Entries by Bruce Young

Marc Leishman – Is It His Turn?

Marc Leishman has often shown in his now nearly ten years on the PGA Tour that he has the right stuff in terms of contending and potentially winning a major championship. This weekend he gets another chance to break through and win at the one of the four major titles when he heads into the […]

The Masters lives up to its billing

There has been so much speculation ahead of the 2018 Masters as to just where this year’s version sits in terms of anticipation – many suggesting, because of the numerous story-lines involved, that it is perhaps the most anticipated ever. The events of day one have suggested that hype was not overdone with not only […]

Augusta National Women’s Amateur – innovative but no surprise

The news today that Augusta National Golf Club (ANGC) and the Masters Tournament Foundation are the founding partners in establishing the Augusta National Women’s Amateur Championship comes as no real surprise. Having seen first-hand their just how much tangible support the Masters Tournament provides for not only the Asia Pacific Amateur Championship, but also the […]

Jordan Spieth and Augusta National – inseparable

Jordan Spieth begins this week’s Masters as the player with the hottest record in the event in recent years. Twice a winner and once runner up in his last four starts and 11th last year after being well into contention heading into the final round, Spieth’s game suits Augusta National and vice-versa. Today, in a […]

Jason Day looks ahead to 8th Masters Appearance

Five years after Adam Scott’s breakthrough for Australia at the Masters which in turn came nearly eighty years after the event was first played, Australian hopes at Augusta National this year appear to rely on Jason Day converting his outstanding record at Augusta National into his second major championship title and Australia’s second Green Jacket. […]

The 2018 Masters – A Form Guide

The Masters captures the attention of not just the golfing world but the sporting world generally. As is so often the case with all of the great sporting events internationally, everyone, golf fans and others, become experts during tournament week and for golf that is a very good thing. Picking a winner is never easy […]

The Original World Match Play

The week of the W.G.C Dell Technologies Match Play Championship, or its equivalent, over the past 18 years rekindles, for me, memories of what was previously known as the World Match Play Championship at Wentworth near London. While the more recent version of the game’s most significant match play championship contains both a larger field […]

Persistence paying off for David McKenzie

The recent form of 50-year old Australian David McKenzie on the Champions Tour is an example of what can be achieved by persevering with an already lengthy career while at the same time offering an understanding just how difficult success on the Champions Tour can be. I wouldn’t mind a dollar for every time I […]

Steve Williams – passing on his vast knowledge

The ISPS New Zealand Open has proven innovative in many of the features it has introduced to its week of activities at The Millbrook Resort and the Hills Golf Club near Queenstown in Central Otago. A Caddie Clinic hosted by Steve Williams on the Wednesday of the event is further evidence of how such initiative […]