Entries by Bruce Young

Queensland’s Maverick Antcliff one off the lead in Thailand

Maverick Antcliff – image courtesy of Asian Tour  Queensland’s Maverick Antcliff is just one shot off the halfway lead at the International Series Thailand event at the Thai Country Club in Bangkok. Antcliff added a second-round 64 to his opening 63 on the low-scoring layout to be just one behind American Peter Uihlein in the […]

New Zealanders Mountcastle and Meenhorst lead in South Australia

New Zealanders Kerry Mountcastle and Jake Meenhorst have the halfway lead at the PGA Tour of Australasia’s Webex Player Series South Australia at the Willunga Golf Course south of Adelaide. Mountcastle, from Masterton in New Zealand’s North Island, has already won the PGA of Australasia when he was successful at the Gippsland Sixes late in […]

David Bransdon’s best finish of the season very timely

David Bransdon – file photo Victorian David Bransdon’s best finish of his rookie PGA Tour Champions season at this week’s Dominion Energy Classic in Richmond Virginia could not have come at a better time. His 4th top ten of the season and the resultant US$165,000 will see the 50 year old jump 21 places to […]

Ben Campbell’s great Asian Tour run continues

Ben Campbell – file photo New Zealander Ben Campbell’s share of 4th place in this weekend’s Black Mountain Championship in Thailand has the 33-year-old in second position on both the Asian Tour Order of Merit and that of the International Series in 2024. This week, Campbell earned US$81,000 in the US$2 million event to be […]

Elvis Smylie secures inevitable breakthough at WA Open

Elvis Smylie – image Australian Golf Media Elvis Smylie has promised for two years or so now to win an event on the PGA Tour of Australasia and today he confirmed his highly regarded golf game and potential with a playoff victory over South Australian Jak Carter in the West Australian Open at the Mandurah […]

Hannah Green makes it six LPGA Tour titles

Hannah Green continues her best season in professional golf – image LPGA Perth’s Hannah Green has won her third LPGA Tour event of 2024 with a one shot victory over Frenchwoman Celine Boutier in the BMW Ladies Championship in Korea. Green will take her earnings for 2024 to US$1,912,000 and move the 27 year old […]

Bolter Zachary Maxwell leads WA Open

Zachary Maxwell – image Australian Golf Media The time-honoured West Australian Open has reached the halfway stage of its 2024 edition at the Mandurah Golf Club south of Perth, and Queenslander Zachary Maxwell has edged clear of the field in the A$175,000 event. The Brisbane golfer, the son of PGA Professional Brett Maxwell, added a […]

Rookie Jack Buchanan wins first Australasian Tour title

Jack Buchanan – image Australian Golf Media  The opening event of the PGA Tour of Australasia’s summer of golf, the WAPGA Championship was completed over the Graham Marsh designed Kalgoorlie Golf Course in Western Australia this weekend with 22 year old South Australian, Jack Buchanan, edging out West Australian Jordan Doull at the second extra […]

Timely return to form for Brad Kennedy

Brad Kennedy – file photo courtesy of Japan Golf Tour  Australian Brad Kennedy has produced his best result of the 2024 Japan Golf Tour season with a share of third place at the ACN Championship in Hyogo Prefecture. Gold Coaster Kennedy, had recorded a disappointing season to date on his now regular tour but great […]