Entries by Bruce Young

Mixed Fortunes for Adam Scott at Tour Championship

Adam Scott makes solid start despite two double bogeys – file While there was a concern by many that one of the PGA Tour’s flagship events, the Tour Championship at East Lake Golf Club in Atlanta, might have appeared a little gimmicky in its new format, by the completion of day one of the season-ending […]

Day Out for Ormsby and Bland in Gothenberg

Ormsby in action today – Getty Images Australia’s, Wade Ormsby, has the opening-round lead at the Scandinavian Invitation in Gothenburg in Sweden, but was joined in what was an enjoyable day for South Australians by Adam Bland, who holed a seven iron from 154 metres on the tenth hole to win a Volkswagen Touareg V6 […]

Day, Leishman, Smith to Play Australian Open

The announcement today that Jason Day will be in Sydney later this year for the Australian Open is welcome news for both the event itself and Australian golf. Day will join Marc Leishman and Cameron Smith as three of Australia’s leading four golfers in the field, the notable absentee being Adam Scott who has not […]

Golf Betting Analysis for August 22nd

There are many events on which golf betting is being played out this week but we focus on the Tour Championship in Atlanta, the LPGA Tour’s CP Women’s Championship in Ontario in Canada, the Scandinavian Invitation in Sweden and the Korn Ferry Tour’s Boise Open in Idaho. Click below to listen  

Japan Tour Returns Following Summer Break

Brendan Jones again leading the Australians in Japan – file photo – click to expand Following its traditional midsummer break, the Japan Golf Tour returns to action this week when the Shigeo Nagashima Invitational Sega Sammy Cup is played at the North Country Golf Club near Sapporo in Hokkaido. The Japan Tour has not played […]

Consensus to Decide Tiger Woods’ Presidents Cup Final Role

Woods in earlier Presidents Cup Media Conference – file MELBOURNE, Victoria, Australia – Tiger Woods says he will consult his assistants and players before any decision on whether he picks himself as a player for December’s Presidents Cup in Melbourne. Despite his fairy tale comeback win in The Masters in April, Woods fell out of […]

Presidents Cup Teams’ Leading Qualifiers Confirmed

Marc Leishman tops Internationals’ list Eight players have secured their place in the International Presidents Cup team, three of them Australian with the final four captain’s picks to be made in early November, providing the opportunity to select the most in form players to complete the team. Marc Leishman , Adam Scott and Cameron Smith […]

Andy Ogletree overcomes John Augenstein to win US Amateur

Ogletree alongside the famous statue of Payne Stewart – click to expand – USGA Chris Keane   21 year old Mississippi golfer, Andy Ogletree, has won the US Amateur Championship in Pinehurst, North Carolina, overcoming an early deficit before finally hitting the front at the 32nd hole and going on to win the 36 hole […]

Finalists Decided at US Amateur Championship

  The rather impressive action of Andy Ogletree – courtesy of USGA Chris Keane Amateur golf’s most significant event, the US Amateur Championship, has reached the Finals in Pinehurst in North Carolina with Mississippi’s Andy Ogletree and Kentucky’s John Augustein to face off in tomorrow’s 36 hole final. The championship match will be played over […]

Percy and Luck Well Placed in Columbus

Curtis Luck – improved sharply today Australians Cameron Percy in 8th place and Curtis Luck (17th) are well enough positioned as the opening event of the Korn Ferry Tour finals, the Nationwide Children’s Hospitals Championship heads into the weekend in Columbus in Ohio. Both players are chasing PGA Tour cards via the three event series […]