Golf, by TourMiss

An injury-plagued Paul Casey has resigned himself to returning next year full time to the European Tour. Casey, 35 has been competing on both the PGA and European Tours full time since 2008 with success on both sides of the Atlantic. However the England golfer has been beset by injury in recent years firstly injuring his ribs at the end of 2009 while earlier this year he damaged his shoulder in a snowboarding mishap in Colorado. Casey’s two-year PGA Tour exemption also in capturing the 2009 Shell ...

Nicolas Colsaerts declared after being handed a ‘wildcard’ pick he’s living proof you can make the Ryder Cup team. Colsaerts comes from a rich sporting family but the first Belgian to compete in the Ryder Cup revealed he spent Sunday night nervously indulging in a ‘local sport’ before confirmation of his inclusion in the European team. He had been staying the week of the Johnnie Walker Championship with friends and spent some of his time after competition fishing. The 29-year ...

Of all the phone calls European Ryder Cup captain Jose Maria Olazabal made late on Sunday nigth the call to Padraig Harrington he says was by far the hardest. Harrington was handed the cruelest decision of his illustrious career in being overlooked as one of Olazabal’s wildcard picks. The triple Major winner’s run of six straight Ryder Cup appearances career ended just after noon yesterday within the palatial surrounds of the Gleneagles Hotel. Predictably, Olazabal selected England’s Ian ...

It is Ryder Cup judgement day Monday at high noon in the Gleneagles Hotel for Ireland’s Padraig Harrington. European Ryder Cup captain, Jose Maria Olazabal will use the surrounds of the hotel, described when it opened in 1924 as the ‘Riviera of the Highlands’, to announce his Medinah wildcard picks. Indeed the exclusive Scottish hotel has witnessed some historic meetings in its life including the 1977 Gleneagles Agreement that sought to ‘discourage’ contact and sports competition between ...

Paul Lawrie officially confirmed his return to the European Ryder Cup team in emphatic manner with victory in the Johnnie Walker Championship at Gleneagles. Lawrie’s win not only takes him inside the top-30 on the World Rankings but he becomes the first Scot ever to win three different European Tour events on home Scottish soil – 1999 Open Championship, 2001 Alfred Dunhill Links Championship and now a first Johnnie Walker Championship win. But of more importance Lawrie is returning to ...

Scotland’s Paul Lawrie has celebrated official confirmation of a return to the European Ryder Cup with a resounding four shot victory in the Johnnie Walker Championship at Gleneagles. The 43-year-old Lawrie shot a final-round 68 to finish with a 16-under 272 total for his second tour victory of the year and the eighth of his career on the PGA National Course at Gleneagles. Lawrie commenced the final round leading by a shot and at one stage late in his round moved five clear of his rivals. The ...

Mention the name Al Capone and it conjures up images of a notorious gangster from the time of the American Prohibition era who was involved with murder, bootlegging illegal liquor, smuggling and prostitution. However this machine gun tottling criminal legend, who many believe instigated the St. Valentine’s Day Massacre, was given shots in playing golf on the Old Course at St. Andrews, Turnberry and Muirfield. Capone’s exploits with the golf clubs are detailed in a new book released ...