Entries by Bruce Young

Impressive PGA Tour Debut for Queensland Amateur Jack Trent

Jack Trent – photo UNLV Cameron Smith might well have finished as the leading Australian at this week’s Shriners Hospitals for Children open in Las Vegas but it was a fellow Queenslander who stole the Australian limelight. 20 year old amateur, Jack Trent, who earned a start in the event courtesy of winning a collegiate […]

Scrivener 7th as Rahm Successfully defends in Spain

John Rahm – Getty Images Jason Scrivener has finished as the leading Australian at the Open de Espana in Madrid, recording his best European Tour finish in eight months with a 7th place finish at the Club de Campo Villa de Madrid. Scrivener finished ten shots from the winner, Jon Rahm, who successfully defended his […]

Whitney Hillier Records Best Finish in Two Years

Hillier in action today – Ladies European Tour West Australian Whitney Hillier today recorded her best result in nearly two years when she finished 4th at the Ladies European Tour’s Hero Women’s Indian Open. The 28-year old from the Joondalup Golf Club in Perth was unable to capitalise fully on her fast start to the […]

Australians Well Placed in Las Vegas

Matt Jones – file Australian golfers are well placed at the halfway mark of the Shriners Hospitals for Children Open in Las Vegas, Sydney’s Matt Jones one behind the four-way tie for the lead and Adam Scott and Cameron Smith another two shots back and tied for 9th in the congested leaderboard. Jones, who was […]

The Roll Continues for Whitney Hillier

West Australian Whitney Hillier’s recent good form continued in round two of the Hero Women’s Indian Open adding a second round of 71 on day two of the Ladies European Tour event to take a one-shot lead into the weekend at the DLF Golf and Country Club in Gurugram. Hillier, who recovered from a double […]

Won Joon Lee tied for 3rd in Japan

Former Sydney golfer, Won Joon Lee, is the best of the Australians at the halfway mark of the Japan Tour’s Tokai Classic in Nagoya, the 33 year old adding a second round of 69 to his opening 70 to be three shots from the lead held by the ever present Shugo Imahira and  Mikumu Horikawa. […]

Whitney Hillier Finds Purple Patch of Form

Whitney Hillier – Ladies European Tour What a couple of weeks it has been for West Australia’s Ladies European Tour golfer golfer, Whitney Hillier. Last week at the Estrella Damm Mediterranean Ladies Open in Spain she holed in one during her second round of the event in Sitges in Spain which led to a round […]

Jason Scrivener Starts Well in Spain

Jason Scrivener – file photo Perth’s Jason Scrivener heads the eight Australians at the European Tour’s Open de Espana in Madrid, the West Australian in a share of 9th place and four from the leader, Kristian Krogh Johannessen. Scrivener, currently in 57th place in the Race to Dubai Rankings, continues his push to be in […]

Golf Betting Thoughts for October 2nd

Jon Rahm – hot favourite to defend his national open title in Madrid. This week we take a look at the PGA Tour’s Shriners Hospitals for Children event in Las Vegas, the European Tour’s Open de Spain in Madrid and the Volunteers of America LPGA Texas Classic in Dallas. Click to Listen