Golf, by TourMiss

There’s no missing the sight of Alfred Dunhill Links Championship banners about the Old Course here in St. Andrews lowered at half-mast. It is a moving tribute to Sir Michael Bonallack, the former long-time Secretary of the R & A who passed away late last month. However, the sight of the flags fluttering at half-mast brought back immediate memories of cricketing legend Shane Warne. ‘Warnie’, as he affectionately known worldwide, passed away in March 2022 aged just 52, and it ...

David Drysdale enjoys a double delight heading into this week’s Asian Tour International Series Singapore. The $US 2m inaugural event is being played on the famed Tenah Merah course, a former Johnnie Walker Classic host venue (1996), and featuring major champions Charl Schwartzel and Graeme McDowell. Drysdale’s returned to the island nation buoyed by a rookie Asian Tour season best of T3rd in last week’s Taiwan Masters, a most timely effort that saw him take a big leap to 46th on ...

Victorious Celtic Manor winning hero Grame McDowell admits it was a ‘bittersweet experience’ watching TV coverage of last week’s victorious European Ryder Cup triumph in Rome. “It was a little bittersweet, and I would love to have been part of what they were doing but it is what it is right now and hopefully we’ll see if we can figure that out moving forward,” said McDowell ahead of this week’s Asian Tour International Singapore. “But obviously a great ...

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 ...

‘Proud’ and ‘Incredible’ .. Words chosen, the first by Tommy Fleetwod and then Matt Fitzpatrick to describe the experience of last week’s European success at the Ryder Cup. They’re words that would you expect to hear from the champion English duo but to ask them directly ‘To choose one word to describe what unfolded at the 44th Ryder Cup?”, and then to witness both pause for a second or two to provide a reply was, in inself, worth countless number of ...

Victorious Rome vice-captain Thomas Bjorn says it’s the winning players who should decide if they want Luke Donald leading the European Ryder Cup side to Bethpage Park on Long Island. Bjorn found it a nice distraction being congratulated at every turn as he worked on his game yesterday (Tuesday) ahead of this week’s Alfred Dunhill Links Championship in St. Andrews. It was not the same euphoria for Bjorn as four years ago post leading Europe to victory in Versailles but there was no shortage of ...

For a second occsaion in two years John Murphy returns to the Home of Golf inspired by a Ryder Cup. Murphy sounded energised after spending early last Friday morning to early Sunday evening glued to television cheering on Luke Donald’s Roman golfing gladiators, and including fellow Irish-born Rory McIlroy and Shane Lowry, as they took down their American rivals. And why wouldn’t the Kinsale golfer be soaking-in the scenes of last Sunday afternoon, as we all were, as Europe muscled their way to ...