Entries by Bruce Young

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 […]

Australia 6th behind South Korea at Espirito Santo Trophy

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 shares lead at Qatar Masters

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 […]