Entries by Bruce Young

Jason Day finds form at Travelers Championship

Jason Day – file photo image courtesy of USGA Jason Day is just one behind the leaders, Scottie Scheffler, Justin Thomas and Tommy Fleetwood at the halfway stage of the Travelers Championship at the TPC River Highlands near Hartford, a second consecutive round of 66 leaving the Australian well placed for one of the big […]

Steve Alker chasing second Champions Tour major

Steve Alker – file photo courtesy of USGA While New Zealand’s Steve Alker has been one of the most dominant figures on the PGA Tour Champions since joining in August of 2021, he has just the one Senior major title to his name in that time. This weekend, he gets the chance to add another […]

Minjee Lee starts Women’s PGA Championship well

Minjee Lee consults with her caddie today – image Ryan Lochhead PGA of America Minjee Lee has made an encouraging start to the KPMG Women’s PGA Championship in Frisco in Texas, her opening round of 3 under par 69 leaving her one behind Thailand’s Jeeno Thitikul and alone in second position. Lee, who played in […]

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 […]