Golf, by TourMiss

Last year’s British Open champion, Darren Clarke has accepted invitations to compete in Hainan Island and also Australia later this year.# Clarke will join USA Ryder Cup player Matt Kuchar, double Major winning John Daly, Masters winner Ian Woosnam along with the world’s greatest-ever Olympian, Michael Phelps and football sensation Ronaldo competing in the Mission Hills World Celebrity Pro-Am from October 18th to 21st at Haikou on China’s Hainan Island. Also competing in the pro-celebrity ...

It has come to light the name of the Chicago officer who saved World No. 1 Rory McIlroy the huge embarrassment of being disqualified from the last day of the 39th Ryder Cup. While the European Team is being hailed around the world after pulling off one of the best-ever come-from-behind victories in the history of sport, it was Deputy Chief of Lombard Police Department, Pat Rollins who is also a hero of the final day. McIlroy had set his alarm to Eastern Time rather than Central Time and thanks to ...

Watching the ‘Miracle at Medinah’ has inspired Padraig Harrington to qualify automatically for the 2014 European Ryder Cup team. The triple Major winner had long been out in the cold and very much Europe’s forgotten man in the countdown to 2012 selection. However Harrington graciously accepted his plight but then on Sunday night he joined golf fans around the globe transfixed by TV coverage of a Jose Maria Olazabal inspired European Team comeback in Chicago. “It was phenomenal to watch and ...

Welshman Stephen Dodd set up a new Saadiyat Beach course record with a sizzling six-under-par 66 to surge into a two-shot lead after the first round in the Abu Dhabi Golf Citizen Open, and the second event on the 2012 MENA Golf Tour. The 46-year old triple European Tour winner posted eight birdies, offset only by bogeys at the eighth and 18th holes, on route a new low on the Gary Player designed course. “Everything fell in place today,” said Dodd. “I drove the ball well and ...

The victory celebrations were still in full swing and UK bookmakers William Hill installed Ireland’s Paul McGinley as favourite to replace Jose Maria Olazabal as 2014 European Team captain. McGinley has now been a part of five winning Ryder Cup teams, three as a player and now twice as a vice-captain.  The Dubliner also led GB & I to victory in back-to-back Seve Trophy teams. Indeed, McGinley has never tasted defeat in either the Ryder Cup or Seve Trophy. Hereunder is William Hill ...

The decision by 14-time Major winning Tiger Woods to concede the par putt of Italy’s Francesco Molinari has cost bookmakers a fortune. According to newspaper reports, bookmakers were all set to scoop the pools if the 39th Ryder Cup had of ended in a draw. However to the surprise of many, Woods duplicated the gesture of fellow American Jack Nicklaus at the 1969 Ryder Cup, in ‘giving’ Molinari the putt and with it victory to the Europeans It left bookmakers in complete shock after ...

Martin Kaymer brilliantly made amends for countryman Bernhard Langer’s 1991 Kiawah Island anguish in ensuring the Ryder Cup remained in European hands. Kaymer defeated American rival Jim Furyk on the final green at Medinah to give Europe the 14 points it needed to retain the gleaming gold trophy. Moments later 14-time Major winning Tiger Woods generously conceeded Francesco Molinari’s four-foot par putt on the 18th hole to then give Europe a one point victory – 14 1/2 to 13 1/2/. The ...