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.
Article courtesy of New Zealand Open Millbrook’s 18th hole – the cauldron for the NZ Open finale The 104th New Zealand Open has cemented its status as the Asia-Pacific region’s premier Pro-Am golf tournament by delivering significant economic and tourism benefits to New Zealand and the Queenstown region in particular. In delivering its independent post-event […]
The Gold Coast’s Momo Sugiyama – one of two Australians guaranteed a place in match-play phase Two of the three Australians who made it into the field for the US Women’s Amateur Championship at the Bandon Dunes Golf Resort in Oregon have finished inside the top 64 to advance to tomorrow’s opening knockout round, while […]
Cam Davis – file photo courtesy of PGA of America Australian Cam Davis has survived a tense battle for survival on this year’s PGA Tour and will advance to the first of the FedEx Cup playoffs this coming week in Memphis. Davis needed to be inside the top 70 of the FedEx Cup rankings at […]
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 […]