Entries by Bruce Young

Vilips and Smylie PGA Championship debutantes

Elvis Smylie – plays first US Major – image Australian Golf Media The field for the 2025 PGA Championship at Quail Hollow in Charlotte, North Carolina, has been finalised with two Australians getting the chance to play the event for the first occasion when it gets underway on Thursday 15th May. Elvis Smylie and Karl […]

Scottie Scheffler back where he belongs

Scottie Scheffler – image PGA of America At this point last year, Scottie Scheffler had won four PGA Tour events and been runner-up on one other occasion. To date in 2025 there have been no wins but in his last three events there has been plenty of evidence to suggest a first win is at […]

Lucas Herbert stars in LIV Golf Mexico event

Lucas Hebert in action this week – image LIVGOLF An outstanding final round of 10 under par 61, has given Australian Lucas Herbert a share of second place at the LIV Golf event at the Club de Golf Chapultepec in Mexico. Herbert, whose final round brilliance was four shots better than any other player recorded […]

Hillier and Smylie close to lead in China

Daniel Hillier – file image courtesy of Photosport / NZ Open  New Zealand’s Daniel Hillier and Australian Elvis Smylie have both staked claims for a second DP World Tour title near the halfway mark of the Hainan Classic on the resort island of Hainan off the southern coast of China. Hillier completed a second round […]

Juicy Final day showdown in prospect at Augusta National

McIlroy in action on day three – image courtesy of the Masters Tournament Tomorrow’s final round of the 2025 Masters Tournament promises to be one of the more fascinating in recent times. Rory McIlroy and Bryson De Chambeau will face off in what promises to be a juicy battle, especially given McIlroy’s gut-wrenching loss at […]

Jason Day on edge of Masters contention

Jason Day – during day two – image courtesy of Augusta National Jason Day’s second consecutive round of 70 has him in a share of 9th place and four off the lead held by Justin Rose at the completion of 36 holes at the Masters Tournament. Day progressed nicely through the opening nine holes to […]

New Zealand’s Cooper Moore claims Australian Junior title

Cooper Moore – file image courtesy PGA of Australia Christchurch golfer and exciting future prospect for New Zealand golf, Cooper Moore, has today won the Australian Junior Title, Moore holing a bunker shot at the third extra hole of a playoff against Dubbo’s Cooper Giddings at the Indooroopilly Golf Club in Brisbane to add this […]

Day heads Australians after day one at Augusta National

Jason Day in action on day one – image courtesy of  The Masters Tournament The five Australians at this year’s Masters have experienced mixed results during round one at Augusta National Jason Day, Cam Smith and Min Woo Lee, making encouraging starts to be under par on a day where scoring apart from the effort […]

Thoughts on the 2025 Masters

The 13th hole brings Amen Corner to an end – image Masters Tournament  The opening major of 2005 gets underway this Thursday with the Masters taking the focus of not only the golfing world but the sporting world generally. Five Australians are in the field headed in terms of world ranking by recent Houston Open […]