Entries by Bruce Young

Sarah Kemp heads Australasians in Portland

Sarah Kemp – file photo courtesy of LPGA / Getty Images  North Coast New South Wales golfer, Sarah Kemp, continued her good season on the LPGA Tour when she led the Australasians in the field at this week’s Portland Classic in Oregon. Admittedly, Kemp would finish in only a share of 21st but it continues […]

Hannah Green records second best finish of 2023 in Canada

Hannah Green – in action this week – image LPGA / Getty Images Perth’s Hannah Green has produced her second-best finish of the 2023 LPGA Tour season when sharing 4th place at this past week’s CPKC Women’s Open (read Canadian Women’s Open) in Vancouver. Green, whose only other top ten of the year came when […]

Australians on knife-edge in race for PGA Tour playing rights

Rhein Gibson – file photo – important few events ahead for the Lismore golfer. Several Australians are walking a fine line as they chase PGA Tour status via the Korn Ferry Tour over the next few weeks. The completion of this week’s Albertsons Boise Open in Idaho did little to help their cause, Rhein Gibson […]

Matt Jones goes down in history making playoff

Matt Jones – runner-up in St Andrews – image courtesy of LIV Golf. Australian Matt Jones has finished runner-up at the Asian Tour’s International Series event at Fairmont St Andrews in St Andrews Scotland, but that tells only part of what was an historical final day. The playoff between LIV Golf player, Jones and Spain’s […]

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 […]