Golf, by TourMiss

There is a strong contingent of 11 Scots teeing-up this week in the second stage of DP World Tour qualifying each with one aim – win one of the 25 spots at the end of next week’s Final Qualifying onto the main tour in 2023 David Drysdale heads the tartan brigade and teeing-up at the Desert Springs course and one of four Spanish venues that is hosing the second stage. The Borders golfer and his wife and caddy, Vicky got their first look at the course this morning and with Vicky commenting ...

  New Asia/Pacific Amateur champion Harrison Crowe may have some explaining to do next time he’s at the Home of Golf. The reason is a video that is now going viral of the Aussie golfer hitting a shot on the footpath in front of the famed Dunvegan Hotel, over houses, and onto the first tee area of the even more famous Old Course. It’s not the first time this highly illegal golf shot has been taken with double Open winning Ernie Els also believed to have played the same shot, using a 4-iron ...

Seamus Power admitted it wasn’t pretty but as they say ‘there’s no camera on the scorecard’ but then he was ‘over the moon’ in surviving a final round war of attrition to capture the Butterfield Bermuda Championship. Power fended off the challenge of American rookie Ben Griffin and then dealt with own demons to post a closing day 70 to be a one-shot winner on the severely windswept Royal Port course. Victory is the Waterford golfer’s second Tour success in 15 months ...

Scot David Drysdale was headed to Spain’s and this week’s second stage of the DP World Tour Q-School buoyed by his best finish all season, despite the disappointment of losing full 2023 Tour playing rights. Drysdale went into the final round of the Portugal Masters sharing eighth place and needing to finish second on his own to retain his Tour card for what would be a 15th straight season. ‘Double D’ and contesting his 574th Tour event, signed for a closing 68 for a 15-under par tally for ...

Aussie Cam Smith will get to defend his Open Championship title alongside each of his LIV Golf stars, if they qualify, as they will be allowed to tee-up at Royal Liverpool at next July’s 151st Open. That is the assurance of R&A CEO Martin Slumbers. Back in July, Slumbers said they had no plans to ban LIV players saying: “Let me be clear. That is not on our agenda.” Fast forward three months and the message from the Home of Golf based ruling body remains the same said Slumbers in an article ...

David Drysdale enters the final round of his ‘Last Chance Saloon’ hopeful of it being victory drinks all round at the close of the Portugal Masters. Drysdale kept alive hopes of retaining his DP World Tour card posting a super bogey-free third round 65 to move into a share of eighth place at 14-under and while trailing eight shots from the lead. England’s Jordan Smith remains the man to catch despite taking a bogey at the last in a blistering round of 62 to head the field by two shots at 22-under-par. Drysdale ...

Ireland’s affable Seamus Power, sporting what he hopes will be lucky Emerald Isle green coloured shoelaces, was not deterred by the wet and miserable conditions to remain very much in contention heading to the weekend rounds of the Butterfield Bermuda Championship. Power added a second straight six-under 66 and escaped the rain by heading to the comfort of the Port Royal clubhouse then sharing fourth place at 12-under-par and only two shots from the lead as the afternoon half of the draw headed ...