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.
Marc Leishman- file photo Former winner, Marc Leishman, is just three from the lead at the halfway mark of the Arnold Palmer Invitational in Orlando, four birdies in his first seven holes of round two setting up a round of 69 and a share of 7th place in the event he won three years ago. […]
Dodt in action this week – photo courtesy of Asian Tour Australia’s Andrew Dodt is on target to continue the outstanding run of Queensland based professionals when he takes to the Kota Permai layout in Kuala Lumpur in round three of the Bandar Malaysia Open. Although 77 players are yet to complete round two, Dodt […]
Scott Strange – one of five Aussies to gain Asian Tour status Five Australians have earned Asian Tour Status for 2020 following the completion of the Qualifying Tour’s Qualifying School in Cha Am in Thailand. Victorian Will Heffernan has finished runner-up, West Australian and former two time European Tour winner, Scott Strange 9th, Victorian Ben […]
Anthony Quayle – photo Golf Australia It might be well short of his biggest previous cheque in professional golf, but Queensland based Anthony Quayle’s playoff victory at the Queensland Open at Pelican Waters on the Sunshine Coast today provides perhaps more than money can buy, namely a victory in a professional event. Quayle, who has […]
Kyriacou with her father Nick 19-year-old Sydney amateur, Stephanie Kyriacou, has not only won a Ladies European Tour event she has done so in the most emphatic fashion with an eight-shot victory at the Geoff King Motors Australian Ladies Classic Bonville in Coffs Harbour today. Kyriacou may be Australia’s third highest world ranked amateur behind […]
Zach Murray – photo Asian Tour Ryan Fox and Zach Murray, who finished one and two on the 2019 PGA Tour of Australasia Order of Merit, and earned starts at the WGC Championship Mexico as a result, have made solid starts to the event at the Club De Golf Chapultepec in Mexico City. Both players […]
Rhein Gibson – file photo – Henry Peters US Based Lismore golfer, Rhein Gibson, is back on the PGA Tour in 2020 and at the halfway mark of the Puerto Rico Open he finds himself just two shots from the lead and in a share of 6th place in what is the alternative PGA Tour […]
Lauren Stephenson – photo and article Ladies European Tour American, Lauren Stephenson, ended with an eagle three on the last hole for an eight-under-par 64 to take a one-stroke lead after two rounds of the Geoff King Motors Australian Ladies Classic Bonville on Friday. Stephenson finished just ahead of 19-year-old Ayean Cho. The 2019 KLPGA […]
Former Isuzu Queensland Open Champion, David Bransdon, has retained his lead at the Pelican Waters Golf Club in Caloundra on the Sunshine Coast of Queensland and leads the event by one over the leading world ranked player in the field, Brad Kennedy, at the halfway stage with another shot back to Canberra amateur, Josh Armstrong. […]
Pelican Waters – home of this week’s Queensland Open This week I take a look at the WGC Mexico, the Puerto Rico Open and the Queensland Open events and assess the likelihood of a financial return.