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.
The successful European Team – Image courtesy of Rolex It was a week that had it all. A tearaway leader on day one, the spice and feistiness on display on day two and final day that kept the intrigue and match result alive for much longer than most would have imagined to be the case, […]
Travis Smyth – file photo courtesy of Getty Images New South Wales golfer, Travis Smyth, has moved to second position on the Asian Tour Order of Merit following his share of third place at the Mercuries Taiwan Masters yesterday. For Smyth, it continues a fine record in Taiwan having won the Yeandger TPC Masters, twelve […]
Hannah Green – photo Alex Slitz Getty Images Hannah Green’s consecutive opening rounds of 65 at the Walmart NW Arkansas Championship in Rogers has left her just two shots from the 36-hole leader and with just one round to go in the 54 hole event, she is well-placed to contend for her fourth LPGA Tour […]
Ben Campbell – photo Nick Cheng / Mercurie Taiwan Masters Ben Campbell moved into the second-round lead at US$1 million Mercuries Taiwan Masters today on four-under after carding a three-under-par 69 – to be the only player to shoot two sub-par rounds. American Jarin Todd (69) and Dodge Kemmer (72) and India’s Chikkarangappa S. (72) […]
Rory McIlroy and Tommy Fleetwood were ecstatic after their morning win – photo DP World Tour While it is early days yet, the massive lead the Europeans have built on day one of the 2023 Ryder Cup appears likely to lead to yet another European victory, their 13th in the last 19 biennial contests. A […]
Captains Luke Donald and Zach Johnson in historic Rome – photo DP World Tour That the USA side has not won a Ryder Cup on European soil for 30 years is a stat that many would not readily recognise or one that most would find difficult to believe, but it was indeed in 1993 when […]
Curtis Luck – file photo Perth’s Curtis Luck kept alive his chances of a return to the PGA Tour following a share of second place at the Korn Ferry Tour event in Columbus, Ohio this morning. On a golf course and in an event that was the scene of his only win on the Korn […]
They might not have won the Cup but they did not lose it either – Europe retains the Solheim Cup The delicate balance that applied on the leaderboard entering the final day of the 2023 Solheim Cup promised much but delivered even more. At 8 points apiece, the European and USA sides were locked in […]
Minjee Lee – in action this week – photo KLPGA Australian golfers have finished in the runner-up position in two events in Asia this weekend, Minjee Lee missing out after a playoff at the KLPGA’s Hana Bank Financial Services Championship in Incheon in South Korea and Travis Smyth finishing runner-up at an Asian Tour event […]
Captains Suzanne Pettersen and Stacy Lewis – sharing a moment today – photo Solheim Cup Halfway through the opening day of the 2023 Solheim Cup in Andalucia in Spain, one could have been forgiven that the result was a foregone conclusion. After all, the 4-0 lead the Americans had established in a dominating opening morning […]