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.
The opening day of the Solheim Cup between the USA and Europe has seen a minor surprise with the Europeans taking a 4½ to 3½ lead into Saturday’s matches. The Americans have won ten of the biennial 15 encounters to date since the event was first played in 1990. The Europeans won the morning foursomes […]
Former winner, Brendan Jones is the best of the Australians at the halfway mark of the Japan Golf Tour’s ANA Open in Sapporo, a second round of 66 an improvement of seven shots on his opening 73, leaving the 43-year old Canberra golfer tied for 20th and six shots behind Ryuko Tokimatsu. The bounce-back of […]
Queenslander Jake McLeod has improved on his opening round of 70 with a second round 68 at the KLM Open in Amsterdam and finds himself in a share of 17th place and five from the lead of Scott Jamieson. McLeod, who has struggled for much of his rookie European Tour season, recorded a five birdie, […]
Cameron Smith and newly reinstated PGA Tour player, Cameron Percy, are the leading Australians after the opening round of the Military Tribute at Greenbrier in White Sulphur Springs in West Virginia. The pair began the opening event of the new PGA Tour season with rounds of 3 under par 67 to share 32nd place, one […]
European Tour rookie, Jake McLeod, heads the Australians after the opening round of the KLM Open in Amsterdam, the 25 year old Queenslander’s round of 2 under 70 having him four shots behind the leader, Callum Shinkwin of England. McLeod sits in 26th place in the event being held at The International, one shot ahead […]
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, […]
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, […]
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 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 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 […]