Golf, by TourMiss

World No. 1 Rory McIlroy has set his sights on ending his best-ever season on a high by finishing the year as European No. 1. Despite four weeks of competition in the States ahead of the Ryder Cup, McIlroy continues to lead the Race to Dubai despite now being under serious threat from ‘Amazing’ Branden Grace of South Africa. Grace captured his fourth European Tour win this year in leading from start-to-finish to capture the Alfred Dunhill Links Championship last Sunday at St. Andrews. Victory ...

World No 1 Rory McIlroy has played down any rivalry between he and 14-time Major winning Tiger Woods ahead of this week’s $US 5.2m Turkish Airlines World Golf Final in Belek. While Turkish Airlines is the latest sponsor to draw heavily on McIlroy versus Woods in promoting the event the 23-year old McIlroy does not see it that way.   “I’m looking forward to tackling Tiger as everyone knows he’s been a hero of my growing up,” said McIlroy. “To get to play alongside him these days ...

Tiger Woods confirmed he has apologised to the rookies on the USA Ryder Cup team for his indifferent showing in last month’s Ryder Cup. Woods badly disappointed in managing to secure a half-a-point in his seventh Ryder Cup appearance, and that was after conceding the final putt of the competition to Italy’s Francesco Molinari. It is understood from reports of the U.S. team rookie, Brandt Snedeker indicated Woods had spoken to Snedeker and fellow rookies Jason Dufner, Webb Simpson and Keegan Bradley. “Yes, ...

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 ...