Golf, by TourMiss

Three-time major winning Jordan Spieth has singled out PGA Tour Commissioner Jay Monahan just over a week shy of March 12th, 2020 and the COVID-19 affected decision to shut down the PGA Tour. It was around 8pm local US time on the opening day of the flagship Players Championship at TPC Sawgrass when players and caddies received a group text to advise the event was being cancelled. It was not until June 11th, and three months later, when the PGA Tour returned to the Charles Schwab in Fort Worth, Texas. Spieth, ...

Top-ranked Scot Robert MacIntyre took the unusual step to post himself a ‘reminder’ tweet in leaving the Florida west coast and hoping it pays off in finding his ‘A’ game at this week’s Arnold Palmer Invitational in Orlando. MacIntyre will be making his debut in the famed event and again taking place on Palmer’s beloved Bay Hill Resort course and just a 10-minute drive from Disney World in the playground capital of the Sunshine State. The Oban lefty remains at No. 43 on the World ...

Tiger Woods has been moved by the outpouring of support across three events last Sunday. Woods thanked his fellow golfers, officials and fans who wore red and black in his honour following last Tuesday’s horrific car crash in suburban L. A. The 15-time major winner tweeted from his hospital bed, saying:  “It is hard to explain how touching today was when I turned on the TV and saw all the red shirts. “To every golfer and every fan, you are truly helping me get through this tough ...

Rory McIlroy didn’t end a 15-month winless drought but he won huge favour and so did so many other players in showing their support for a recovering Tiger Woods. McIlroy like so many players, including Partrick Reed, Kevin Kisner, Tommy Fleetwood, Tony Finau, Cameron Champ, Jason Day and so many others wore Woods tradtional Sunday attire of a red shirt and black trousers over the final round of the Workday WGC at The Concession. And McIlroy, who posted a final round 71 for a 12-under par tally ...

Young Scot Robert MacIntyre sent himself a ‘message’ via his Twitter account to remind himself to take his wedge game to this week’s debut appearance in the Arnold Palmer Invitational in suburban Orlando. McIntyre’s four rounds at the Workday WGC at The Concession on the Florida west coast was summed-up he remarked immediately post his round at the 72nd hole in three-putting from 50-feet for bogey in a closing round level par 72 and an eight-over par tally. MacIntyre said: “My ...

Reigning US PGA champion Collin Morikawa will strive to become the first player to match car-crash recovering Tiger Woods heading into the final round of the Workday WGC at The Concession. Morikawa, 24, muscled his way to a two-shot lead on the back of a blistering run of seven birdies in an eight-hole run mid-round in succession from his fifth in an eventual round of 67 for a 15-under par tally at Bradenton. Only one player and that’s Woods has won both a major and a WGC by age 25 and with Woods ...

Seamus Power produced his lowest score of the new season emerging from mist and rain with six birdies in a five-under par 67 to put himself into real contention heading to the final round of the Puerto Rico Open. Power leaped 18 places into a then clubhouse share of fifth place at 10-under par before officially ending the third round of the rain-affected Euro 2.5m event sharing 10th place but only four shots from the lead. It rained twice during the third day’s play but it to a handful of minutes ...