Golf, by TourMiss

Ireland’s hope of a first-ever home born Ryder Cup captain have been boosted with confirmation Darren Clarke is a candidate for the 2014 Gleneagles captaincy. It could mean Clarke will now go up against hot favourite Paul McGinley to replace ‘Miracle at Medinah’ team captain Jose Maria Olazabal. In what would be a first in the 87-year history of the Ryder Cup, the 40th staging of the biannual event could see an Irishman led Europe out into competition on the PGA Centenary course in central ...

Despite the early arrival time into Antalya is was a smooth four hour flight from Edinburgh to Turkey. Some 34 media representatives boarded the Turkish Airlines flight and that meant three seats to ourselves. We arrrived at 3am and by the time we paid for a visa and then collected the suitcases it was close to 4am.  We board a mini-bus to the magnifcient Gloria Resort Hotel and managed to fall into bed around 5am. However it wasn’t to 1pm when I managed to get myself out of bed.  After a ...

Branden Grace is set to upstage some of the greatest names in European golf after moving four shots clear of the field on day three of the Alfred Dunhill Links Championship in Scotland. Grace, 24 posted a third round 69 at Carnoustie for a 20-under par tally and maintain his stranglehold on the $US5m event. The South African won three European Tour events earlier this year and if the Peretoria-born Grace were to win a fourth he would become a younger winner of four events, let alone four in a single ...

It was rare but stunning sunrise today over the east coast of Scotland and the Crail Golfing Society. It was also day three of the Alfred Dunhill Links Championship and given the late tee times for many of the $US 5m tournament’s leading stars what better way to spend the early morning than a game of golf. Euan McLean’s a very good friend and also Chief Golf correspondent for Scotland’s leading newspapers – the Daily Record and Sunday Mail.  So I organised for Euan and ...

Shane Lowry will head to the PGA Tour Qualifying School later this month in Florida at the expense of possibly forfeiting a place in the season-ending Dubai Tour Championship. It will mean the 2009 Irish Open winner passing up the riches in the last event of the Race to Dubai for a priceless PGA Tour card. Lowry has just two events, this week’s Alfred Dunhill Links Championship and next week’s Portugal Masters, before teeing up in the First Stage of qualifying from October 24th to 27th on ...

‘Amazing’ Branden Grace has 2010 British Open winner, Louis Oosthuizen and his former caddy, Zach Rasego to thank for extending his lead to five shots at the Old Course on day two of the Alfred Dunhill Links Championship. Grace, 24 teed-up on the famed Home of Golf, and where Oosthuizen won golf’s oldest Major two years ago, a day after having shot a sizzling opening score of 60 a day earlier at nearby Kingsbarns.   The Pretoria-born Grace birdied four holes in succession mid-round ...

Olympic swimming legend Michael Phelps sank a monster 51-yard putt for a net hole-in-one, during the second round of the Alfred Dunhill Links Championship in Scotland. Phelps, whose normal handicap is 24 but has been readjusted for the event to 16, drove the front edge of the green at the par four, sixth hole or the 15th hole of his round at Kingsbarns before holing his lengthy downhill second shot putt. The fact Phelps had a stroke on the hole meant signing for a ‘one’ on his scorecard. “That ...