Entries by Bruce Young

Lucas Herbert adds another international win to his name

Photo Japan Golf Tour Australian Lucas Herbert has birdied the second extra hole of a playoff against Canadian Aaron Cockerill to win the $A2.9 million ISPS Handa Championship in Ibaraki Prefecture in Japan. Both players finished 72 holes at 15 under and one ahead of Scotland’s Calum Hill but Herbert would hole a 12 foot […]

Talor Gooch survives final day examination to win in Adelaide

Talor Gooch and his Australian caddie Mal Baker embrace on the 18th green- photo LIV Golf Liv Golf’s first venture to Australian shores has resulted in one of the most heavily attended events ever seen in Australian golf and a three shot victory to American Talor Gooch with India’s Anirban Lahiri alone in second place […]

Cam Smith keeps local interest alive in Adelaide

Cam Smith – photo Chris Trotman  LIV Golf Cameron Smith might not necessarily be in genuine contention to win the first LIV Golf event held in Australia, but, by putting together a fine second round of 66 at The Grange Golf Club today, he has kept open the chances of a very high finish and […]

Australasian challenge struggling at Chevron Championship

Karis Davidson – photo Getty Images / LPGA The Australasian challenge at the opening major of the year for women’s golf, the Chevron Championship in Houston, Texas, is well off the pace at the halfway mark. At the completion of the opening 36 holes, Gold Coast’s Karis Davidson is the closest of the seven golfers […]

Kazuma Kobori earns top card at Australasian Tour School

Kazuma Kobori  left- on his way to a successful professional career – file photo Australian Golf Media New Zealand amateur Kazuma Kobori has finished as the leading qualifier at the PGA Tour of Australasia Tour School completed at the Moonah Links Open course today. Kobori who four years ago, at the age of 17, won […]

Stephanie Kyriacou’s fine start at Chevron Championship

Stephanie Kyriacou – photo Getty / LPGA Sydney’s Stephanie Kyriacou has made a fine start to her sixth major championship, producing an opening round of 68 to be just one off the lead at the Chevron Championship in Houston in Texas. An eagle at her final day capped off what had already been a solid […]

Seven Australasians tackle women’s first major of year

Lydia Ko with her 2016 ANA Inspiration ( now Chevron) trophy. – photo Getty / LPGA The first major of the year for women’s golf is played this week in Houston, Texas, when the time honoured Chevron Championship (formerly known under various names including Nabisco Dinah Shore, Nabisco Championship and ANA Inspiration) begins on Thursday. […]

Anticipation mounting in Adelaide

L-R Brooks Koepka, Dustin Johnson and Bryson DeChambeau – photo Charles Laberge LIV Golf Not since the days of the Kerry Packer funded Australian Open in the 1970’s has a field consisting of so many major winners been assembled for an Australian stroke-play event when Liv Golf’s Adelaide version gets under way on Friday. The […]

Another big cheque for Cameron Davis

Cameron Davis – file photo Sydney’s Cameron Davis has recorded his second top ten of the 2023 PGA Tour year with a share of 7th place at the RBC Heritage Classic at Harbour Town Golf Links at Hilton Head Island in South Carolina. As was the case at the recent Players Championship where he finished […]