Entries by Bruce Young

Maverick Antcliff storms into 4th place in Oman

Maverick Antcliff – file photo courtesy of Australian Golf Media   30-year-old Queenslander Maverick Antcliff has produced a remarkable final 54 holes at the Asian Tour’s International Series Oman to storm into a share of 4th place and in the process has earned a cheque for US$91,000. After beginning the event on Thursday with an opening […]

Smyth and Herbert nicely poised in Oman

Travis Smyth – image courtesy of Paul Lakatos Asian Tour  NSW’s Travis Smyth and Victorian Lucas Herbert are well placed after the third round of the International Series Oman event, Smyth just one behind the joint leaders and LIV golfers, Louis Oosthuizen and Carlo Ortiz while Herbert is two off the lead. Smyth continues to […]

An awkward moment with Hideki Matsuyama

Hideki Matsuyama with his Genesis trophy – image Getty Images  Hideki Matsuyama’s 9th PGA Tour victory at the Genesis Invitational in Los Angeles today and his subsequent press conference reminded me of my one, and only, exposure to the Japanese star and it was an awkward one. Matsuyama’s final round of 62 at the demanding […]

Mark Hensby third in weather reduced Chubb Classic

Mark Hensby – file photo Australian Mark Hensby has finished in a share of 3rd place at the PGA Tour Champions Chubb Classic in Florida after the final round was canceled due to inclement weather. Playing his second event of the season after finishing 12th in Hualalai last month, Hensby finished four shots behind Canadian […]

Daniel Gale wins second title of Australasian Tour season

Daniel Gale – image Australian Golf Media  Adelaide-born New South Welshman, Daniel Gale, today added a third PGA Tour of Australasian title and his second of the season with a narrow one-shot victory over Victorian amateur Phoenix Campbell at this week’s Webex Player Series Hunter Valley with New Zealand’s Kazuma Kobori producing the best round […]

Amateur Phoenix Campbell leads Hunter Valley event

Phoenix Campbell – file photo Australian Golf Media  Brilliant amateur Phoenix Campbell has continued his meteoric rise in the game by taking the lead at the Webex Player Series Hunter Valley at the Oaks Cypress Lakes Resort. Campbell, who already had a PGA Tour of Australasia title to his name having produced a come-from-behind victory […]

Davis and Day begin well at Genesis Invitational

Cam Davis – file photo Golf Australia Australians Cam Davis and Jason Day are within just one shot of Patrick Cantlay’s lead at the US$20 million ‘Signature event’ Genesis Invitational after both recorded opening rounds of 65 at the Riviera Country Club in the beachside suburbs of Los Angeles. Davis played two hours earlier than […]

Adam Scott resumes love affair with Riviera Country Club

Adam Scott – file photo Golf Australia The PGA Tour’s third Signature Series event of 2024, the Genesis Invitational, begins on Thursday at the famed Riviera Country Club in the suburbs of Los Angeles with three Australians included in the line-up for the US$20 million event. Jason Day, Adam Scott and Cam Davis are those […]

Dustin Johnson claims third LIV Golf title

Dustin Johnson – image courtesy of LIV Golf  Dustin Johnson added a third LIV Golf title with a one-shot victory in the LIV Golf Las Vegas event at the Las Vegas Country Club. Johnson, a two-time winner and four times runner-up in major golf events, has been a member of the LIV Golf League since […]