Golf, by TourMiss

No offence to Bob MacIntyre but it was of the one of the great snaps in the lead-up to the 44th Ryder Cup week and that was the photograph taken of the champion Scot in his hotel room decked-out in European Ryder Cup theme pyjamas. MacIntyre, who went on to be undefeated in three matches, is shown wearning hais night attire that come down over his kneecaps while brushing his teeth. The Tweet posted early last week has now generated one million views. It prompted the question to MacIntyre ahead of ...

Rory McIlroy didn’t mince his words id describing the final hole on day two of the BMW PGA Championship at ‘s**** show’. Following an 80-minute fog delay at the start of day two at Wentworth the secound round ended amid farcical scenes with four groups waiting on the 18th tee, and the sight of Dane Thomas Bjorn exchanging words with a drunk spectator on the green at the closing hole of the famed West Course at Wentworth. The final hole was in near darkness, except for the light ...

Scot Stephen Gallacher may be the second oldest teeing-up in this week’s Italian Open but he’s also in the field with a younger generation of golfers at heart. Gallacher, 48, received the last of six tournament Rome invitations shortly after finishing top-15 in last Sunday’s Abu Dhabi Challenge. The Bathgate pro already this year has found himself playing where he can, having forfeited full DP World Tour membership at the end of 2022 in not being fully exempt since a first full season in 1999. However, ...

Had it not been for Rory McIlroy hitting the cup with his birdie attempt on the final green the golf world would not have been kept in wait with DP World Tour news of the draw for the third round of the $US 9m Hero Dubai Desert Classic. McIlroy’s eventual 36th hole closing par, officially judged to be 11 inches, handed him a second round 70 for an eight-under tally on the Emirates Club course. The World No. 1 headed to the scorer’s hut at the back of the 18th tee, and located underneath the new ...

…….. Al Hamra GC, RAK  Dual Jordanian and England golfer Shergo Al Kurdi has created a slice of DP World Tour history becoming the first Middle East golfer to make a halfway cut in the 50-year history of the Tour. The 18-year-old posted a pair of 68s to be sharing eighth place on eight-under heading to the weekend rounds and just four shots off the lead in the $2m RAK Golf Classic on the Al Hamra course. Al Kurdi’s father was born in Jordan, and with his son growing-up in England but ...

... Al Hamra GC, RAK  Scotland’s Craig Howie has bizarrely spent more time in quarantine in recent months than competing on the DP World Tour. This week’s RAK Classic is only a second full event since earning his main Tour card late later year via the secondary Challenge Tour. The 27-year-old Peebles golfer made his debut at the Joburg Open but like so many, was forced to flee home due to fears over the Omicron stain but then had to spend 10-days in quarantine. Incredibly, Cowie then ...

Seamus Power continues to impress, muscling his way to a share of fifth with a seven-under-par 65 on the opening day of the American Express at Palm Springs in California. Power didn’t drop a shot in competing on the Nicklaus course and was one of three venues playing host to the $7.6m event that for so many years was known as the Bob Hope Desert Classic. The new World No. 49 will head to the Pete Dye Stadium course for his second round just three shots adrift of the leading American duo of Patrick ...