Golf, by TourMiss

.… Albany, The Bahamas  It is an old expression, and it was an expression I recall double English-born World 500cc motor-bike champion Barry Sheene once used and that is ‘the people you pass on the way up, you ​​pass on the way back down’. It’s an expression one c​​ould use in all walks of life and Sheene drew on the phrase in describing a rival, who clearly was intent of caring little about those around him and focussed solely on riding his way to a championship title. Of course, ...

Masters champion Patrick Reed’s affinity for the Greater Bay Area was evident once more today after he shot a majestic seven-under-par 63 to take the first-round lead in the International Series Macau presented by Wynn. Four months ago the American claimed the Link Hong Kong Open, helped by a spectacular 59 on the third day, and he was unstoppable again on day one thanks to seven birdies in a bogey-free effort around the Macau Golf and Country Club. The Texan leads the US$2million event, which ...

The now PGA Tour winning double of Scot Robert MacIntyre and Belguim’s Thomas Detry are returning again as partners to this year’s Zurich Classic of New Orleans. Twelve months on and MacIntyre and Detry will tee-up in the famed Mardis Gras City each as a PGA Tour winner, the Scot now the double winning the RBC Canadian Open and Genesis Open champ while Detry brilliantly captured this year’s WM Phoenix Open. The all-European duo had combined in New Orleans a year ago to post an opening 62, and ...

It’s been another of top-Scot Bob MacIntyre’s enjoyable Question and Answer sessions with a host of weird and wonderful topics he shaed among his fans via his ‘X’ account. The new World No. 14 responded close to 50 questions he answered in a Q & A session via his ‘X’ account during the course of his long-haul flight from the States to Singapore. Questions starting with his favourite golf course in Scotland, other than the Renaissance Golf Club where he captured last ...

When they talk about sheep and/or cows being on the tees or fairways of some Scottish golf course, I know first-hand what you’re talking about. I’ve made a couple of visits to Brora Golf Club in Scotland’s Highlands and where there is electric fencing around all the greens to keep the grazing sheep and cattle off the putting surfaces. It’s the same also at Barra Golf Club and the UK most westerly course in the Outer Hebrides. Though it seems those who play Brora have had enough with members ...

Top Scot Bob MacIntyre reckons: “I’m ready to give myself a chance at a major” ahead of the year’s season-opening Masters in Augusta, GA. MacIntyre is in Singapore for this week’s Porsche Singapore Masters ahead of returning home to his beloved Oban for a two-week ‘training camp’ and then jetting off to Augusta National for a first occasion in three years. The new World No. 14 is the highest-ranked player in this week’s $2.5m event and he tees-up after an impressive ...

Friday 13th March, 2020 – the darkest day in the history of the PGA Tour. The day the PGA Tour, and at their very home in Ponte Vedra, Florida and the hosting of the 2020 Players Championship, led the major US-based sporting authorities with news the Tour was going a CovEid pandemic lockdown. Japan’s Hideki Matsuyama had posted an opening Thursday first round with a course record equallying 63 on the host Stadium course at TPC Sawgrass but no sooner had play ended for the day and rumours ...

Double Masters winning Bubba Watson has welcomed news as a ‘start’ moves by those running the men’s majors in slowly opening the doors for more LIV Golf stars to compete at the highest level. We’ve learnt in recent months both the United States Golf Association (USGA), the organization that puts on the US Open, and the Royal & Ancient (R & A), that run the Open Championship, have created pathways for LIV players to participate in their championships. The R & A ...