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.
Daniel Hillier – file photo courtesy of DP World Tour Despite dropping three shots in succession through the middle of his closing nine holes, New Zealand’s Daniel Hillier leads the Hero Dubai Desert Classic at the Emirates Golf Club into tonight’s final round. Hillier began round three one behind Scotland’s Ewen Ferguson but took the […]
Jason Day – file photo courtesy of Australian Golf Media The American Express Championship is not an event that has featured often on the schedule of Jason Day until recently, but following an impressive start to the event in La Quinta this week it might be somewhere he plays more regularly from now on. Day […]
Daniel Hillier – file photo courtesy of Photosport / NZ Open All seven of the Australasians who began the Hero Dubai Desert Classic have made the weekend. For three or four, their expectations for the final 36 holes of the US$9 million event are now considerably higher. New Zealand’s Daniel Hillier leads the way, the […]
Steve Alker – outstanding record in this event Steve Alker, Rod Pampling and Mark Hensby are the three Australasians in the field for the opening event of the 2025 PGA Tour Champions schedule at Hualulai on the Big Island in Hawaii. The US$2 million Mitsubishi Electric Championship brings together a field of 42 of the […]
Elvis Smylie – yielding the benefits from his impressive win in Brisbane This week’s Hero Dubai Desert Classic at the Emirates Golf Club in Dubai will feature a typically strong field involving the best of European golf. Four-time winner Rory McIlory will be joined by Jon Rahm, Tyrrell Hatton, Tommy Fleetwood, Viktor Hovland, Robert McIntyre, […]
. Embed from Getty Images Canadian Nick Taylor produced a dramatic finish at the 72nd hole of the Sony Open in Honolulu when pitching in for an eagle from just off the back of the green, joining his fellow playing partner Nico Echavarria of Colombia in a playoff for the second event on the new […]
Jordan Doull records first Australasian Tour victory – image Australian Golf Media 25-year-old Perth golfer, Jordan Doull, has emerged from a tough final-round battle to win his first 72-hole event on the PGA Tour of Australasia in a playoff at Royal Fremantle south of Perth. The Mount Lawley Golf Club golfer secured his Australasian Tour […]
Aaron Baddeley – runner-up in this event on debut 23 years ago Following the rather inauspicious debut of TGL in the past few days, the PGA Tour will be keen to get their full-field events underway for 2025 when the Sony Open at the Waialae Country Club in Honolulu gets underway on Thursday. The event […]
Can the leading Order of Merit player in the field, Jack Buchanan, add a second title in WA this season? The PGA Tour of Australasia begins the second half of its 2024/2025 season when the Webex Player Series Perth hosted by Min Woo Lee gets underway at the Royal Freemantle Golf Club on Thursday. The […]
Embed from Getty Images Ian Gilligan in action in a PGA Tour event in 2024 Foreigners have prevailed at the Master of the Amateurs events at the Southern Golf Club in Melbourne, American Ian Gilligan taking the men’s title by a narrow one shot and South Korean Hyojin Yang winning the women’s title by […]