Golf, by TourMiss

Here’s a question for you.  With Bryson DeChambeau single-handedly changing the distance hitting boundaries of the game what will it take to see him become obsolete? Lengthening golf courses to ridiculous distances or curbing how far players can hit the ball. No, DeChambeau believes he will become obsolete when an athlete standing seven-foot tall and being able to hit the ball at 145mph arrives into the pro game Hewas speaking Tuesday ahead of the reigning US Open champion making his fifth ...

Ten years after playing for an only time alongside Tiger Woods and Martin Laird’s confident he can command much of the Masters final round attention in the absence of the five-time Masters winner A decade on, Laird found himself totally blanked by host TV network CBS in playing the final round alongside the then 14-time Major winning Woods. The Scot was competing in his first Masters after having qualified by winning the Shriners Hospital Open six months earlier whereas Woods was teeing-up in 17th major ...

Three rounds in the company of Tiger Woods has Shane Lowry clearly excited heading into this week’s Masters. Lowry is teeing-up in a sixth Masters since making his debut in 2015 and coming off a best finish last November’s rescheduled major at Augusta National. To his enormous surprise Lowry found himself grouped with the five-time Masters winning Woods and reigning US Amateur champ Andy Ogletree for the opening two rounds. Lowry then played alongside Ogletree and Ian Poulter on day three and ...

The trio of Europen Ryder Cup winning captains trio of Colin Montgomerie, Paul McGinley and Thomas Bjorn have led the tributes to the passing of legendary Scottish-born golf journalist Jock MacVicar. Jock passed away on Saturday (April 3rd) following a fall earlier in the week in his Glasgow residence.  He had been conveyed to hospital and seemed to have not sustained any major injuries and was in good spirits when visited on Friday but his condition worsened later that night and he died on Saturday. Jock ...

Defending Masters champion, Dustin Johnson has revealed his Champions dinner menu for next Tuesday night. The dinner is the annual get-together of former Masters champions however not all green jacket winners will be present with Tiger Woods naturally laid-up and recovering from his recent car accident. As well, Jackie Burke Jnr and winner of the 1958 Masters, and also now aged 98, has not been for some time. One addition will be Welshman Ian Woonsam, and winner of the 1991 Masters, who indicated ...

Golf legend Curtis Strange has again stepped into Rory McIlroy’s corner backing the Irish star just six days to the Masters. Strange, and a winner of two US Opens, played in 20 Masters with a best finish of joint runner-up in 1985 to Bernhard Langer. Now as an analyst for ESPN, Strange is one of the more astute observers working for the US TV networks. Eight years ago and a week out from the Masters, Strange spoke-up for McIlroy when he was been criticised by Nick Faldo and Johnnie Miller for overhauling ...

Former champion Martin Laird tees-up in this week’s Valero Texas Open knowing there will not be the rush or stress of eight years ago in heading to the Masters. It’s been eight years since Laird last competed at Augusta National but the overwhelming joy of winning in San Antonio was somewhat spoilt five days later in missing the Masters cut and, in a small way, attributed to a frantic Sunday night post his win in the Lone Star State. In 2013, Laird came from four shots off the lead heading into ...