Entries by Bruce Young

Betting Thoughts for September 12th

After a couple of good results last week with the victory by Paul Casey ($9) in Germany and the near misses by Matthias Schwab ($26) in Germany and Hiroshi Iwata ($41) in Japan we attempt to find further success this week at the PGA Tour’s opening event of the new season in White Sulphur Springs, […]

Two Australians Make Junior Presidents Cup Team

Karl Vilips with one of his many trophies Twenty-four players, 12 international and 12 from the United States, have qualified for the 2019 Junior Presidents Cup hosted by the American Junior Golf Association (AJGA) and PGA TOUR, amongst them two Australians. The event’s second edition will welcome players from 10 states, Australia, China, Chinese Taipei, […]

Twelve Australasians Tackle PGA Tour’s Opening Event

The PGA Tour’s new season begins this week when the Military Tribute at the Greenbrier gets underway at the Old White TPC at White Sulphur Springs in West Virginia. The opening event of any PGA Tour season often carries more interest than any other event of similar standing as it offers hope for those looking […]

Paul Casey Claims First European Title in Five Years

Paul Casey has survived a thrilling battle to win his second event of 2019 but his first European Tour title in five years by holding off strong final day challenges from Matthias Schwab, Robert MacIntyre and Bernd Ritthammer to win the Porsche European Open in Hamburg. Casey was playing his first stand alone European Tour […]

New Zealand’s Josh Geary Runner-Up in France

New Zealand’s Josh Geary has finished runner-up in a European Challenge Tour event in France, the 34-year old producing one of his well-known low rounds (64) today to finish two shots behind the winner, Sebastian Heisele. The finish moves Geary to 12th in the Race to Mallorca standings and inside the all-important top 15 who […]

Rookie Perry Best of Australians at Fujisankei Classic

Korea’s Sang Hyun Park has today won his second Japan Golf Tour title nearly three years after his first with a two-shot victory in this week’s Fujisankei Classic west of Tokyo. Park came from four shots off the 54-hole pace set by his fellow Korean Ho Sung Choi and American Chan Kim, a bogey free […]

Impressive Rookie MacIntyre Leads European Open

Scotland’s impressive European Tour rookie, Robert MacIntyre, has taken the lead at the halfway stage of the Porsche European Open in Hamburg, the 23 year old’s round of 65 today moving him four shots clear of the field. McIntyre has yet to win on the European Tour but he has been twice runner-up this year […]

Dylan Perry Heads Australians in Japan

Dylan Perry heads the Australians through 36 holes of the Fujisankei Classic at the Fujizakura Golf Club west of Tokyo, the Japan Tour rookie in a share of 13th place although nine shots behind the joint leaders, Ho Sung Choi of Korea and American Chan Kim. 24 year old, Perry, originally from the Hunter Valley […]

Casey Leads European Open – Herbert starts well

Photo Getty Images Despite his tremendous success internationally, England’s Paul Casey has not won on the European Tour for nearly five years but playing in this week’s Porsche European Open he has taken a significant step to changing that. Casey’s opening round of 66 in the event being played in Hamburg, has given the 42 […]

Betting on Golf Events for September 5th

It is a relatively quiet week in the world of tournament golf this week with just two events available on most betting agencies. We focus on the European Tour’s Porsche European Open in Hamburg and the Fujisankei Classic in Japan. Photo shows two time winner of the Fujisankei Classic Ryo Ishikawa