Golf, by TourMiss

Tiger Woods was spotted working on his short-game during a clinic ahead of this week’s Nexus Cup at New Jersey’s Liberty National Golf Club. The 15-time major champion was seen chipping and putting, and for a first time wiht golf clubs in hand on a golf course since the bitter disappointment in being forced to withdraw after the third round of his year’s Masters. Soon after the Masters, the 47-year-old Woods underwent subtalar fusion surgery on his injured right leg. Woods has been ...

European Ryder Cup captain Luke Donald is wisely using this week’s BMW PGA Championship to help decide likely Ryder Cup pairings ahead of the next fortnight’s Ryder Cup showdown in Rome. And with all 12 members of the European Team teeing-up at DP World Tour HQ why wouldn’t he? The opening two rounds will see the following three-balls teeing-up on the famed West Course at Wentworth. Thursday – Round 1 8.40am 9.00am 12.40pm   12.50pm You can see by the four Wentworth ...

The USA Ryder Cup side have been visiting the Marco Simone course and venue later this month for the hosting of the 44th biennial competiton between Europe and the USA. All but three members – Patrick Cantlay, Jordan Spieth and Xander Schauffele – travelled to Rome to inspect the host course just north of the Italian capital. Spieth chose to remain home as his wife is expecting the ple’s second child and along with Schauffele and Cantlay who also had family matters that took ...

  Home favourite Rory McIlroy made the most of golf’s ‘moving day’ producing an equal best of the round 66 as he seeks not only a second Irish Open title but a third DP World Tour triumph this season. The World No. 2  snatched seven birdies, including at the last two holes, and with his only bogey at the par-5 where he found water with his second shot, and this a day after eagling the hole when he spun his second shot back into the cup McIlroy is in third place at 11-under. Germany’s ...

Immediate past captain Padraig Harrington has handed Robert MacIntyre a glowing confidence lift just weeks away from the Ryder Cup in Rome. MacIntyre, along with England’s Tommy Fleetwood, earned the final two automatic qualifying spots into Luke Donald’s European side and with MacIntyre a first Scot since Stevie Gallacher in 2014 to be pulling on the European team colours. Harrington, and a playing veteran of six European Teams, led Europe two years into battle along the shores of Lake Michigan ...

If Rory McIlroy’s revelation is correct golf’s oldest major could be heading to the Republic of Ireland for a first time in history. Portmarnock is located right on the front doorstep of Dublin and has been the venue for many R & A sponsored championships including the Walker Cup in 1991 and more-recently the Amateur Championship in 2021. Portmarnock played host in 1923 to the inaugural Irish Open and is set to host the championship, taking place this week at the K. Club, next year ...

There’s many who share Adrian Mernonk’s ‘shock, sadness and anger’ in being overlooked for the European Ryder Cup team. Meronk looked almost certain to earn a Luke Donald ‘wildcard’ pick had Sweden’s Ludvig Aberg not sensationally muscled his way to victory in last week’s Omega European Masters in Switzerland. The 23-year-0ld Aberg clearly forced Donald into selecting him and become the quickest player in European Ryder Cup history to earn a European ...