Golf, by TourMiss

No sooner had Lufthansa announced that ‘First Class’, ‘Senator Class’ and ‘Star Alliance Gold Card’ passengers could board Flight 418 from Frankfurt to Washington D.C. and a genuine Senator in John McCain appeared. McGain, who lost the U.S. Presidential race to Barak Obama, had been in Germany for a few days on business. He was escorted to the airport by German officials and took a window seat in Business Class accompanied by an assistant. The arrival of the Republican Senator ...

A smiling Robert Rock finally ended a near 10-year winless drought to capture the BMW Italian Open in Turin. Rock, 34 carded a final round 67 to win by a stroke with a 21-under par tally on the Royal Park course. The bearded Englishman now heads to Thursday’s starting U.S. Open in the best form possible with victory in his 209th Tour event. However Rock had put himself under pressure at the 17th when he carved his tee shot into trees right off the fairway but then in a manner that would ...

Martin Laird flew home to help his mum celebrate her 60th birthday and he’s flying back tonight (SUN) quietly confident in celebrating a U.S. Open success. Laird jetted into London on Friday with he and his fiancée renting a small cottage about an hour’s drive from Heathrow. The cottage is not far from the residences of his two sisters and their respective families, and his mum Anne and father travelled down from Scotland for the family get together. And Laird believes the timing of his mum’s ...

After forfeiting the opportunity to contest this week’s U.S. Open, Richie Ramsay is hoping to celebrate his birthday Wednesday with a late Congressional call-up. The Scottish golfer will  head from Sunday’s concluding BMW Italian Open in Turin to London and onto his Atlanta home when really he could easily have been jetting his way to Washington D.C. and this week’s U.S. Open. The Aberdonian has since got over the blunder of leaving Walton Heath last Monday week when instead he could ...

Italian motor officials will have a firm hold of the reins when golfing stallion Matteo Manassero receives the keys to his first motor tomorrow (SUN). Manassero turned 18 years old on April 19th earlier this year and just two days after capturing the Maybank Malaysian Open to take his European Tour earnings to well over Euro 1m. He’s also still living at home with his parents in Verona, doesn’t have a girlfriend and still has a full 12 months of high school study ahead of him next year. German ...

England’s Robert Rock has been on the European Tour for more than nine years. In that time he’s played 208 tournaments but without the sweet taste of success. Now after three rounds of the BMW Italian Open in Turin, Rock is again in position for a first Race to Dubai success.  The 34-year old Rock will take a two shot lead into the final round after carding a third day 68 and move to 16-under par in the rain-affected event on the Royal Park course. Rock has been second three times including ...

The golfing world next month will marvel at TV pictures of Castle Stuart and new venue for the Barclay’s Scottish Open. But for record crowds set to descend on the course their views around the acclaimed Gil Hanse designed course are going to be spoilt by the BBC. Despite much discussion, the BBC seem intent on erecting unsightly scaffolding towers slap bang behind many greens on the course located to the east of Inverness. While TV towers are essential, their placement directly behind a lot ...