Entries by Bruce Young

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 […]

Travis Smyth chasing title defence in Chinese Taipei

Travis Smyth in action today – photo Paul Lakatos Asian Tour  New South Wales golfer Travis Smyth, playing in just his 11th event of the 2023 season, has the halfway lead at the Yeangder TPC event in Chinese Taipei, the defending champion adding a second round of 67 to his opening 65 to lead by […]

Minjee Lee contending again in South Korea

Minjee Lee – in action this week – image courtesy of KLPGA Australia’s Minjee Lee finds herself just three shots from the halfway lead at the Hana Financial Services Championship in Incheon near Seoul, a second round of 70 leaving the West Australian in a share of 15th place on what is a congested leaderboard. […]