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.
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, […]
Cam Smith in action this week – image Paul Lakatos Cam Smith is just one shot off the pace at the Hong Kong Open, the two-time winner on the LIV Golf Tour in 2023, trailing only Thailand’s Phachara Khongwatmai at the halfway stage of the Asian Tour event at the Hong Kong Golf Club. Smith, […]
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 – 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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 – 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 […]
The South Koreans winners again – image WATC Australia has finished in a share of 6th place at the Espirito Santo Trophy at the Abu Dhabi Golf Club, unable to capitalise on their fine start to the event earlier in the week when they shared the halfway lead in the 72-hole event. Maddison Hinson-Tolchard’s final […]
Daniel Hillier – file photo New Zealander Daniel Hillier’s outstanding rookie season on the DP World Tour continues this week with a share of the lead midway through the second round of the Qatar Masters in Doha. Through 11 holes of the darkness-suspended second round of the event at the Doha Golf Club, Hillier has […]