Monty Issues Blunt Warning to U.S. Based Europeans – Play The PGA Tour At Risk Of Not Playing Ryder Cup
Victorious Ryder Cup Captain Colin Montgomerie has issued a blunt warning to those U.S. Tour based Europeans declaring they run a huge risk of missing out on competing in next year’s Ryder Cup team.
The 2012 Ryder Cup qualifying process begins next week but Monty says the likes of Ian Poulter, Paul Casey, Justin Rose, struggling Padraig Harrington and even Scotland’s Martin Laird could be hard pressed to qualify for Jose Maria Olazabal’s Medinah side.
Twelve months ago Monty found himself ...
Despite Heightened Groundswell, McGinley Continues to Downplay 2014 Ryder Cup Captaincy
It seems that everyone but the person himself has Paul McGinley earmarked for the 2014 European Ryder Cup team captaincy.
McGinley’s reappointment earlier this week as GB & I Vivendi Seve Trophy captain only seems to add further weight to the Irishman taking over from Jose Maria Olazabal when the Ryder Cup returns to Europe and the Gleneagles course in three years time.
Colin Montgomerie, who led last year’s victorious European side at Celtic Manor, has again endorsed McGinley to take ...
Rory McIlroy Losing Out To Wozniacki In Popularity Stakes.
Rory McIlroy is losing out in the popularity stakes when it comes to new girlfriend, Caroline Wozniacki.
McIlroy rushed to Wozniacki’s side straight after finishing well down the field in the PGA Championship at Atlanta.
He was seen courtside as the World No. 1 ranked Wozniacki practiced ahead of last week’s Western and Southern Open in Cincinnati, and McIlroy’s expected to be back in the States this week to cheer her on in Connecticut.
The Danish tennis ace is defending her New Haven ...
Kazakhstan – One Of The World’s Newest Nations Getting To Grips With The Ancient Game.
It’s just two decades since Kazakhstan broke from the Soviet Union to form an independent state.
Kazakhstan lies where Europe meets Asia.
Bernie McGuire reported on the Kazakhstan Open a few years back and he recounts his experience for www.golfbytourmiss.com in travelling to one of the newest countries in the world to grasp the ancient club and ball game.
While the origins of the game of golf still remain uncertain there’s no doubting when golf game was first played in Kazakhstan ...
The Els Club, Dubai – Something Else!
It seemed so appropriate Ernie Els’ first signature design golf course in Dubai should be laid-out within Dubai Sports City.
Els is mad about his cricket and he’s mad about his rugby.
And as Bernie McGuire reveals for www.golfbytourmiss.com the nearly four years old Els Club golf course is right at home in the sports mad sprawling Emirate.
Triple Major winning Ernie Els could not have chosen a more appropriate location to design his first golf course in Dubai.
The Els Club course is ...
Stephen Gallacher – Keeping It All In The Family
For Scottish golfer Stephen Gallacher it’s about keeping it all in the family after being selected to represent Scotland in this year’s World Cup.
Gallacher will team with Colorado-based Martin Laird as Scotland’s representatives in the event starting on November 24th at Hainan Island in China.
Laird as the highest world-ranked Scot and under the World Cup guidelines he has the choice of who will be his partner and he’s chosen Gallacher, who has played in the World Cup once before in 2005 ...
Musselburgh Links – A Simple Looking Nine-Holer Bulging With Muscle
Lying just a short distance to the east of Edinburgh is Musselburgh Links Golf Club.
It’s a rather simple looking nine-hole golf course laid out in the middle of a horserace track.
But as www.golfbytourmiss.com’s Bernie McGuire reveals here is a golf course that is furlongs ahead of the likes of St. Andrews, Muirfield and other golf gems when it comes to history and achievement.
There is no golf club in the world that can boast a record of achievement as this simple looking nine-hole ...
