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.
Simon Owen tees off in the playoff against England’s Peter Oosterhuis for the 1974 German Open Following a surreal finish to my initial year caddying on the 1973 European Tour (outlined here) I returned to New Zealand, by then fixed on the idea of returning to Europe in 1974. I had met a fascinating lady […]
Myself, Alfie Fyles (Gary Player’s Caddie) Gary Player and Graham Marsh – 1973 World Match Play. Having outlined in my previous piece how my European caddying adventures came about and began in Bournemouth, this story outlines how the rest of 1973 unfolded and culminated in one of the most exciting experiences I have enjoyed in […]
Fellow caddie Duncan Lumsdaine and I photographed for an article in June of 1973 – click to open Late in 1972, after a trip early in the year to Australia to caddy in the Tasmanian, the Victorian and the Forbes (yes Forbes ) Opens, I spent most of that year working on a horse stud […]
This photo shows Jumbo and I standing together with Peter Thomson (putting) and Frank Malloy Having tasted my first caddying experience late in my last year of high school (1970) and really enjoying what professional golf provided, even as a caddy, I began almost immediately to think how best I could be involved again. The […]
This grainy photo (apologies) shows me caddying in my first tournament and using a pull buggy for the first and only time. Following my initial encounter with the world of professional golf, described here in the first of this series, I played golf through my high school years in Dunedin in New Zealand in the […]
Eight years after my first encounter with Bob Charles – the 1974 Swiss Open At this time, when the golfing world is very much in limbo at both the professional and amateur level, I felt it might be an opportunity to describe some of the very special moments I have been blessed to experience during […]
Matsuyama in action today – photo Getty Images Japan’s Hideki Matsuyama has not won an event on the PGA Tour in early three years but after his opening round of 63 at Players Championship in Ponte Vedra Beach in Florida today, there was every reason to believe that the drought might end in the game’s […]
This week’s Players Championship attracts the attention of the golfing world perhaps more than any other non major event and some might say more than a couple of the majors. I assess the chances this week and provide evidence as to just why they might be considered as such. Below: Last year’s champion and now […]
Leishman – file photo Marc Leishman has fallen just short of winning his second tournament of 2020 but by finishing in outright second position at the Arnold Palmer Invitational in Orlando the 36 year old Victorian will improve to 15th place in the world ranking, his highest ranking since winning this same event two years […]
The Malaysia Open Champion – Trevor Simsby Queensland’s Andrew Dodt has lost a playoff for the Banda Malaysia Open in Kuala Lumpur today, the Queenslander eventually being knocked out of the race for the title at the second extra hole when beaten by 27 year old American, Trevor Simsby, who won his first event as […]