Entries by Bruce Young

Hannah Green rewarded for her support of Australian golf

The Women’s Australian PGA Champion with Australia’s greatest ever female golfer, Karrie Webb 29-year-old Perth golfer Hannah Green has been rewarded for not only her outstanding golf but also her commitment to the support of Australian women’s golf with her third consecutive victory in four starts in 2026. Green’s four-shot victory over Germany’s Alexandra Fosterling […]

Hannah Green well placed for three in a row

Hannah Green – in action today – image WPGA It would be easy to suggest that Hannah Green should be leading the Australian Women’s PGA Championship given that she is the highest-ranked player in the field by some margin, but golf workes in strange ways and the expected is not always the eventual outcome. Green […]

Will Florimo wins Heritage as Travis Smyth secures Order of Merit

Will Florimo wins his first Australasian Tour title – image PGA of Australia With just one event remaining on the 2025/2026 PGA Tour of Australasia schedule, Order of Merit honours are close to being finalised following the completion of the penultimate event at the Heritage Golf and Country Club in Victoria. The win by Queensland’s […]

Hannah Green first Australian to win national open in 12 years

Hannah Green – image Australian Golf Media  29-year-old West Australian Hannah Green today became the first Australian in 12 years to claim the Women’s Australian Open, a one-shot victory over Queensland’s Cassie Porter and France’s Agathe Laisne, confirming the favouritism she carried into the week and for much of the event as it unfolded. Green […]

Hannh Green makes her presence felt in Adelaide

Hannah Green and husband Jarrod Felton sharing a lighter moment today – image WAPGA  The Women’s Australian Open is at the halfway stage at the Kooyonga Golf Club in Adelaide, and while Frenchwoman Celine Herbin leads the field at 6 under, the weekend shapes as a likely shootout between two of Australia’s finest golfers in […]

Lee and Green standout favourites at Women’s Australian Open

Hannah Green – fresh off a win in Singapore last week – image WPGA  Australian golf switches its attention to the Australian Women’s Australian Open at the Kooyonga Golf Club in Adelaide for this week’s A$1.7 million event, where the outstanding favourites are Minjee Lee and Hannah Green. Both Lee and Green arrive in Adelaide […]

Six Australasians tackle Players Championship

Min Woo Lee – perhaps Australasia’s best chance  This week’s Players Championship at the famed TPC Sawgrass at Ponte Vedra Beach in north west Florida will see five Australians and one New Zealander facing the starter on Thursday morning US time. The long-held discussion point of whether the event, long touted as a potential 5th […]

New Zealand Open caddy clinic again proves popular

Matt Griffin, Steve Williams, and this writer are talking to around 90 caddies who took advantage of another tournament function  Each Tuesday of New Zealand Open week, a function officially known as the Steve Williams Caddy Clinic is held ahead of New Zealand’s national open to bring together a large group of the nearly 300 […]

Travis Smyth survives epic playoff to win in Auckland

Travis Smyth – survives a six-hole playoff for third professional win – image PGA of Australia 31-year-old Travis Smyth, a professional for nine years, has only won twice in that time until, that is, a 6th hole playoff victory over South Australian Jack Thompson at this week’s ISPS Handa Australasia Championship at Royal Auckland and […]