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.
Gold Coast based New South Welshman, Dylan Perry, has recorded the best finish of his rookie Japan Tour season with a share of 3rd place at the Heiwa PGM Championship in Okinawa today. Perry, who earned his playing rights for Japan at last year’s Japan Tour School after turning professional in November of last year, […]
Australian, Minjee Lee, has finished alone in third place at the LPGA Tour’s Toto Japan Classic, six shots behind the winner, Ai Suzuki, at the Seta Golf Club in Shiga, Japan. Lee birdied three of her last five holes to move clear of what would otherwise have been a three-way tie for third and after […]
Perth’s, Jason Scrivener, is just two behind the lead as the Turkish Airlines Open heads into the weekend in Antalya in Turkey. Scrivener put together a bogey free second round of 66 to be sitting just off the lead held by Austrian Matthias Schwab and with just this week and next week’s Nedbank Challenge remaining […]
Queensland’s Brad Kennedy is in a share of 3rd place and three from the lead at the halfway stage of the Heiwa PGM Championship on Okinawa in Southern Japan. Kennedy, who has recorded top ten finishes in each of his last two events on the Japan Golf Tour, shared the lead after his opening round […]
Australian Hannah Green has reversed some indifferent recent form by taking a share of the opening round lead at the LPGA Tour’s Toto Championship in Shiga in Japan. Green has won twice on the LPGA Tour this season, including when winning the KPMG Women’s PGA Championship, but has been unable to record a finish better […]
Three events come under the spotlight this week as we assess the chances at the European Tour’s Turkish Airlines Open, the LPGA Tour’s Toto Classic in Japan and the Japan Tour’s Heiwa PGM Championship. click to listen
Photo courtesy of the Asian Tour The remarkable consistency of 26-year old Queensland golfer, Maverick Antcliff on the China Golf Tour in 2019 has been rewarded in the form of a European Tour card for 2020. The series, which consists of 11 events, saw Antcliff win on three occasions, finish runner-up once and record four […]
Rory McIlroy has defeated Xander Schauffele in a playoff to secure his 18th PGA Tour title and his third World Golf Championship event, the WGC HSBC Champions in Shanghai, taking his PGA Tour earnings beyond US$50 million in the process. Schauffele needed to birdie the 72nd hole to force the playoff before McIlroy was able […]
Defending champion, Nelly Korda, did exactly that when she successfully held on to win the LPGA Tour’s Taiwan Swinging Skirts LPGA event in Taipei City, surviving a playoff to defeat Australia’s Minjee Lee and Germany’s Caroline Masson. Not only did Korda win, but Lee had also finished runner-up last year so there was a little […]
Canberra’s Brendan Jones has finished 7th the Mynavi ABC Championship in Hyogo Prefecture, an eagle at the last hole by the 44-year old improving him from 19th overnight to finish six shots behind the winner, Jung Gon Hwang or Korea. Jones is in 12th place on the 2019 Japan Tour money list with A$650,000, much […]