Entries by Bruce Young

Daniel Hillier impresses despite not winning in Dubai

Daniel Hillier – file photo Photosport NZ / NZ Open He might not have won the event he led for so long, but New Zealander Daniel Hillier’s impressive runner-up finish at the Hero Dubai Desert Classic is a further indication of just how far the 26-year-old Wellingtonian might go in his professional career. Hillier finished […]

Hillier stumbles then regains lead at Dubai Desert Classic

Daniel Hillier – file photo courtesy of DP World Tour  Despite dropping three shots in succession through the middle of his closing nine holes, New Zealand’s Daniel Hillier leads the Hero Dubai Desert Classic at the Emirates Golf Club into tonight’s final round. Hillier began round three one behind Scotland’s Ewen Ferguson but took the […]

Jason Day starts well at American Express

Jason Day – file photo courtesy of Australian Golf Media The American Express Championship is not an event that has featured often on the schedule of Jason Day until recently, but following an impressive start to the event in La Quinta this week it might be somewhere he plays more regularly from now on. Day […]

Australasians well placed at Dubai Desert Classic

Daniel Hillier – file photo courtesy of Photosport / NZ Open  All seven of the Australasians who began the Hero Dubai Desert Classic have made the weekend. For three or four, their expectations for the final 36 holes of the US$9 million event are now considerably higher. New Zealand’s Daniel Hillier leads the way, the […]

Multi award winning Alker the man to beat in Hawaii

Steve Alker – outstanding record in this event   Steve Alker, Rod Pampling and Mark Hensby are the three Australasians in the field for the opening event of the 2025 PGA Tour Champions schedule at Hualulai on the Big Island in Hawaii. The US$2 million Mitsubishi Electric Championship brings together a field of 42 of the […]

Smylie and Micheluzzi play first Dubai Desert Classic

Elvis Smylie – yielding the benefits from his impressive win in Brisbane This week’s Hero Dubai Desert Classic at the Emirates Golf Club in Dubai will feature a typically strong field involving the best of European golf. Four-time winner Rory McIlory will be joined by Jon Rahm, Tyrrell Hatton, Tommy Fleetwood, Viktor Hovland, Robert McIntyre, […]

Nick Taylor takes Sony Open in playoff

. Embed from Getty Images Canadian Nick Taylor produced a dramatic finish at the 72nd hole of the Sony Open in Honolulu when pitching in for an eagle from just off the back of the green, joining his fellow playing partner Nico Echavarria of Colombia in a playoff for the second event on the new […]

Jordan Doull breaks through after recent form struggles

Jordan Doull records first Australasian Tour victory – image Australian Golf Media   25-year-old Perth golfer, Jordan Doull, has emerged from a tough final-round battle to win his first 72-hole event on the PGA Tour of Australasia in a playoff at Royal Fremantle south of Perth. The Mount Lawley Golf Club golfer secured his Australasian Tour […]

Davis and Baddeley fly Australian flag in Honolulu

Aaron Baddeley – runner-up in this event on debut 23 years ago Following the rather inauspicious debut of TGL in the past few days, the PGA Tour will be keen to get their full-field events underway for 2025 when the Sony Open at the Waialae Country Club in Honolulu gets underway on Thursday. The event […]