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.
Steve Alker – image courtesy of Getty Images New Zealand’s Steve Alker has picked up where he left off in 2023 with a resounding win at the opening event of the 2024 PGA Tour Champions season in Hawaii. Just over two months after winning the season-ending Charles Schwab Cup Championship in November, Alker today won […]
Justin Warren – file photo Bruce Young Six Australians have earned playing rights for the increasingly lucrative 2024 Asian Tour following the completion of 90 holes of Final Stage Qualifying in Thailand today. Justin Warren 3rd, Sam Brazel 16th, Maverick Antcliff 17th, Jordan Zunic 23rd, Harrison Crowe 27th and Lachlan Barker 30th, all finished inside […]
Andrew Kelly – image Australian Golf Media The first event in the Webex Player Series for 2024 has reached its halfway point, the Webex Murray River event tied at the top with Victorians Andrew Kelly and Andrew Martin ahead by one over New Zealanders Kazuma Kobori and Mike Hendry and Japan’s Kotona Fukaya. Another shot […]
Mamika Shinchi and Quinnton Croker – Australian Amateur Champions – image Australian Golf Media Queensland’s Quinnton Croker and Japan’s Mamika Shinchi are the Australian Amateur Champions following the completion of their respective championships at the Yarra Yarra Golf Club in Melbourne today. Croker, from the Royal Queensland Golf Club, has been in outstanding form in […]
The Australian Amateur Championship men’s and women’s trophies – image Australian Golf Media Inclement weather and conditions delayed play for more than two hours on day two of the Australian Amateur Championships at the Yarra Yarra and Keysborough Golf Clubs in Melbourne but by day’s end things were back on schedule and a cut made […]
Harrison Crowe chasing important status in Asia – image Golf NSW The Asian Tour stages the Final Stage of qualifying for its 2024 schedule at the Springfield Royal Country Club and Lake View Resort and Golf Club in Hua Him Thailand, the field facing 90 holes before the leading 35 players earn their way onto […]
Matt Griffin – image Australian Golf Media 40-year-old Melbournian Matt Griffin has won his first tournament in almost eight years with a wire-to-wire victory in the Heritage Classic at the Heritage Golf and Country Club in Victoria, recording a six-shot win over South Australian Jak Carter and Queensland amateur Quintonn Croker in the first PGA […]
Cam Davis – file photo Australian Golf Media First-round leader Cam Davis recovered from a slow start to his second round of the Sony Open to finish day two just one shot off the lead as the event heads into the weekend. Davis bogeyed two of his first seven holes in his early start to […]
Phoenix Campbell and Rianne Malixi – AMOTA Champions – image Anthony Powter The Australian Master of the Amateurs Men’s title has gone to Melbourne golfer, Phoenix Campbell, whose final two rounds of 65 and 67 swept him from a ten-shot deficit through 36 holes to a one-shot victory in the prestigious event and added […]
Matt Griffin – file photo Australian Golf Media Victorian Matt Griffin has been a significant performer on the PGA Tour of Australasia and elsewhere in his professional career to date but in recent times his form has slumped and even top tens have been few and far between over the past two years. Today, however, […]