Entries by Bruce Young

Europe again prevail on home soil

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 moves to second on Asian Tour Order of Merit

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 benefits from break to contend in Arkasas

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 […]

New Zealand’s Ben Campbell leads in Taiwan

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) […]

Record opening day margin to Europeans at Ryder Cup

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 […]

Curtis Luck stages late PGA Tour bid

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 […]

Europe retain Solheim Cup in epic Sunday battle

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 […]

Travis Smyth and Minjee Lee runner-up in Asian events

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 […]

European fight back sets up tense final day at Solheim Cup

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 […]