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 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 […]
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
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
Scott loses ground but not out of it – file phot0 Adam Scott was unable to build on his fine start to the BMW Championship in Chicago and although he still recorded a 1 under par second round of 71, he lost 13 places and as the event heads into the weekend he finds himself […]
Karl Vilips during today’s match – Photo courtesy of USGA / Chris Keane An 18th birthday is supposed to be a big day for a teenager but the now 18-year old Australian, Karl Vilips, won’t necessarily be seeing it that way having been beaten in the quarter-final of the US Amateur Championship at Pinehurst No […]