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.
Miyu Yamashita – image Mark Runnacles LET Japanese star, Miyu Yamashita, today won not only her first major title but her first LPGA Tour event with a two-shot victory over England’s Charley Hull and Japan’s Minami Katsu at the AIG Women’s Open Championship at Royal Porthcawl in Wales. Japanese golfers have won two majors in […]
Ryan Fox – leads the Australasians in FedEx Cup standings FedEx Cup playoff participants have been all but determined following the completion of round three of the Wyndham Championship in Greensboro in North Carolina. Adam Scott needed a top-three finish this week if he was to finish inside the top 70 and advance to the […]
The leader by three Miyu Yamashita – image Mark Runnacles LET Japanese golfers, led by their second-highest-ranked player, Miyu Yamashita, still control the AIG Women’s Open Championship at Royal Porthcawl, with Yamashita now holding a three-shot lead over fellow countrywoman Rio Takeda following a stunning second-round score of 65. Yamashita’s round was the best of […]
Adam Scott – good start but still work to do – image Australian Golf Media At the completion of this week’s Wyndham Championship at the famed Sedgefield Country Club in Greensboro, North Carolina, only the 70 leading players in the FedEx Cup rankings will advance to the FedEx St Jude Championship, the leading 50 then […]
Minjee Lee during round one play – image LET It is a Japanese-dominated leaderboard after day one of the AIG Women’s Open at Royal Porthcawl in southern Wales, the leading three players all from the land of the rising sun and six in the top 13 after the opening day. Eri Okayama and her fellow […]
Defending champion Lydia Ko – image LET This week’s AIG Women’s Open Championship at Royal Porthcawl in Wales brings to a close the major championship season for professional golf in 2025, with twelve Australasians making the field. In keeping with the desire of the R&A to take the event to the best course in Britain, […]
Scott Hend – file photo Queenslander, Scott Hend, has finished in 4th place at the ISPS Handa Senior Open Championship at Sunningdale in Berkshire, heading a group of five Australasians who finished inside the top ten and seven inside the top twenty in the final major of the year for senior golf. Hend, already on […]
Steve Alker in action today – image courtesy of R&A / Getty Steven Alker has been one of the great success stories on the PGA Tour Champions since his debut near Seattle in August of 2021, but in his now ten victories in the over-fifties (including one in Mexico) there has been only one major […]
Steve Alker heads the large Australasian contingent – file image courtesy of USGA The major championship in world golf season is drawing to a close, but two events remain with this week’s Men’s ISPS Handa Senior Open Championship and next week’s AIG Women’s Open still to come. This week at Sunningdale in Berkshire, England, a […]
New Zealand’s Cooper Moore during his impressive Asia Pacific Amateur debut – image APAC With the US Junior Girls Championship in Atlanta now over and the Gold Coast’s Shyla Singh having made it to the quarter finals before being eliminated, the US Junior Amateur for Boys begins today in Dallas in Texas. The field is […]