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.
Rory McIlroy – with a much awaited 19th PGA Tour trophy – image Getty Images Jared Tilton 32-year-old Rory McIlroy has won his third Wells Fargo Championship eleven years after his first, with a narrow one shot victory over Abraham Ancer at the Quail Hollow Golf Club in Charlotte in North Carolina. McIlroy managed to […]
Maverick Antcliff – file photo Queenslander Maverick Antcliff has finished runner-up at the European Tour’s Canary Island Championship in Tenerife in Spain, providing the 28-year-old his best finish on the European Tour and easily his biggest cheque (€152,000) in professional golf. Antcliff, who hails from just south of Brisbane and attended the Hills International College […]
Ariya Jutanugarn- file photo LET Eight years after a gut-wrenching loss in the event, when not at that stage an LPGA Tour player, 25 year old Ariya Jutanugarn has become the first Thai golfer to win the Honda LPGA Thailand in Chonburi, Thailand, a final round of 63 allowing her to climb from 9th place […]
Hannah Green – file photo New Zealand’s Lydia Ko and West Australian, Hannah Green, are once again poised to challenge for an LPGA Tour title, the pair two and three shots respectively off the 54 hole pace at the Honda LPGA Thailand event in Chonburi in Thailand. Ko’s 5 under par round of 67 and […]
Hyo Joo Kim – Getty Images West Australian Hannah Green continued her good recent form with a runner-up place finish at the HSBC Women’s World Championship event in Singapore but bogeys at her final two holes would prove costly for the 24-year-old. Green had a one-shot lead with two holes to play but three putted […]
Tae Koh – an important professional breakthrough for the former Australian Amateur champion In 2013 New Zealand’s Tae Koh became just the third New Zealander to win the Australian Amateur Championship when defeating Australian Curtis Luck in the final. Normally, such a victory would be the likely catalyst for a successful professional career but for […]
Two time Singapore winner Inbee Park perhaps the one to beat – photo Getty Images West Australian Hannah Green and New Zealand’s Lydia Ko have continued their recent good form to be tied for 7th and four shots from the lead at the halfway mark of the HSBC Women’s World Championship at the Sentosa Golf […]
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 […]