Golf, by TourMiss

Scot George Murray got the short end of the straw when Spain’s Jorge Campillo won a new 6 Series BMW and Murray got another bottle of bubbly for aces on day two of the BMW Italian Open. Murray grabbed his second Tour hole-in-one when he sent a 196-yard 5-iron shot to the bottom of the cup on the par three, third hole at the Royal Park club. Less than an hour later the 26-year old Spaniard Jorge Campillo won the keys to a £90,000 BMW coupe. Murray, who missed the Turin cut with round of 70 for ...

The game of golf just seems so silky smooth for World No. 1 Rory McIlroy and that’s in stark contrast for Ryder Cup captain, Jose Maria Olazabal whose hands ae a mess of blisters and cuts as he strives to end a seven year winless drought. McIlroy’s won three of his last four events whereas Olazabal has tasted victory since winning the 2005 Majorca Classic on his own Pula designed course. Olazabal birdied his last holes in a two under par 70 on day one of the BMW Italian Open in Turin. Sweden’s ...

European Ryder Cup captain, Jose Maria Olazabal is hoping red hot World No. 1 Rory McIlroy hasn’t peaked too early. The FedEx Cup series has the week off before next week’s curtain-closing Tour Championship in Atlanta and with McIlroy already having parcelled up two of the three events. And while he’s also won three of his last four events since his Ocean Course winning cruise at Kiawah Island, Olazabal sounded a warning bell ahead of next fortnight’s Medinah showdown. “I just hope that ...

If Paul Lawrie needs any inspiration competing in this month’s Ryder Cup then he’ll have an abundance on a golf course designed by a fellow Aberdonian Tom Bendelow. Bendelow is credited with having designed some 600 courses in a 35-year span. However Bendelow’s lasting gems are the Atlanta Athletic Club, venue of Keegan Bradley’s 2011 PGA triumph, East Lake Golf Club also in Atlanta, and where the great Bobby Jones honed his game, and Medinah Country Club’s Course No. 3 where the Ryder ...

Colin Montgomerie is determined with three weeks to the Ryder Cup to stay out of the way of European Team captain, Jose Maria Olazabal. For starters, Olazabal’s hung out the ‘closed shop’ sign and is turning down any pre-Ryder Cup interviews as he focuses, firstly on winning this week’s BMW Italian Open, and then last minute Medinah incidentals. Only three players – Italy’s Francesco Molinari, Belgium’s Nicolas Colsaerts and Scotland’s Paul Lawrie – will join Olazabal on the September ...

Irish Open champ, Shane Lowry is set to join an exodus of playing heading to the PGA Tour School later this year. The Esker Hills star will travel to Orlando mid-October bunking down in Graeme McDowell’s palatial Florida abode ahead of the October 24th commencing First Stage of qualifying at the PGA National course at Port St. Lucie near West Palm Beach Gardens. The PGA Tour School will be last of its kind and with players then having to play at least a full season on the secondary Buy.com Tour ...

European rookie, Nicolas Colsaerts  will spend next week before the Ryder Cup looking for ‘good vibes’ at Finca Corstein and ‘chilling out’ working on his putting at Valderrrama. Last May, Colsaerts over-powered former U.S. Open champion and now European team-mate, Graeme McDowell to capture the Volvo World Match-Play title at Fince Corstein on the Costa del Sol course. Victory, after six top-10s earlier the year, ignited the Belgium’s hope of qualifying for the European Team. However ...