Entries by Bruce Young

Kerry Mountcastle adds to great New Zealand golfing weekend

Kerry Mountcastle – image Australian Golf Media New Zealand’s Kerry Mountcastle, currently ranked 1931st in the world ranking, will make a significant dent in that ranking and ensure access to all the upcoming events on the PGA Tour of Australasia with victory today in the Gippsland Super Sixes event at the Warragul Country Club in […]

Ben Campbell’s strong finish claims Hong Kong Open

Ben Campbell – image Paul Lakatos In what is no doubt the most significant moment in the golfing career of New Zealander Ben Campbell, the 32 year old Queenstown based golfer holed a 15-foot putt at the final hole of the Hong Kong Open to defeat Australia’s Cam Smith and secure the US$360,000 first prize. […]

Ten Australasians face DP World Tour Q-School

Haydn Barron – the best of the Australians after day one – file photo Nine Australians and one New Zealander are amongst the 156 hopefuls chasing one of 25 cards on offer at the Final Stage of Qualifying for the 2024 DP World Tour. Australians Haydn Barron, Hayden Hopewell, Andre Lautee, James Machesani, Connor McKinney, […]

Four Australasians make Charles Schwab Cup field

Steve Alker finished 4th in regular season Schwab Cup – file photo USGA Australasia will field its strongest-ever representation in the PGA Tour Champions Charles Schwab Cup starting in Phoenix on Thursday with Steve Alker, Richard Green, Rod Pampling and Mark Hensby making the select 36-player line-up, finalised at the completion of the last event […]

Brad Kennedy’s late season form continues

Brad Kennedy – image courtesy of JGTO Gold Coast golfer, Brad Kennedy, continued some good late-season form with a share of 6th place at the Japan Golf Tour’s Mynavi ABC Championship this weekend. Following on from his best of the season 3rd place finish at the Japan Open three weeks ago,  Kennedy finished alone in […]

Amateur Phoenix Campbell rises to win Queensland PGA

Phoenix Campbell – image Australian Golf Media 22-year-old Victorian amateur, Phoenix Campbell, has staged a whirlwind finish to the Queensland PGA Championship at the Nudgee Golf Club in Brisbane to win the Challenger PGA Tour of Australasia event and with it the prospect of a professional career. Currently ranked 811th in the World Amateur rankings […]

Voke and Kelly lead QLD PGA

Nick Voke – file photo  New Zealand’s Nick Voke and Victorian Andrew Kelly share the halfway lead at the Queensland PGA Championship at the Nudgee Golf Club in Brisbane, the pair at 9 under and one shot ahead of Queensland’s Mitchell Varley. Voke has spent much of this year on the Asian Tour after two […]

PGA Tour of Australasia begins East Coast Swing

Kazuma Kobori exciting addition to the professional ranks – photo APAC The 2023 / 2024 Challenger PGA Tour of Australasia begins its ‘East Coast Swing’ this week when the Queensland PGA Championship gets underway on Thursday at the Nudgee Golf Club in Brisbane’s east. After events in Papua New Guinea, the Northern Territory, Western Australia […]

Jasper Stubbs Australia’s 4th Asia Pacific Amateur Champion

Jasper Stubbs – photo APAC MELBOURNE, Australia – Australia’s Jasper Stubbs claimed an impressive come-from-behind victory in the Asia-Pacific Amateur Championship at Royal Melbourne today. The local favorite, who lives two miles from Royal Melbourne, triumphed on the second playoff hole over China’s Wenyi Ding and Sampson Zheng to win the Asia-Pacific Amateur trophy and […]