Entries by Bruce Young

Jason Day on edge of Masters contention

Jason Day – during day two – image courtesy of Augusta National Jason Day’s second consecutive round of 70 has him in a share of 9th place and four off the lead held by Justin Rose at the completion of 36 holes at the Masters Tournament. Day progressed nicely through the opening nine holes to […]

New Zealand’s Cooper Moore claims Australian Junior title

Cooper Moore – file image courtesy PGA of Australia Christchurch golfer and exciting future prospect for New Zealand golf, Cooper Moore, has today won the Australian Junior Title, Moore holing a bunker shot at the third extra hole of a playoff against Dubbo’s Cooper Giddings at the Indooroopilly Golf Club in Brisbane to add this […]

Day heads Australians after day one at Augusta National

Jason Day in action on day one – image courtesy of  The Masters Tournament The five Australians at this year’s Masters have experienced mixed results during round one at Augusta National Jason Day, Cam Smith and Min Woo Lee, making encouraging starts to be under par on a day where scoring apart from the effort […]

Thoughts on the 2025 Masters

The 13th hole brings Amen Corner to an end – image Masters Tournament  The opening major of 2005 gets underway this Thursday with the Masters taking the focus of not only the golfing world but the sporting world generally. Five Australians are in the field headed in terms of world ranking by recent Houston Open […]

Marc Leishman wins first Liv Golf title in Miami

Marc Leishman in action this week – image Charles Laberge – Liv Golf 41-year-old Marc Leishman has today won his first Liv Golf event with a one-shot victory over Charl Schwartzel at the Liv Golf Miami event at the Trump National Doral. Leishman who joined LIV Golf in 2023 has been runner-up on two occasions […]

Stephanie Kyriacou advances to knockout phase in Las Vegas

Stephanie Kyriacou – file image LET Stephanie Kyriacou is the only one of six Australasians to advance to the knockout phase of the LPGA Tour’s T-Mobile Match Play Championship at Shadow Creek Golf Club in Las Vegas with Lydia Ko, Minjee Lee, Gabi Ruffels, Grace Kim and Hira Naveed unable to finish on top of […]

Stephen Allan adds to Australia’s weekend success in US

Stephen Allan – an important breakthrough – file image PGA of Australia Just fifteen minutes before Perth’s Min Woo Lee put the seal on his first PGA Tour victory, another Australian, although from a generation before, Stephen Allan, held on to win his first PGA Tour Champions title with a one-shot win over American Tag […]

Min Woo Lee and Ryan Fox prominent in Houston

Min Woo Lee – file photo Australian Golf Media Perth’s Min Woo Lee and New Zealander Ryan Fox are well placed through 54 holes of the Texas Children’s Houston Open at the Memorial Park Golf Course in Houston, Texas. Lee produced a third round of 63 to establish a four-shot lead over Argentinian Alejandro Tosti […]