on the PGA […]

Gabriela Ruffels Makes Professional Debut at Lake Nona

Gabi Ruffels now playing for money, with her 2019 US Amateur trophy – Photo Steve Gibbons USGA  The LPGA Tour season for 2021 essentially gets underway this week and while one event has already been played in Lake Buena Vista over a month ago, this week’s Gainbridge LPGA event at Lake Nona Golf and Country […]

Opportunity for Many Australians in Florida and Puerto Rico

Kennedy, seen here following his recent in Victoria, gets a great opportunity in Florida – photo PGA of Australia With two PGA Tour events being played concurrently this week, more Australasians than is normally the case get their opportunity to take advantage of a start close to the elite level of men’s professional golf. The […]