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.
Ben Eccles – photo Australian Golf Media Australian Ben Eccles has today claimed his second PGA Tour of Australasia title nearly eight years after his first when winning the WAPGA Championship at the Kalgoorlie Golf Course in Western Australia today. This however would be Eccle’s first win as a professional, his win at the 2015 […]
Fitzpatrick with his Alfred Dunhill Links Championship trophy – image Getty Images / DP World Tour The Alfred Dunhill Links Championship found a way to get a final result despite the event being hopelessly compromised by bad weather in the At Andrews region, Matthew Fitzpatrick emerging as the winner of both the individual title and […]
NSW’s golfer Sarah Kemp has produced her equal-best finish in an LPGA Tuor event on US soil when 4th at this past week’s LPGA Benefiting Volunteers of America event in Colony Texas, securing an important cheque of some US$93,000 for her efforts, the biggest cheque of her professional career. Kemp finished five shots from the […]
Steve Alker – file photo courtesy of Montana Pritchard Steve Alker has today produced his fourth runner-up finish of the season when completing the Constellation Furyk and Friends event in Jacksonville, Florida just one shot from the winner, Brett Quigley. Quigley needed an impressive up and down at the last to hold off Alker who […]
Rhein Gibson – leading Australian but will now head to Q School in the hope of a PGA Tour return – file photo The four Australians in this week’s Korn Ferry Tour Championship in Indiana have missed out on a chance to gain their PGA Tour playing rights for 2024, failing to finish inside the […]
Gabi Ruffels – tops the Epson Tour money list – image USGA Queenslander Robyn Choi’s share of 14th place at the Epson Tour’s season-ending Tour Championship in Florida has seen her narrowly miss a return to the LPGA Tour via the secondary tour. Needing to be inside the top ten on the money list at […]
Simon Hawkes – photo PGA Tour of Australasia Tasmanian Simon Hawkes is the 2023 WA Open Champion following a tightly fought final round at the Joondalup Country Club north of Perth. Hawkes, who began the day four shots ahead of the field, had to fight off a spirited challenge from Scottish-born West Australian Connor McKinney, […]
Dimi Papadatos – doing best of Australians this week but PGA Tour hopes all but gone – image Bruce Young The fate of Australians attempting to gain their PGA Tour cards via the Korn Ferry Tour hangs in the balance this morning after the season-ending Korn Ferry Tour Championship in Indiana reached the halfway stage. […]
Queenslander Robyn Choi began this week’s Epson Tour Championship Florida in 11th place in season-long standings and, knowing she needed a good solid week to jump inside the top ten, she has begun the 72-hole event well and at the halfway stage she finds herself sharing 15th place with rounds of 69 and 67 at […]
Harrison Endycott – file photo Bruce Young Sydney golfer Harrison Endycott entered this week’s Sanderson Farms Championship in Jackson Mississippi knowing he needed something special in the remaining PGA Tour events he had access to this season if he was to retain his playing privileges for next season. Endycott has struggled for much of his […]