Entries by Bruce Young

Hovland and Morikawa lead by two at Tour Championship

Collin Morikawa – file photo courtesy of USGA An intriguing weekend lies ahead for the 30 players duking it out for the huge prize fund at the Tour Championship at the East Lake Golf Club in Atlanta, Collin Morikawa and Viktor Hovland taking a two-shot advantage over Scottie Scheffler in an event where the winner […]

Jones and Dodt in contention at St Andrews

Matt Jones – in a rich vein of form of late  The second of two Asian Tour International Series events in Britain this August, the St Andrews Championship at the Fairmont St Andrews Torrance Course in Scotland, has reached the halfway mark, and Australians Matt Jones and Andrew Dodt are within striking distance in the […]

Jason Day sole Australian at Tour Championship

Jason Day with the AT&T Byron Nelson trophy which was crucial in getting to Atlanta – file photo Getty Images  Jason Day remains as the only Australia alive in the FedEx Cup Playoffs following the completion of the BMW Championship in Chicago on Sunday. Day will now head to the East Lake Golf Club in […]

Ogletree wins third Asian Tour event of year, Matt Jones 4th

Andy Ogltree – making a habit of winning trophies – image Paul Lakatos American Andy Ogletree, a former US Amateur Champion, has further consolidated his lead on the 2023 Asian Tour Order of Merit with an emphatic seven-shot win at the International Series event near Newcastle in England. For Ogletree, it was his third win […]

Daniel Gale wins second PGA Tour of Australasia title

Daniel Gale with his rather unique trophy – image Australian Golf Media  New South Wales golfer, Daniel Gale has won his second PGA Tour of Australasia event by bookending his week with rounds of 65 to take out the NT PGA Championship at the Palmerston Golf Club near Darwin. Gale opened with a round of […]

Karl Vilips knocked out early at US Amateur Championship

Vilips (right) shakes hands with the man who beat him in round one, Jackson Buchanan – image USGA Australian Karl VCilips was the only Australasian to make it to the knockout phase of the US Amateur Championship at Cherry Hills in Colorado but unfortunately for the Stanford University golfer, he has lost his opening round […]

Ruffels consolidates top spot on Epson Tour

Gabi Ruffels – file photo courtesy of PGA of America The 2023 LPGA Tour has seen the emergence of two of Australia’s most promising young players in Grace Kim and Stephanie Kyriacou and in 2024 another will join the ranks when Victorian Gabi Ruffels takes up full membership. Ruffels was already assured of graduating via […]