Golf, by TourMiss

The Scottish duo of Richie Ramsay and Grant Forrest are going to need all the luck of the Irish if they’re to secure a place into next week’s Open Championship. Ramsay grabbed a vital birdie ‘4’ at the 17th in a round of 70 while Forrest walked off with a gut-wrenching closing hole double-bogey ‘6’ in his round of 73 and drop back into a tie with Ramsay in sharing seventh place on 10-under par. Forrest was tied in third place coming down the last but found water off the tee and then ...

Grant Forrest was soaring into a share of second with a late round eagle on day two of the Dubai Duty Free Irish Open at Mt. Juliet near Kilkenny. Forrest, 28, brilliantly eagled the 14th and then birdied the 17th in a day two five-under par 67 to move into a share for second at 11-under par with England’s Andy Sullivan (66). Aussie Lucas Herbert continues to lead the way around the Jack Nicklaus-designed parkland layout adding a 67 to his opening 64 to move two clear of the field on 13-under ...

Aussie Lucas Herbert continues to set the pace heading into the weekend rounds of the Dubai Duty Free Irish Open at Mount Juliet near Kilkenny. Twenty-six years after then World No. 1 Greg Norman competed in the 1995 Irish Open at Mount Juliet and the Bendigo-born Herbert added a second round five-under par 67 to his blistering opening 64 to move two clear of his nearest rivals at 13-under par. Herbert, 25, and winner on Australia Day last year of the Omega Dubai Desert Classic, has superbly compiled ...

Richie Ramsay is determined his fondness for Irish golf can now help secure a place into next fortnight’s Open Championship heading into the closing two rounds of the Dubai Duty Free Irish Open. Ramsay added a second round 69 to his opening 67 and move to eight-under par with two rounds to play on the parkland Mount Juliet course near Kilkenny. It left the Scot trailing just five shots behind Aussie Lucas Herbert, who added a 67 to his opening 64 and move to 13-under par and two clear of the field ...

A decision by tournament host Graeme McDowell to change putters for day two has guaranteed himself a weekend inside the ropes with a fighting bogey-free 67 on day two of the Dubai Duty Free Irish Open. McDowell was staring at the likelihood of the weekend off in posting an opening score of a two-over par 74 on the Mount Juliet host course. His first day’s play included two birdies but double the number of bogeys before turning that effort on its tail with a super second round display to move to ...

Irish eyes were smiling on Scot Grant Forrest who produced a lowest starting round in some seven months on day one of the Dubai Duty Free Irish Open. Forrest, 28, grabbed seven birdies in a six-under par 66 on the Mount Juliet course on the outskirts of Kilkenny. The Craigielaw golfer’s effort was just two shots shy of the leading first day round from Aussie Lucas Herbert who birdied his closing three holes in a sizzling eight-under par 64. American Johannes Veerman, and with a very late round ...

It’s been previously reported by GolfByTourMiss  rumours abound there could be boycott by some American-born golfers in withdrawing from next fortnight’s Open Championship due to far stricter entry conditions into European tournaments. Rory McIlroy knows just how strict those conditions are in revealing the reasons why his wife and young daughter did not travel with him to this week’s Dubai Duty Free Irish Open. McIlroy jetted into Dublin Airport at 5am local time Tuesday in readiness ...