Entries by Bruce Young

Five Australians and one New Zealander make Masters field

Sydney’s Harrison Crowe’s win at the Asia Pacific Amateur earns him a dream start Five Australians and one New Zealander are confirmed in next week’s Masters following the completion of final qualifying criteria on Sunday. The only way another could join the list is for that player to win this week’s Texas Open in San […]

Mike Hendry and Travis Smyth Open Championship bound

L-R Bio Kim Korea, Taichi Ko, Travis Smyth and Mike Hendry – photo Paul Lakatos New Zealand’s Mike Hendry and NSW golfer Travis Smyth have played their way into the 2023 Open Championship courtesy of their finishes inside the top four at the Asian Tour’s weather reduced (54 holes) World City Championship presented by the […]

Day and Herbert eliminated but not without brave fights

Jason Day – file photo USGA Jason Day and Lucas Herbert have bowed out of the WGC Dell Technologies Match Play Championship in Austin Texas but not before both had given their Round of 16 and Quarter Final opponents (respectively) a run for their money. Herbert was up against Rory McIlroy in the opening round […]

Herbert and Day into knockout phase at WGC Dell Match Play

Lucas Herbert – file photo Australian Golf Media It might well be the final staging of the event for the foreseeable future, but Australia will have two representatives amongst the knockout phases of the WGC Dell Technologies Match Play Championship in Austin in Texas this weekend. Former two timer winner, Jason Day, and Lucas Herbert […]

Danny Lee wins at second LIV Golf appearance

Danny Lee – in action this week – photo Sam Greeenwood Danny Lee, in just his second appearance in a LIV Golf event, has holed a 25 foot putt from off the green at the third extra playoff hole in Tuscon to defeat Brendan Steele, Louis Oosthuizen and Carlos Ortiz to win his first event […]

David Micheluzzi – the winner takes it all

David Micheluzzi – photo David Tease Golf NSW Victorian David Micheluzzi has not only won his third title of the 2022/20223 PGA Tour of Australasian season at the Play Today NSW Open, but in doing so he has secured his immediate and perhaps long term future as a professional by securing not only one of […]

Weekend of reckoning awaits at NSW Open

Kade McBride – faces important weekend – file photo Golf NSW While the title of the Play Today NSW Open is one any golfer would be keen to have on their resumè, this week’s version of the event at Rich River at Moama on the NSW Victorian border carries a lot more significance than just […]

Wade Ormsby wins 4th Asian Tour title

Wade Ormsby – photo Paul Lakatos South Australian, Wade Ormsby, overcame Chonlatit Chuenboonngam on the first hole of a sudden-death play-off to win the International Series Thailand today after a compelling finish at Black Mountain Golf Club in Hua Hin. Ormsby triumphed after holing a 12-foot birdie putt on the par-five 18th while Chonlatit missed his […]

Former leading amateur Dobbelaar wins NZPGA Championship

Louis Dobbelaar and his father Vince – photo Golf New Zealand New Zealand raised now Australian, Louis Dobbelaar, has broken through for his first win in professional golf with three shot victory over local golfer Sung Jin Yeo at the New Zealand PGA Championship at Gulf Harbour north of Auckland. Dobbelaar, a former Australian and […]