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.
Sam Burns – Photo Getty Images Sean Haffey Sam Burns might not yet have won on the PGA Tour but the manner in which the 24-year-old from Louisiana has handled the demanding Riviera Country Club over the opening two days of the Genesis Invitational suggests his maiden victory at this level is perhaps close at […]
Brett Coletta – file photo Bruce Young Victorian Brett Coletta has made a near perfect start to his 2021 golfing year with opening rounds of 63 and 69 to be one behind the lead at the Korn Ferry Tour’s LECOM Suncoast Classic in Lakewood Ranch in Florida, about an hour south of Tampa. The event […]
The PGA Tour moves from one iconic venue to another this week when the Genesis Invitational is played at the Riviera Country Club in Pacific Palisades in the western suburbs of Los Angeles, a few days after the completion of the AT&T Pebble Beach Pro-Am. The event, or its equivalent (the Los Angeles Open), was […]
Daniel Berger – Photo Getty Images Harry How Jason Day has continued his outstanding record at the AT&T Pebble Beach Pro-Am with yet another top ten finish in the event which finished today. For Day it was his 8th top ten in eleven starts in the iconic event on a layout as ‘American as Apple […]
Jason Day – file photo – Nike Despite being yet to win the event, Jason Day has an enviable record at the AT&T Pebble Beach Pro Am and today he created an opportunity for that record to continue and for him to perhaps even better his previous best when runner-up in 2018. Day has played […]
Jordan Spieth- photo Ezra Shaw Getty Images Jordan Spieth has picked up where he left off at last week’s Waste Management Phoenix Open, continuing a resurgence in a game which had seen him slip to 92nd in the world before finishing 4th in Phoenix. Spieth added a second round of 67 at the AT&T Pebble […]
photo Golf Australia Queensland’s Louis Dobbelaar and NSW’s Grace Kim are the respective Men’s and Women’s Australian Amateur Golf Champions for 2021 following their victories at the Kooyonga Golf Club in Adelaide today. In the newly adopted format of 72-hole stroke-play to decide the winners of the prestigious title, Dobbelaar won by two over NSW […]
Photo courtesy of PGA of Australia 30-year-old Victorian, Bryden Macpherson, has claimed his first PGA Tour of Australasia title by producing a stunning final round of 64 including four birdies and an eagle over his closing six holes at the Moonah Links PGA Classic at the Moonah Links Open Course on the Mornington Peninsula. Macpherson […]
The outstanding Kooyonga Golf Club – file photo Bruce Young The new look Australian Amateur Championship began at the Kooyonga Golf Club this morning, a field of 105 men and 50 women entered to play the prestigious event which, for the first time, will be played in a 72-hole strokeplay format. There has been a […]
Brooks Koepka – photo Getty Images Christian Petersen Four time major champion, Brooks Koepka, returned from what he described as a ‘dark place’ to win his 8th PGA Tour title at the Waste Management Phoenix Open in Scottsdale on the outskirts of Phoenix in Arizona. Koepka, whose last three starts have resulted in missed cuts, […]