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.
Elvis Smylie – destined to be a regular now in pre-event press conferences The Australian Open gets underway on Thursday at two of Australia’s finest layouts, the Kingston Heath and Victoria Golf Clubs in Melbourne’s sandbelt, accommodating the field of 156 men, 84 women and 12 in the All Abilities category. The concept introduced two […]
Lydia Ko with her greatest moment in 2024 – the Olympic Gold Medal A final round of 63 at the CME Group Tour Championship has brought to a close the official LPGA season for Lydia Ko, a season which saw her win her opening event of the year in Hawaii, slump by her standards through […]
Mike Hendry – file image courtesy of Australian Golf Media The Japan Golf Tour played its penultimate event of the season, the Casio World Open, over the weekend, and for New Zealander Mike Hendry, it continued what has been a remarkable comeback from a life-threatening illness more than eighteen months ago. Hendry shared the lead […]
Ben Campbell – file photo Ben Campbell and the rest of the Hong Kong Open field might have had a struggle to stay in touch with the eventual three-shot winner, Patrick Reed, but Cambell’s runner-up finish adds another US$220,000 to his 2024 season’s earnings in Asia which are now nearly $US 850,000. The defending champion, […]
Perhaps the first of many significant titles for 22 year old Elvis Smylie – image Australian Golf Media Gold Coaster, Elvis Smylie, has for several years given every indication he would develop into one of Australia’s best players and his victory in today’s BMW Australian PGA Championship confirmed that promise. His two-shot victory over the […]
Cam Smith in action today – image Australian Golf Media Cameron Smith shares the lead with outstanding young Australian prospect and first-round leader, Elvis Smylie, into tomorrow’s BMW Australian PGA Championship, as he chases a 4th victory in this prestigious Australian flagship event. Smith added a 2nd round of 65 in the weather-reduced event today […]
Ben Campbell in action during round two – image courtesy of Asian Tour New Zealand’s Ben Campbell’s opening two rounds of the Hong Kong Open at the Fanling Course have left him at 12 under par and one shot ahead of the field in the defence of the title the 33 year old won twelve […]
A gloomy scene on a rained-out second day at Royal Queensland – image Australian Golf Media With something like 250 mm of rain falling on the Royal Queensland Golf Club in the previous six days, something just had to give, and the victim would be round two of the BMW Australian PGA Championship. To a […]
Elvis Smylie in action during round one – image Australian Golf Media The early morning players on day one of the BMW Australian PGA Championship were blessed with near-perfect scoring conditions and, if the leaderboard at the halfway point of the day was any indication, they took advantage. Despite a deluge of rain over the […]
Jason Day at Royal Queensland today – image Australian Golf Media Jason Day’s first appearance in an Australasian Tour event since 2017 was met with a warm reception by the media in his media appearance at Royal Queensland today. To some extent, it was like the return of a long-lost son and the media present […]