Entries by Bruce Young

Cam Smith on track for third Australian PGA Championship

Cameron Smith – enjoying massive crowd support – photo PGA of Australia Cameron Smith heads into the final round of the Fortinet Australian PGA Championship in Brisbane with a three shot lead after his third round of 69 has him ahead of Japan’s Masahiro Kawamura and China’s Yan Wei Liu. Another shot further back are […]

Brendan Jones facing important weekend in Japan

Brendan Jones- photo Japan Golf Tour Australian golfer, Brendan Jones, faces an important weekend at the Casio World Open in Japan this week. Jones finds himself in a share of third place at the halfway stage but after a year which has seen the winner of 15 Japan Tour titles record a best of 17th […]

Cam Smith moves within one at Australian PGA Championship

Cameron Smith – photo PGA of Australia Jason Scrivener’s two shot lead on the field when he finished his morning round on day two of the Fortinet Australian PGA Championship was reduced to just one by a brilliant afternoon round of 65 by pre-tournament favourite, Cameron Smith, setting up the prospect of a dream weekend […]

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 […]