Entries by Bruce Young

New Zealanders lead the way in Perth

Mako Thompson leads by one at the halfway stage – image Australian golf Media  27-year-old New Zealand PGA Tour of Australasia rookie Mako Thompson has the halfway lead at the West Australian Open at the MT Lawley Golf Club in Perth, consecutive rounds of 68 leaving him one shot ahead of his fellow New Zealander […]

Austin Bautista reverses 2021 result with WAPGA victory

Austin Bautista – image Australian Golf  Media A 28-year-old New South Welshman, Austin Bautista, has reversed the result of four years earlier, coming from behind to win the WAPGA Championship at the Kalgoorlie Golf Course in Western Australia. In 2021, it was NSW’s Jay Mackenzie who defeated Bautista by two shots, and in the early […]

Australia runner-up in Eisenhower behind South Africa

NSW Declan O’Donovan – finished runner-up in the Individual Race – image IGF The Australian team of Declan O’Donovan, Billy Dowling and Harry Takis has finished in second position at the Eisenhower Trophy, eight shots from the runaway leaders, South Africa, at the Tanah Merah Country Club in Singapore. The Australians were able to close […]

Jay Mackenzie leads WAPGA but Jeffrey Guan the feel good story

Jeffrey Guan – comfortably makes cut in 2nd event after career-threatening injury NSW golfer Jay Mackenzie has the halfway lead at the WAPGA Championship, the 26-year-old opening up a massive six-shot lead over the field as the event enters the weekend at the Kalgoorlie Golf Course. Mackenzie’s homeward nine of 30 in his morning round […]

Australia chasing 5th Eisenhower Trophy in Singapore

The Australian team of manager Dean Kinney, Billy Dowling, Harry Takis and Declan O’Donovan – image IGF This week’s World Amateur Team Championship (Eisenhower Trophy) at the Tanah Merah Country Club in Singapore will see the Australian team of Harry Takis, Billy Dowling, and Declan O’Connor chasing Australia’s 5th win in the event and New […]

Opportunity beckons in West Australian flagship events

The extraordinarily talented Curtis Luck returns to tournament play in his home state despite ongoing injury issues – image Australian Golf Media This week’s West Australian PGA Championship essentially begins a nearly six-month stretch of tournaments staged by the PGA Tour of Australasia. Admittedly, the PNG Open and the Northern Territory PGA Championship, played in […]

Cameron Percy records third runner-up finish of season

Cameron Percy – file photo PGA of America Victorian Cameron Percy has added yet another runner-up finish in his first full PGA Tour Champions season, this time going down by one shot to first-time winner, Tommy Gainey, at the Constellation Furyk and Friends event. Percy began the final round of the 54-hole event in Jacksonville, […]

Wade Ormsby turns season around in Jakarta

Ormsby with Asian Tour win # 5 – image Asian Tour 45-year-old South Australian Wade Ormsby has won his 5th Asian Tour title, and his second International Series event with a playoff victory over Zimbabwe’s Scott Vincent at the Jakarta International Championship at the Damai Indah Golf Club near Jakarta. Ormsby was in or near […]