Entries by Bruce Young

PGA Tour of Australasia resumes at Rosebud Country Club

Anthony Quayle – in form at present and a chance to improve his Order of Merit position. The PGA Tour of Australasia resumes this week when the Webex Series Victoria event is played at the Rosebud Golf Club on the Mornington Peninsula. With eight more events remaining before the 2024/2025 schedule winds up with the […]

Torrey Pines a favourite of Australians

The entrance to Torrey Pines  The Farmers Insurance Open and its venue, Torrey Pines, have been good to Australians over recent years, not only in terms of the wins it has produced but also in terms of several other meritorious performances at the Southern Californian venue. Jason Day has won the event twice, Marc Leishman […]

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, […]