Entries by Bruce Young

Hannh Green makes her presence felt in Adelaide

Hannah Green and husband Jarrod Felton sharing a lighter moment today – image WAPGA  The Women’s Australian Open is at the halfway stage at the Kooyonga Golf Club in Adelaide, and while Frenchwoman Celine Herbin leads the field at 6 under, the weekend shapes as a likely shootout between two of Australia’s finest golfers in […]

Lee and Green standout favourites at Women’s Australian Open

Hannah Green – fresh off a win in Singapore last week – image WPGA  Australian golf switches its attention to the Australian Women’s Australian Open at the Kooyonga Golf Club in Adelaide for this week’s A$1.7 million event, where the outstanding favourites are Minjee Lee and Hannah Green. Both Lee and Green arrive in Adelaide […]

Six Australasians tackle Players Championship

Min Woo Lee – perhaps Australasia’s best chance  This week’s Players Championship at the famed TPC Sawgrass at Ponte Vedra Beach in north west Florida will see five Australians and one New Zealander facing the starter on Thursday morning US time. The long-held discussion point of whether the event, long touted as a potential 5th […]

New Zealand Open caddy clinic again proves popular

Matt Griffin, Steve Williams, and this writer are talking to around 90 caddies who took advantage of another tournament function  Each Tuesday of New Zealand Open week, a function officially known as the Steve Williams Caddy Clinic is held ahead of New Zealand’s national open to bring together a large group of the nearly 300 […]

Travis Smyth survives epic playoff to win in Auckland

Travis Smyth – survives a six-hole playoff for third professional win – image PGA of Australia 31-year-old Travis Smyth, a professional for nine years, has only won twice in that time until, that is, a 6th hole playoff victory over South Australian Jack Thompson at this week’s ISPS Handa Australasia Championship at Royal Auckland and […]

Honours shared through 36 holes at ISPS Handa event in Auckland

  Kohei Okada – shares haflway lead at the inaugural event – image PGA of Australia The halfway stage of the inaugural ISPS Japan / Australasia Championship at the Royal Auckland and Grange Golf Club in New Zealand sees one of the Japanese golfers in the event, jointly sanctioned between the Japan and Australasian Tours, […]

The rise and rise of Daniel Hillier

Daniel Hillier every reason to smile – image NZ Open  On a cold and windy day near Arrowtown, 27-year-old Daniel Hillier became just the fourth New Zealander in the last 26 years to claim their own national open golf championship with a two-shot win over Australian Lucas Herbert at the Millbrook Resort. Beginning the final […]

New Zealand Open continues its innovative ways

The Landing – sure to be a popular spot throughout the week Continually pursuing a point of difference for its highly popular PGA Tour of Australasia event, the New Zealand Open has further enhanced its innovative approach by improving, even further, spectator viewing at the Millbrook Resort near Arrowtown. Introduced for this year’s event, The […]

Adam Scott continues love affair with Riviera Country Club

Even a disappointing bogey at his final hole could not take away from Adam Scott’s very impressive second round of 63 at the Genesis Invitational at the Riviera Country Club this morning. Scott, who has a self-confessed love affair with the park-like layout in suburban Los Angeles, began his round with an eagle at the […]