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.
The prestigious US Women’s Amateur trophy – image USGA Queensland’s Justice Bosio, the only Australian in the field at the US Women’s Amateur in Tulsa Oklahoma, has made it into the top 64 to advance to the match play phase. Bosio, from Caboolture on the Sunshine Coast, recovered from an opening round of 77 on […]
Karl Vilips with his Southern Amateur trophy earlier in his career – file photo The victory by US-based Perth golfer, Karl Vilips in last week’s Korn Ferry Tour event in Utah could well spell the start of a significant professional career for yet another Australian golfer. With the victory, Vilips, who was born in Indonesia […]
Hannah Green – during practice this week – image PGA Tour / IGF Perth’s Hannah Green enters tomorrow’s opening round of the Women’s Olympic competition as Australasia’s highest world-ranked golfer (6th) following a year that has seen her win two LPGA Tour titles and sit in 3rd place in the Race to the Globe standings, […]
Lydia Ko – with her Silver Medal in Rio – can she make it three Lydia Ko is, this week, playing her third Olympic golf competition at Le Golf National, one of 16 players in this week’s event to have played all three Olympics since the sport’s return to the Olympic family in 2016. Ko […]
Minjee Lee – in action at Tokyo Olympics – image IGF With the Men’s Olympic competition now done and dusted, attention turns to this week’s 72 hole event for the women where Nelly Korda will defend the title she won in Tokyo. Like the men’s winner Scottie Scheffler, Korda has been the hottest female golfer […]
Fleetwood (Silver) Scheffler (Gold) and Matsuyama (Bronze) – image PGA Tour / IGF It was going to take something very special from the world’s undisputed number one golfer Scottie Scheffler if he was going to chase down the leaders heading into the final round of the Men’s Olympic competition in France, and he produced just […]
Jason Day – in action this week – image PGA Tour / IGF At one stage during round three of the Olympic Golf’s men’s competition, Australia’s Jason Day had moved into second position and just two shots off the then leader Tommy Fleetwood but a bogey at the par 5 14th and another at the […]
Hideki Matsuyama – one of three leaders at the halfway stage – image PGA Tour IGF Jason Day added a second round of 3 under 68 at the Olympic Men’s competition at Le Golf National in Paris and at 5 under par through 36 holes he shares 13th place, six shots behind joint leaders Hideki […]
Ryan Fox gets his Olympic campaign underway.- photo PGA of America Jason Day has opened his Olympic campaign with a round of 70 on day one of the men’s competition at Le Golf National in Paris. He finds himself in a share of 21st place and six shots behind the brilliant round of 63 by […]
Le Golf National – file photo PGA of America The 2024 Olympic Golf competition begins on Thursday, Australia’s men’s team comprises Jason Day and Min Woo Lee while Minjee Lee and Hannah Green will compete in next week’s women’s event. The 72-hole events are being played at Le Golf National in Paris. New Zealand has […]