Golf, by TourMiss

Matt Wallace had tour officials grabbing for the records book after birdieing every one of his closing nine holes, in a blistering score of 60 in grabbing the lead by a shot at 16-under heading to the final round of the DP World Tour Championship in Dubai. Wallace, 33, needed just 27 shots over the inward half, however with a ‘preferred lie’ ruling in place for a second day due again to overnight storms, hix posting of a a 10-under tally, and sensationally ending his round with nine straight ...

Masters champ Patrick Reed battled the ‘sticky’ conditions with what he described as a ‘Jekyll and Hyde’ putting, moving into third place heading to the weekend rounds of the BNI Indonesian Masters in Jakarta. Reed picked-up four birdies, dropping just one shot in a three-under 68 to be trailing five shots adrift of India’s Gaganjeet Bhullar, who added a 67 and move three shots clear of his rivals at 12-under on the Royale Jakarta host course. Canadian Richard T. Lee ...

Charlie Woods has accommpished a victory that his 15-time major winning father has not. Young 14-old Woods was a member of the victorious Florida High School Athletic Assocation’s Class 1A that secured a one-point victrory in the state team championship on Thursday at Mission Resort and Club in Howey-in-the-Hills, Florida. Charlie is a freshman at Benjamin School in Palm Beach, Florida,and tied for 26th individually to help Benjamin win the title. A WOODS’ FAMILY FIRST … A feat ...

A ‘rusty’ Rory McIlroy found his golf ball in a most percular position – in seated woman’s lap – on the day one of the season-ending DP World Tour Championship in Dubai. McIlroy’s tee-shot was well left at the par-3 13th hole but unbeknown to him at the time, his ball had landed where it did. Spectators gathered around the woman advising her not to move, and she did so as not to disturb the ball. McIlroy and his caddy arrived, and with McIlroy quickly seeing the ...

There will always be talk of the true origins of golf and, of course, what is the oldest golf club in existence. My own golf club – Crail Golfing Society – was instituted in 1786 when 11 local gentlemen “fond of the diversion of golf” founded the club in gathering within the walls of the aptly named ‘Golf Hotel’, in the closeby village of Crail while the club still has in its possessions the minutes from that first meeting and every meeting since. However, a late ...

USA Ryder Cup captain Zach Johnson has singled out ‘time management’ issues as key in the defeat of his USA team, while also calling for more collaboration between the PGA of America, the PGA Tour and the European Tour into the scheduling of the Ryder Cup. This year’s 44th hosting of the Ryder Cup was again staged towards the later stages of September and with Europe handing their American guests a 16 1/2 to 11 1/2 Rome thumbing on the 1st October. Much was written post the Ryder ...

Daniel Young knows he needs to get putter working heading to the sixth and closing round of DP World Tour Final Qualifying at Tarragona in Spain. Young, 32, posted a fifth round four-under 68 to be among seven players sharing 24th place at 12-under, and with the leading 25 and ties securing full 2024 main Tour membership. The Kingsbarns Links attached Scot battled the bright but windy conditions with birdies at his opening two holes birdies and with birdies at 10 and 12 before the only bogey at 15 ...