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.
Ryan Fox’s win in Canada sees him as Australasia’s leading world-ranked male golfer at year’s end – image Getty / PGA Tour As the golfing season draws to a close, it is always of interest to see the progress, or in some cases, lack of, that various Australasian golfers have made in their standing in […]
Will Florimo – led the Australians in Thailand – file image PGA of Australia Three Australians have gained the right to play the Asian Tour in 2026 following the completion of Tour School Qualifying in Thailand today. Queensland’s Will Forimo in 5th place, his fellow Queenslander, Brett Rankin, in 10th place and NSW’s Harrison […]
Marc Leishman – image PGA of Australia Marc Leishman’s narrow but impressive victory in yesterday’s Vic PGA Championship at Moonah Links on the Mornington Peninsula brings to a close the first half of the 2025/2026 PGA Tour of Australasia season. Leishman’s final hole birdie on the windswept layout saw him overcome the long-time leader Josh […]
Jack Thompson – file image courtesy of Photosport NZ/NZ Open The 2026 Asian Tour has drawn to a close following the completion of this week’s Saudi Open and, with it, the finalisation of the Order of Merit. Australia’s Jack Thompson finished runner-up to Sweden’s Bjorn Hellgren in the US$1 million event, catapulting him from 62nd […]
South Jack Thompson – file image Asian Tour South Australian Jack Thompson arrived in Saudi Arabia this week needing a good week if he was to avoid losing his Asian Tour card for 2026, and the manner in which he has negotiated his opening 36 holes suggests that he has completed the task. Thompson has […]
A rather rewarding week for the Dane – Neergaard-Petersen – image Golf Australia As was the case at last week’s Australian PGA Championship, the eventual winner might not have been the result the huge crowds turned out to see, but the success of the event overall will stand the Australian Open in good stead moving […]
Rasmus Neergaard-Petersen – enjoying one of many holes putts today – image Golf Australia Five different countries are represented amongst the leading eight players heading into tomorrow’s final round of the Crown Australian Open, with seven of that group chasing a first Australian Open title. The odd man out is Adam Scott, who is looking […]
Rory McIlroy’s impact on the tournament has been clearly shown already – image Golf Australia One of the features which makes Royal Melbourne the highly recognised golf course it is, is the capacity to show its many different faces day to day. Today’s second round of the Crown Australian Open provided further proof of just […]
Elvis Smylie and caddy Brad Beecher en route to a round of 65 this morning – image Golf Australia When play drew to a close after a demanding opening day of the 2025 Crown Australian Open Championship at Royal Melbourne, three players, one from the morning field and two who played late in the day […]
Rory McIlroy – in action during today’s pro-am – image Golf Australia Not since 2009 has there been so much hype about a 72-hole golf tournament in Australia, and it is no coincidence that the man who is responsible for nearly all of that hype at this week’s Australian Open, Rory McIlroy, could well be […]