Entries by Bruce Young

Karl Vilips earns US Open start

Karl Vilips – file photo courtesy of USGA Indonesian born but now US based West Australian amateur, Karl Vilips, will join seven other Australasians in the field for this year’s US Open following the completion of Final Qualifying over 36 holes at ten venues across the USA this morning. Vilips, who is currently attending Stanford […]

Final US Open Qualifying offers further hope

The US Open – over 10,000 entries narrowed to 156 – photo USGA If you have ever fancied the idea of playing the US Open, just consider, if you will, the odds of even getting into the field and the respect due those who make it to the first tee at the Los Angeles Country […]

Rose Zhang confirms superstar status with debut LPGA Tour victory

Rose Zhang – with the first of what will no doubt be many trophies Image Getty / LPGA Women’s golf have uncovered a rising superstar, the game’s hottest amateur golfer, American Rose Zhang, making an immediate and successful transition to the professional ranks by winning at her first professional start. Zhang was playing the event […]

Adam Scott impresses in US Open warm-up

Adam Scott – file photo PGA of America Adam Scott might not have contended for the Memorial Tournament’s first prize in Dublin, Ohio, this week but by finishing inside the top ten (9th) he has completed his final tournament preparations for the US Open beginning on June 15th in excellent style and heads to the […]

Minjee Lee and Lydia Ko contend in New Jersey

Minjee Lee seen during round two today – photo LPGA / Getty Images Minjee Lee and Lydia Ko, two of the more dominant players on the LPGA Tour in recent times have been below their best for much of early 2023, but at the halfway mark of the Mizuho Americas Open in Jersey City, New […]

Australian Open heads back to Sydney in 2023

The Men’s and Women’s trophies – image Australian Golf Media The Australian Open returns to Sydney in December, the 2022 introduction of a multi-layer event continuing with the staging of the Men’s Australian Open, the Women’s Australian Open and the All Abilities Australian Open to be played from November 30th – December at the Australian […]

Steve Alker finishes 5th when defending Senior PGA title

Alker in action this week – image PGA of America. New Zealand’s Steve Alker might not have been able to successfully defend his KitchenAid Senior PGA Championship title in Texas this week, but his 5th place finish was yet another fine week against a particularly strong field in which five of the first nine finishers […]

Daniel Hillier’s KLM 5th place finish best finish of 2023

The KLM Open Champion Pablo Larrazabal collects his second trophy in three starts – image Getty Images European Tour rookie, Daniel Hillier, recorded his best finish since gaining his full playing rights for that tour when finishing in a share of 5th place at this week’s KLM Open in Cromvoirt in the Netherlands. The 24 […]

New Zealand’s Daniel Hillier finds form at KLM Open

Daniel Hillier – file photo Getty Images / European Tour New Zealand’s Daniel Hillier has reversed some rather ordinary recent DP World Tour form having missed his last three cuts and recorded a best of 23rd in ten starts in 2023, and at the halfway mark of the KLM Open in Cromvoirt in the Netherlands, […]

Min Woo Lee plays first event with new PGA Tour status

Min Woo Lee – file photo Min Woo Lee’s career as a professional golfer takes on a whole new look this week when he plays the Charles Schwab Challenge in Fort Worth, his first PGA Tour event with special temporary membership of that tour. As a result of his solid week at the PGA Championship […]