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.
Kazuma Kobori – image Australian Golf Media Four months ago 22-year-old New Zealander Kazuma Kobori set out on a professional career with the benefit of an amazing 12 months of amateur golf behind him but with the uncertainty of life in the paid ranks ahead of him. Now, as the 2023/2024 PGA Tour of Australasia’s […]
Steve Williams at the Caddy Clinic – image Photosport.NZ Since the decision to move the New Zealand Open to the Queenstown region in 2014, the event has resurrected itself from a tournament struggling for survival to one that is now considered amongst the top three on the PGA Tour of Australasia. Much of that growth […]
Lydia Ko – shared 4th with Minjee Lee Minjee Lee and Lydia Ko shared 4th place behind the first-time winner Bailey Tardy at the LPGA Blue Bay event on Hainan Island off the southern coast of China. Ko was tied in the lead through 54 holes with Tardy and Sarah Schmelzel but struggled to the […]
Abe Ancer – first win in LIV Golf – photo LIV Golf 2018 Australian Open Champion Abraham Ancer today won his first LIV Golf event with a playoff victory over Cam Smith and Paul Casey at the LIV Golf Hong Kong event at the Hong Kong Golf Club. All three players finished tied at 13 […]
The reconfigured hospitality and viewing venues at Millbrook’s closing hole The 103rd New Zealand Open presented by Sky Sport gets underway on Thursday at the Millbrook Resort near Arrowtown in the stunning Central Otago region of New Zealand’s South Island, the event now established as one of the most popular on the PGA Tour of […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 – 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 – 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 […]