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.
This week’s PGA Championship at the Bellerive C.C in St Louis brings to a close the 2018 major championship men’s golf season and will there be another first time major winner or will it be one of the more fancied players with a major championship already to their name? Very little separates the leading players […]
Photo: Royal Lytham & St Annes – courtesy of Ladies European Tour This week we take a look at the Women’s British Open at Royal Lytham and St Annes, the WGC Bridgestone Championship in Ohio and the Barracuda Championship in Nevada.
I take a look at some of those in the field for this week’s this week’s WGC Bridgestone Championship event in Akron in Ohio and try an sort out those who could do well. Headed by Dustin Johnson the US$10 million event leads into next week’s final major of the year at the PGA Championship […]
Huntingdale Golf Club where Ian Stanley honed many of his amateur and early professional skills The news today that Victorian golfer Ian Stanley has passed away at the age of 69 after a long battle with illness makes for another sad day in Australian golf so soon after the passing of one of its greatest, […]
The golfing world returns to some level or normality this week with the PGA Tour’s RBC Canadian Open, the European Tour’s Porsche Open and the LPGA Tour’s Aberdeen Standard Investments Ladies Scottish Open the focus of our attention as we try and find a winner or two amongst the myriad of chances in each of […]
Molinari – file photo Francesco Molinari’s brilliant victory at Carnoustie today has swept him inside the top 10 in the world for the very first occasion and he is undoubtedly the game’s hottest player right now. Molinari has now won or been runner-up in five of his last six starts in events in the US […]
Jordan Spieth is the defending champion but is a little below his best The Open Championship begins on Thursday July 19th at Carnoustie Golf Links in Scotland, the first time the event has been played at the venue since 2007 and the 8th occasion overall. The layout has developed a reputation for being one of […]
Rickie Fowler is chasing his 2nd Scottish Open. After a bit of success last week with Russell Knox and Sei Young Kim our betting guide this week focuses on the Aberdeen Standard Investments Scottish Open, the PGA Tour’s John Deere Classic and the LPGA Tour’s Marathon Classic. With just one week before the Open Championship […]
Katherine Kirk – brilliant start at a golf course on which she feels comfort. One of the more interesting aspects of the performances of Australians in the opening round of respective events on the PGA and LPGA Tours this morning was the encouraging turnaround in form of both Katherine Kirk and Steve Bowditch. Kirk was […]