Golf, by TourMiss

For those reporting on the ancient club-and-ball game the delightful side of Padraig Harrington thankfully has never changed. Even before he made his way into the pro ranks Harrington in his dealings with the writter media has simply talked and talked. While many of his peers offer just a few sentences in response to approaches from the media, Harrington’s replies are forever a long fireside chat like response. I recall a British Masters tournament many years back at The Belfry when Colin Montgomerie ...

Double winning European Ryder Cup captain Luke Donald is not only a member of four straight European Ryder Cup teams but ahead of turning pro in late 2001 he was also a double winning Walker Cup team member having been a part of the back-to-back 1999 side and the 2001 winning team. So it’s no surprise he was thrilled to pieces for Dean Robertson and his GB & I side creating golfing history last Sunday, coming from a record margin behind and capture the gleaming trophy with a birdie at the ...

We know US President Donald Trump is planning to fly to Ireland this weekend and visit his Trump Doonberg hotel and golf course complex. Trump is expected to travel from Dublin in a US Marine helicpoter, where he due to meet Irish Taoiseach (Prime Minister) Micheal Martin and President Catherine Connelly. Paul Gillmon, this year’s Amgen Irish Open Touranment Director, spoke today to reporters when asked about the possibility of a Trump visit saying:  “It’s a possibility that could ...

‘C’mon Bernadette.  You Can Play From The Ladies Tees’. It was Monday morning July 8th, 2002 when I joined a group of journalists attending the official opening of Doonbeg Golf Club. The night before we had been bused over from the K. Club soon after Swede Soren Hansen at the Fota Island course in Cork. Overnight accommodation had been arranged for two nights for the media ahead of teeing-up on the fabulous-looking latest edition to Irish golf and also being in attendance on the ...

For a remarkable second week in succession men’s golf will stay focussed in Ireland’s County Claire with the hosting of the Amgen Irish Open and being staged for a first occasion on the Trump International Golf Links & Hotel course along the Atlantic Ocean shoreline at Doonbeg. Doonbeg is located some 30 klms south of Lahinch and where on last Sunday afternoon the GB & I Walker Cup team brilliantly turned around likely defeat by securing a stunning one point victory over their ...

After the euphoria of Sunday’s brilliant GB & I Walker Cup triumph and Europe’s best women pro golfers are in Holland for this week’s 20th hosting of the Solheim Cup to be held 7–13 September at Bernardus Golf in North Brabant, Netherlands. The Solheim Cup is the pinnacle of pro women’s team golf and held a biennially between the top women professional golfers from Europe and the United States. It returned to even-numbered years in 2024 after the Ryder Cup returned ...

It may be eight years away but there’s strong support for Scotland’s much-admired Dumbarnie Links to play host to the 2034 Walker Cup. This news comes after the brilliant scenario that unfolded yesterday on the Lahinch host course with the Dean Robertson led GB & I side creating Walker Cup history in coming from a record margin behind to pull off one of the great moments in the 104-year history of the competition. This recent 54th hosting of the Walker Cup has returned to being hosted ...