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.
With just one event remaining before the first major of the LPGA Tour season, this week’s Kia Classic in Carlsbad in California takes on even greater meaning as players, many of them the female game’s elite, prepare for next week’s ANA Inspiration in Rancho Mirage. Inbee Park brings her winning form to an event in […]
In March of 1999 the first World Golf Championship event was played in Carlsbad in California when the then Accenture Match Play was played at La Costa Resort and Spa. While the intent of the introduction of the World Golf Championships was clear, namely to bring the elite of the game worldwide together on a […]
Two-time U.S. Women’s Open champion Karrie Webb, of Australia, has received a special exemption into the 73rd U.S. Women’s Open Championship, which will be conducted May 31-June 3 at Shoal Creek in Alabama. Webb, 43, won the 2000 U.S. Women’s Open at The Merit Club in Gurnee, Ill., defeating Cristie Kerr and Meg Mallon by […]
The Japan Tour heads to the Gifuseki Country Club’s East Course in Gifu to the north of Nagoya for the ¥200 million Japan Open an event which Australians have won on only two occasions. Craig Parry in 1997 and Paul Sheehan in 2006 are those Australians and although another four will get their chance this […]
The final men’s golfing major of the year, the PGA Championship begins on August 10th at the Quail Club in Charlotte in North Carolina, a venue that has previously held PGA Tour events over a long period of time but now the outstanding layout gets the chance for even greater profile and accolades by hosting […]
There has been a lot of talk of late about rules and the signing of scorecards and the impact both are having on the game, several high profile incidents ensuring discussion on these issues and possible remedies continues. While the incident I am about to relate is not quite in the category of those of […]
Yesterday was Valentine’s Day and while that is important for obvious reasons, 103 years ago on this day one of the great trailblazers of Australian Golf was born. Several years ago, before he had left this world, I had the opportunity to produce, script and narrate an audio tribute to Norman Von Nida and involved […]
I had my first caddying gig at the inaugural Otago Charity Classic in Dunedin in New Zealand when I managed to get the bag of New Zealand’s then rising star, John Lister as a result of my sister being a good friend of John’s sister. In 1970, at the age of 17, and as what […]
The likelihood of Japan’s Hideki Matsuyama becoming the first male golfer from that country to win a major championship looms large, the 24 year old already with three PGA Tour titles to his name in addition to his eight Japan Tour victories and five top tens in the major championships he has played as a […]
Rika Batibasaga – now with his name on the bag – image Bruce Young Chance meetings are often the way that great relationships begin. Whether of the business, friendship or romantic variety, the most enduring can often begin in the most unusual of circumstances. 25-year-old Queensland golfer Rika Batibasaga is a case in point. When […]