Entries by Bruce Young

Queensland’s Billy Dowling makes quarter finals at British Am

Billy Dowling – file photo -Image Australian Golf Media  Queensland’s Billy Dowling has made the quarter final of the British Amateur Championship at Royal St Georges in Kent. After finishing in a share of 12th place in the 36-hole qualifying earlier in the week, Dowling, who is a member of both the Brisbane Golf Club […]

Ten Australasians tackle KPMG Women’s PGA Championship

  The KPMG carries a purse of US$12 million – image PGA of America The LPGA Tour will play the third of its five annual major championships when the KPMG Women’s PGA Championship gets underway in Frisco in Texas, where nine Australians and one New Zealander tee it up at the Fields Ranch East layout, […]

J.J. Spaun the last man standing in Oakmont battle

The winner after one of the US Open’s most dramatic final days – image Jeff Haynes USGA As one sits down to try and describe today’s final round of the US Open at Oakmont, it is hard to know just where to start. Beginning the day with Sam Burns one ahead of Adam Scott and […]

Queensland’s Karis Davidson records best LPGA Tour finish

Karis Davidson – file photo courtesy of Australian Golf Media  A final round of 69 has given 26 year old Queenslander Karis Davidson her best ever LPGA Tour finish when sharing 7th place at the Meijer LPGA Classic in Belmont in Michigan. Davidson finished four shots behind the winner, 35 year old Carlota Ciganda of […]

Queensland’s Karis Davidson has share of LPGA Tour event lead

S Karis Davidson – file image LPGA Tour / Getty Images  Scottish-born Queenslander Karis Davidson has a share of the halfway lead at the LPGA Tour’s Meijer LPGA Classic in Michigan, the 26-year-old former JLPGA Tour player finding her feet at this level after first joining the tour in 2022. Davidson, whose best finish to […]

Old man par golf has Adam Scott contending at Oakmont

Adam Scott in action this week – image courtesy of USGA In 23 previous US Opens, Australia’s Adam Scott has recorded just three top tens but in this weekend’s final 36 holes of the US Open at Oakmont, the 44 year old has a chance to not only improve on that record but to perhaps […]

Adam Scott heads Australasians at Oakmont

Adam Scott – in action today – image USGA Adam Scott will lead the Australasian challenge into day two of the US Open at Oakmont, his even par morning round (70) on day one leaving him just four behind the first-round leader, J.J. Spaun and in a share of 11th place. Scott was out at […]

Ryan Fox joins six Australians in the Oakmont field

Oakmont’s 18th hole – image courtesy of USGA Ryan Fox’s victory in Canada this morning brings to seven the number of Australasians in the field for this week’s US Open at Oakmont in Pennsylvania. Fox’s victory moved him to 32nd in the world ranking and inside the final qualifying criteria available available to those players […]

It keeps getting better for Ryan Fox

Ryan Fox – image courtesy of RBC Canadian Open  Just four weeks after his breakthrough PGA Tour win in Myrtle Beach, New Zealand’s Ryan Fox has won a second and more significant PGA Tour title with a playoff victory over Sam Burns at the RBC Canadian Open at the TPC Toronto in Ontario. Both tournaments […]