Golf, by TourMiss

It has been 23 years and 11 Ryder Cups since a European Captain last captained a Ryder Cup on his own country’s soil and that was legendary Seve Ballesteros in 1997 at Valderrama on the Costa del Sol. And since Europe came on board in 1979 as the rival to the U.S. there have been only three other European captains to have had the honour of walking out on true ‘home’ ground as a captain. Graeme McDowell, and now that Adare Manor is to host the 100th anniversary 2027 Ryder Cup, ...

Spain’s evergreen Miguel Angel Jimenez, and the oldest player in the Austrian Open field at age 56 years and six months, leads the way to the weekend by two shots with scores of 68 and 65 for an 11-under par on the Diamond Resort course near Vienna. The golfer affectionately known as ‘The Mechanic’ already holds the record as the oldest Tour winner being aged 50 years, 133 days old when he won the 2014 Open de Espana and adding to efforts in landing a 34th pro career victory is Jimenez’s ...

Marc Warren continues to carry his own clubs as the Scot looks to end a six-year winless drought in the Austrian Open near Vienna. Warren, 39 grabbed four birdies in a second round five-under 67 to into a share of fourth place at nine-under par in the joint European and Challenge Tour event. The Glaswegian,  and among a good few players without caddies under a special COVID-19 Tour ruling, heads to the weekend rounds in his first competitive event in some five months sharing fourth place with ...

Fears the trio of Dylan Frittelli, Denny McCarthy and Nick Watney may unwittingly spread the Coronavirus over the four days of the Workday Charity Open have been somewhat eased as all three struggled on day one at Muirfield Village. ‘The COVID-19 Trio’ as they cheekily being referred are among six players who have tested positive in the five weeks since the PGA Tour resumed its schedule after a three-month shutdown brought on by the worldwide pandemic. They went through mandatory self-isolation ...

Shane Lowry revealed he’s been kept in constant contact with Ryder Cup matters by European Ryder Cup captain, Padraig Harrington that also included getting a text message from his fellow Irishman just moments before it became official the 2020 Ryder Cup was being rescheduled to 2021. No doubt, Harrington also texted every other European in contention to qualify for his team but it does speak highly of the strong relationship between the Open Championship winning duo. Hereunder, and as appearing ...

It would seem appropriate top Dutsch golfer Joost Luiten, and the highest world ranked player in the field, should be leading the way after day one in a return to European Tour competition at the Austrian Open. Luiten also began his quest for a second Austrian Open title with a seven under par 65 for a stroke lead on the Diamond Country Club and located some 35 miles from Vienna. Both the 2020 Race to Dubai and 2020 Road to Mallorca were suspended on March 8 due the global coronavirus pandemic, with ...

Open champ Shane Lowry was soaring Stateside with a Workday Charity Open penultimate hole eagle while Gavin Moynihan celebrated a return to European Tour competition with a gutsy bogey-free display at the Austrian Open. Lowry was enduring a roller-coaster opening 12 holes of three birdies and just as many bogeys before he birdied his 15th and brilliantly holed a three-footer for an eagle ‘3’ at his 17th in a three-under par 69 on the Muirfield Village course in Dublin, Ohio. The effort handed ...