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.
Graham Marsh and I study a putt in Japan – the blind leading the blind – perhaps My previous memoir included the last event in New Zealand in which I would caddy. It brought one chapter of my involvement in professional golf to an end but another was about to open up. In September of […]
John Lister again thrilling a New Zealand crowd as I look on 1983 would see me caddying in my last season in New Zealand. To some extent the season was bitter/sweet in that it brought to an end a long, rewarding and very successful association with New Zealander John Lister but opened up a new […]
John Lister – who gave me the opportunity to caddy in the US After three seasons in Europe, my caddying in 1976, 1977 and 1978 had been restricted to Australia and New Zealand and, even then, on a part time basis. Although there had been several highlights, including three consecutive wins by John Lister in […]
Seve Ballesteros, myself, John Lister and Eldon Carswell – photos supplied Rotorua Lakes Council As outlined in my previous post, 1975 was a year of mixed results for those of whom I was caddying. There were both highlights and lowlights but, as the year progressed, I would get to experience my first exposure to a […]
Graham Marsh and I during 1975 European campaign. The 1974 year had proven to be a good one in my caddying adventures. Not only had I caddied for the wins of Bob Charles and Simon Owen in their respective victories in Switzerland and Germany, but, on my return to New Zealand John Lister had continued […]
Simon Owen tees off in the playoff against England’s Peter Oosterhuis for the 1974 German Open Following a surreal finish to my initial year caddying on the 1973 European Tour (outlined here) I returned to New Zealand, by then fixed on the idea of returning to Europe in 1974. I had met a fascinating lady […]
Myself, Alfie Fyles (Gary Player’s Caddie) Gary Player and Graham Marsh – 1973 World Match Play. Having outlined in my previous piece how my European caddying adventures came about and began in Bournemouth, this story outlines how the rest of 1973 unfolded and culminated in one of the most exciting experiences I have enjoyed in […]
Fellow caddie Duncan Lumsdaine and I photographed for an article in June of 1973 – click to open Late in 1972, after a trip early in the year to Australia to caddy in the Tasmanian, the Victorian and the Forbes (yes Forbes ) Opens, I spent most of that year working on a horse stud […]
This photo shows Jumbo and I standing together with Peter Thomson (putting) and Frank Malloy Having tasted my first caddying experience late in my last year of high school (1970) and really enjoying what professional golf provided, even as a caddy, I began almost immediately to think how best I could be involved again. The […]
This grainy photo (apologies) shows me caddying in my first tournament and using a pull buggy for the first and only time. Following my initial encounter with the world of professional golf, described here in the first of this series, I played golf through my high school years in Dunedin in New Zealand in the […]