Golf, by TourMiss

None of us can ever recall Tiger Woods producing a shank but then this is what the 15-time major champion admits could be the scenario as he strives this year to keep to a ‘one tournament a month’ playing schedule. Woods spoiled a decent first PGA Tour counting round since withdrawing ahead of last April’s third round at the Masters in shanking his 8-iron shot into the final green on day of the Genesis Invitational on the host Riviera course in suburban Santa Monica. His second ...

Canadian-born Scot Dean Robertson will be looking next year as the new GB & I Walker Cup to end what will be a 24-year USA home soil Waker Cup winning advantage. ‘Deano’, as he has long been affectionately known, has been rewarded for his post pro playing career work by being named the fourth straight Scot to captain GB & I at next year’s 50th Walker Cup at Cypress Point in California. ‘Deano’ also is the 17th Scot to take on the captaincy role. The now 53-year-old kick-started ...

The major of Scottsdale, Arizona has called for drastic change following the hosting of last week’s Wasted Management Phoenix Open. The 92nd anniversary of the PGA Tour event known affectionately as ‘The People’s Open’. experienced some of the worst behaviour seen for some times at the event eventually won in a play-off by Canadian Nick Taylor. The rain and the weather-related disruptions did little to quell the enormous drunkenness we witnessed at last week’s golf tournament. Local ...

Scotland’s David Drysdale returns to competition this week in the sauna-like conditions of the Malaysian capital fully exempt and full of enthusisam ahead of the opening event of the 2024 Asian Tour season. The forecast is for a week in the mid 90s for Dyrsdale and his caddying wife, Vicky competing in the IRS Prima Malaysian Open being hosted by the Mine Club resort in Kuala Lumpur. It’s the 62nd anniversary of the event won in the past by the likes of double major winning Vijay Singh (1992 ...

For a second time in four months Scott Jamieson produced a CB Qatar Masters season-changing showing in Doha. Jamieson superbly muscled his way from five shots back, posting a best-of-the-week 65 to brilliantly grab the clubhouse lead before eventually sharing third place at 12-under par on the Doha Golf Club course. It was some 45 minutes before Jamieson’s 12-under tally was matched and a further 15 minutes before the in-form Rikya Hoshino birdied 16 to move one clear ahead of Japan golfer also ...

Ewen Ferguson is primed to make it two wins in three years heading to the final round of the CB Qatar Masters in Doha. Ferguson, 27, shares fourth place at nine-under after he produced the equal lowest round of the three days, a bogey-free six-under 66 that included his six birdies in a mid-round eight-hole run. The trio of Japan’s Rikuya Hoshino (69), Frenchman Ugo Coussaud (67) and in-form Dane Rasmus Hojgaard (67) share the lead on 10-under. Ferguson, who broke through in 2022 at Qatar for ...

Scot Richie Ramsay reckons a rework of the greens and the forecasted conditions are ripe for a hopeful fifth Scottish-born winner of the CB Qatar Masters in Doha. Ramsay, 40, superbly muscled his way into contention on day two to be six-under in a five-hole run on route to an eventual three-under 69 for a one-under tally in continuing warm but windy conditions in the Qatar capital. Aussie Haydn Barron birdied the closing three holes on the scorecard for a second day running in a second day 67 ...