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.
Oakmont’s 18th hole – image courtesy of USGA Ryan Fox’s victory in Canada this morning brings to seven the number of Australasians in the field for this week’s US Open at Oakmont in Pennsylvania. Fox’s victory moved him to 32nd in the world ranking and inside the final qualifying criteria available available to those players […]
Ryan Fox – image courtesy of RBC Canadian Open Just four weeks after his breakthrough PGA Tour win in Myrtle Beach, New Zealand’s Ryan Fox has won a second and more significant PGA Tour title with a playoff victory over Sam Burns at the RBC Canadian Open at the TPC Toronto in Ontario. Both tournaments […]
Ryan Fox – very much in contention in Canada – image Masters Tournament Ryan Fox finds himself in a share of 7th place through 36 holes of the Canadian Open in Toronto, adding a second consecutive round of 66 to be at 8 under par and four off the lead of Cameron Champ. If Fox […]
Marc Leishman during his last US Open appearance in 2022 – image Katryn Riley USGA Marc Leishman brings the number of Australians who will tee it up at next week’s US Open at the Oakmont Country Club in Pennsylvania to six, following his success in gaining one of four spots available at his Final Qualifying […]
Hannah Green in action this week – image USGA Hannah Green emerged as the best of the Australasians at this week’s Women’s US Open at Erin Hills near Milwaukee, adding a final round of 72 on a day where only three of the 60 players to make the weekend managed to break 70. Green finished […]
Cameron Percy – file photo courtesy of USGA Cameron Percy has finished in a share of second place at the PGA Tour Champions Principal Charity Classic in Des Moines Iowa, the Victorian failing to match the birdie of Miguel Angel Jimenez at the first extra hole of a playoff to eventually tie second place with […]
Karl Vilips – despite winning on the PGA Tour this season still needs to qualify for the US Open Currently, five Australasians are qualified to play the upcoming US Open at the Oakmont Country Club in Pennsylvania beginning on June 12th. Those players are Min Woo Lee, Jason Day, Adam Scott, Cam Davis and Cam […]
Minjee Lee at the 15th hole during today’s third round – image Kathryn Riley USGA Minjee Lee’s hopes of a second Women’s US Open remain alive after her third round of 71 left her in a share of 7th place and just four shots off the lead held by Sweden’s Maja Stark at the Erin […]
Minjee Lee during today’s second round – image courtesy of USGA There are just a dozen or so golfers left to complete round two of the Women’s US Open at the Erin Hills Golf Club near Milwaukee, but their performance when they return to complete their opening 36 holes will have little bearing on either […]
New Zealander Ryan Fox’s recent breakthrough win on the PGA Tour has allowed him to play in Signature events such as this week’s Memorial Tournament at the Muirfield Village Golf Club in Dublin Ohio and the 38 year old has made a good start, being in a share of 12th place at the halfway stage […]