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.
Three year’s on from its initial role as host of the Australian PGA Championship, the fully revamped golf course layout at RACV Royal Pines on the Gold Coast again stages the PGA Tour of Australasia’s flagship event in late November. The 18 holes of the championship layout (there are 27 in total at the facility) […]
Just over twelve hours after his 4th PGA Tour victory at last week’s CIMB Classic in Malaysia, Marc Leishman was up early in Kuala Lumpur this morning to front a wide-ranging teleconference with Australian golf journalists. Still a little jaded following the demands of his five-shot victory and an enjoyable celebration with colleagues at his […]
This week we take a look at the PGA Tour’s CIMB Asia Pacific Classic in Kuala Lumpur, the LPGA Tour’s KEB Hana Bank Open in Korea and the European Tour’s Sky Sports British Masters at Walton Heath near London.
Adam Scott returns to tournament golf this week, five weeks after playing his last event at the BMW Championship in Philadelphia. Scott tees it up at this week’s Japan Open at the Yokohama Country Club, playing the event for the 34th occasion in the last five years. Scott has a best of 7th in those […]
This week we take a look at the opening event of the 2018/2019 PGA Tour season, the Safeway Open in California, the Dunhill Links Championship in and around St Andrews and the UL International Crown event for the women being played near Seoul in Korea.
This week sees the debut of Australians Cameron Davis and Curtis Luck as cardholders on the PGA tour, the pair in the field for the opening event of the wraparound 2018/2019 PGA Tour season, the Safeway Open in Napa in California. The former Australian Amateur and current Australian Open Champion, Davis, and the 2016 US, […]
Francesco Molinari and Tommy Fleetwood the stars of day one – Courtesy of Getty Images Europe has defied the odds, bouncing back from an early opening day deficit to lead the Ryder Cup at the end of day one. The Europeans will take a 5-3 lead into the second day of the event at Le […]
With two or three of our selections performing well last week in various events around the world, this week we take a look a the Ryder Cup, the Tokai Classic on the Japan Tour and the Pure Insurance event on the Champions Tour. Denny McCarthy ($17) was a good return at the Web.Com Tour Championship […]
The Ryder Cup has become not only the greatest contest and spectacle in the world of golf it is now firmly entrenched as one of the sporting world’s most eagerly anticipated encounters. From the near ashes of the regular defeats experienced by a Great Britain then Great Britain and Ireland side from the events inception […]
That a player of the quality of Peter Lonard struggles to earn starts on the Champions Tour tells the story of just what a hard school it is in which to even get the chance to play. The two time Australian Open, three-time Australian PGA, two time Australian Masters Champion, a PGA Tour event winner […]