Entries by Bruce Young

Maverick Antcliff’s Solid European Tour Start

Maverick Antcliff – photo China Tour  Queensland’s Maverick Antcliff has made a solid start to his European Tour career, following up a cut made at the recent Australian PGA Championship with a 13th place finish at the South African Open in Johannesburg over the weekend. Antcliff gained the right to play the European Tour through […]

Wade Ormsby Claims Second Hong Kong Title

The Champion – photo Asian Tour South Australian Wade Ormsby has begun 2020 in perfect style with a wire to wire victory at the Hong Kong Open, sharing the lead after day one and then extending it to two on days two and three and eventually winning by four over Ireland’s Open Champion, Shane Lowry, […]

Cameron Davis – Doing Things His Way

Seattle based Sydney golfer, Cameron Davis, has a share of the halfway lead at the Sony Open in Hawaii, the second season PGA Tour player producing birdies at the final two holes in his round of 66 to join Brendan Steele in the lead. Still only 24, Davis is a former Australian Open, Australian Amateur […]

In Form Wade Ormsby Leads Hong Kong Open

Wade Ormsby – photo Bruce Young South Australian, Wade Ormsby, picked up where he left off when finishing 3rd at the Australian PGA Championship three weeks ago to lead the Asian Tour’s Hong Kong Open at the halfway stage at the Hong Kong Golf Club in Fanling. Ormsby, who won this event in 2017, followed […]

Theegala and Abdulghany win Master of Amateurs

Alyaa Abdulghany – photo Anthony Powter The Australian Master of the Amateurs Championships were completed Friday at the Victoria Golf Club in Melbourne with America’s Sahith Theegala wining the men’s championship and Malaysian Alyaa Abdulghany the women’s event. Both players attend college in the US, Theegala at Pepperdine University and Abdulghany at the University of […]

Australian PGA Championship Heading North

The Clubhouse at Royal Queensland – photo Bruce Young Despite RACV Royal Pines Resort’s increasing success and popularity as the host venue for the Australian PGA Championship over the past seven years, it was today announced at a media conference at Royal Queensland Golf Club in Brisbane that one of Australian golf’s flagship events will […]

Golf Betting Thoughts for January 9th

As the world of professional golf begins to get back into full swing, I take a look at three events on which betting is available this week. The Sony Open in Honolulu, the South African Open in Johannesburg and the Hong Kong Open come under the spotlight as we search for a winner to follow […]

Is Justin Thomas Headed Back To The Top?

Former World Number One, Justin Thomas’, win yesterday in the opening event of the 2020 golfing year, the Sentry Tournament of Champions, continued what has been a remarkable run of consistency in tournament golf over the past three years for the still only 26-year old. Thomas moved inside the world top ten for the first […]

Master of the Amateurs Venue Change in 2020

The respective trophies at Victoria Golf Club – Master of the Amateurs Elite amateur golf for 2020 gets underway next week when the Australian Master of the Amateurs is played at the Victoria Golf Club on Melbourne’s sandbelt, the event being played for the first time in several years away from its long-standing home of […]

Matt Jones Cracks Top 100 For First Time in Three Years

Matt Jones en route to his 2019 Australian Open win – photo Golf Australia While most of the focus of Australian professional golf in 2019 was on the performances of Hannah Green and Adam Scott in their respective genders, the effort of Matt Jones is yet another well worthy of note. Jones will finish the […]