Entries by Bruce Young

Afternoon trio edge ahead at Australian PGA Championship

Min Woo Lee – one of three leaders at the completion of day one – photo PGA of Australia One of the features of the opening day of the Fortinet Australian PGA Championship was the consistency of conditions throughout the day. From the early starters who ventured out onto the Royal Queensland layout at 6.00m […]

Organisers dream gets Australian PGA Championship underway

Adam Scott acknowledges the large crowd at Royal Queensland this morning – photo PGA of Australia The tournament promoters at the Australian PGA Championship could not have scripted a better start to the Fortinet Australian PGA Championship any better. The two star attractions in the event, locals Adam Scott and Cameron Smith, completed their morning […]

Australian PGA Championship shaping as something very special

Cameron Smith’s international success in 2022 and his local background will ensure huge crowds at RQ – Getty Images Irrespective of how one feels about the impact of Liv Golf on the traditional golf tours of the world, there is little doubt that the breakaway tour has had a positive impact on this week’s Australian […]

Lydia Ko completes NZ golf’s finest year

Lydia Ko  – Getty Images Lydia Ko has completed a remarkable year for herself and New Zealand golf with a two-shot victory over Leona Maguire at the LPGA’s season ending CME Group Tour Championship in Naples in Florida. Ko’s win, along with Steve Alker’s domination of the PGA Tour Champions and Ryan Fox’s runner-up finish […]

Aaron Wilkin survives playoff for breakthrough QLD PGA win

Aaron Wilkin enjoying his breakthrough win – photo PGA of Australia In his nearly seven years as a professional, 29-year-old Brisbane golfer, Aaron Wilkin, has battled away in an attempt to sustain himself in a career where he has shown the occasional glimpses of his capabilities but nowhere near enough to be confident about his […]

Lydia Ko chasing clean sweep of major LPGA awards

Ko during today’s second round – photo LPGA / Getty Images Lydia Ko’s brilliant run in recent weeks on the LPGA Tour continued this morning when she established a five shot lead at the halfway mark of the closing event of the LPGA Tour season, the CME Group Tour Championship. Already leading in the Player […]

Ryan Fox loses ground in Dubai – Min Woo Lee improves

Matthew Fitzpatrick and Tyrrell Hatton – joint leaders through 36 holes – photo Getty Images  At the halfway stage of the DP World Tour Championship in Dubai New Zealand’s Ryan Fox faces a mammoth task if he is to have any chance of holding on to his current second place in the DP World Tour […]

Three way tie atop the QLD PGA leaderboard

Nick Voke – photo PGA of Australia Three players have a share of the halfway lead at the Queensland PGA Championship at the Nudgee Golf Club in the eastern suburbs of Brisbane, South Australian Jak Carter, Queensland’s Kade McBride and New Zealander Nick Voke all tied at 6 under and one ahead of New South […]