Entries by Bruce Young

Joaquin Niemann wins first LIV Golf title in playoff

Joaquin Niemann – image LIV Golf  Just two months after winning the Australian Open in a playoff, Chilean golfer Joaquin Niemann has survived a four-hole playoff against Spain’s Sergio Garcia in near darkness to win his first LIV Golf Tour title. Niemann’s win in the LIV Golf Mayakoba in Playa Del Carmen in Mexico, was […]

Brett Coletta and Ashley Lau – Vic Open Champions

Ashely Lau and Brett Coletta – image Australian Golf Media Victorian Brett Coletta and Malaysia’s Ashely Lau are the respective male and female Vic Open Champions following the completion of the dual event at 13th Beach on the Bellarine Peninsula today. For 27-year-old Coletta, the win represents his second as a professional having also won […]

Nick Voke leads Vic Open

Nick Voke – in action on Friday – photo Australian Golf Media New Zealand’s Nick Voke has the halfway lead at the Vic Open at 13th Beach on Victoria’s Bellarine Peninsula, the 29-year-old former Iowa State University standout just one ahead of Gold Coast teenager and amateur Billy Dowling, Queenslander Jack Munro and Shell Harbour’s […]

LIV Golf’s 2024 season begins in Mexico

  Lucas Herbert – joins the Australian team of Cam Smith, Marc Leishman and Matt Jones – image LIV Golf   LIV Golf’s 2024 season gets underway this Friday when LIV Golf Mayakoba is played at the Greg Norman-designed El Camaleon Golf Course on the Riviera Maya in Mexico. The event is the first of four […]

Nelly Korda edges out Lydia Ko in Florida

Lydia Ko – near miss cost her Hall of Fame entry but her time will come – file image LPGA / Getty Images The final hour of play at the LPGA Drive On Championship in Bradenton, Florida provided some of the most dramatic and high-quality golf as former World Number One’s, Nelly Korda and Lydia […]

Kazuma Kobori goes back to back at Rosebud Country Club

Kazuma Kobori – kissing trophies becoming a habit – image courtesy of Australian Golf Media There was every suggestion that New Zealand’s Kazuma Kobori would make an immediate impact on turning professional but the speed in which he has established himself amongst the elite of the PGA Tour of Australasia has been particularly impressive. Today […]

South Australian Blum leads Webex Players Series Victoria

Kristalle Blum – image Australian Golf Media South Australian Kristalle Blum has retained her first-round lead at the halfway stage of the Webex Players Series Victoria event as the mixed-gender event heads into the final 36 holes at the Rosebud Country Club on the Mornington Peninsula. The 26-year-old, who plays on the Ladies European Tour’s […]

Interesting Australasian mix at Torrey Pines

New Zealand’s Ryan Fox makes PGA Tour debut as cardholder Four Australians and one New Zealander play this week’s Farmers Insurance Open over both the North and South Courses at the famed Torrey Pines near San Diego, one of whom has an outstanding record at the venue. In his last eleven starts in this event, […]

Lydia Ko completes New Zealand trifecta in Orlando

Lydia Ko – wins 20th LPGA Tour title – image Getty Images  Lydia Ko has completed a unique trifecta for New Zealand golfers this weekend by closing out the Hilton Grand Vacations Tournament of Champions at Lake Nona in Orlando Florida, winning the opening event of the LPGA Tour season by two shots over Alexa […]

Kobori adds to New Zealand success with first win as professional

Kazuma Kobori – image Australian Golf Media Kazuma Kobori’s amazing twelve months of golf continued today when he claimed his first title as a professional with a two-shot victory at the Webex Player Series event at Cobram Barooga on the Murray River. Just a few hours after fellow New Zealander Steve Alker claimed the opening […]