Entries by Bruce Young

Leishman and Smith Advance to Tour Championship

Marc Leishman – to play his 5th Tour Championship – file photo. Australians Marc Leishman and Cameron Smith have graduated to the PGA Tour’s Tour Championship in Atlanta next week, the pair remaining inside the top 30 in the FedEx Cup standings following the completion of the BMW Championship near Chicago today. Despite Leishman finishing […]

Curtis Luck’s Professional Breakthrough in Ohio

Curtis Luck – an important breakthrough in Ohio. West Australian Curtis Luck has today won his first event as a professional with a narrow but impressive win at the Korn Ferry Tour’s Nationwide Children’s Hospitals event in Columbus in Ohio. The former US and Asia Pacific Amateur Champion led through 54 holes at the Ohio […]

Cameron Davis Finding His PGA Tour Feet

Davis and caddie Tschudin – file photo 25-year-old Australian golfer Cameron Davis is just two from the lead of Dustin Johnson at the Northern Trust Open in Boston, a second round of 65 added to his opening 64 at the TPC Boston having him tied for second place. The performance leaves the US based New […]

Minjee Lee’s Bounce-back Offers Hope

Minjee Lee – file photo courtesy of LET Through four holes of her opening round of the AIG Women’s Open at Royal Troon in Scotland, Australia’s Minjee Lee could have been forgiven for asking just what on earth was going on. Having played very well in recent weeks she appeared to be building towards a […]

Can Minjee Lee Claim Maiden Major Title?

Royal Troon – photo Ladies European Tour Australia’s Minjee Lee has yet to win a major title amongst her five LPGA Championship victories but this week’s AIG Women’s British Open Championship, at Royal Troon on Scotland’s Ayrshire Coast, offers a great chance for the 24-year-old to take her standing in the game to another level. […]

Jack Trent Advances to Match Play at US Amateur

A typical scene at Bandon Dunes during this week’s qualifying stage. Photo Steve Gibbons USGA Sunshine Coast golfer, Jack Trent, has safely made it through to the leading 64 golfers to qualify for the match-play phase of the US Amateur Championship at Bandon Dunes Golf Resort in Oregon. 21-year-old Trent, who is currently attending college […]

Jason Day 4th behind Collin Morikawa at PGA Championship

Collin Morikawa is all smiles after his major breakthrough – photo Darren Carroll PGA of America Jason Day has finished in a share of 4th place after a bogey free final round of 66 at the PGA Championship at the TPC Harding Park near San Francisco, finishing three shots behind the eventual winner, Collin Morikawa, […]

Agonising Loss for Ruffels at US Women’s Amateur

Zhang at the age of just 17 – the US Women’s Amateur Champion – photo USGA A missed putt from less than 3 feet at the 2nd extra hole in today’s final of the US Women’s Amateur Championship in Rockville, Maryland, has cost Australia’s Gabriela Ruffels the opportunity to win the event for the second […]

Four Australians Tackle US Men’s Amateur Championship

With the final of the US Women’s Amateur Championship, featuring one Australian, up for grabs on Sunday US time, final preparations are underway for four Australians to contend the US Men’s Amateur Championship at Bandon Dunes in Oregon beginning on Monday August 10th. Jack Trent, Connor McKinney, Lachlan Barker and Lukas Michel have managed to […]

Jason Day Down But Not Out at PGA

Jason Day – on the 5th hole today – courtesy of PGA of America Jason Day has recorded a third round of 70 at the PGA Championship near San Francisco and although now three shots behind the leader, Dustin Johnson, he remains very much in the hunt as the first major of the year heads […]