Golf, by TourMiss

European Ryder Cup captain Luke Donald has led by example to grab the early clubhouse lead early on day one of the PGA Championship at Quail Hollow. Donald celebrated his 17th PGA Championship in teeing-off first on route to posted a bogey-free four-under 67. “Obviously very pleased with the score, bogey-free in a major”, said Donald. “Someone just told me it was the lowest first round in a major I’ve had since 2004 or something. So you know, obviously I’ve been trending ...

Grand Slam winning Rory McIlroy has been confirmed to headline the Australian Open for the next two years, including when the leading Aussie event returns to famed Royal Melbourne later this year. McIlroy’s return to Australia comes off the back of his historic win at the 2025 Masters Tournament to complete the career grand slam, and with the World No.2 to return ‘Down Under’ for a first time since 2014. Thanks to the renewed partnership with the Victorian Government and Visit Victoria, ...

It surely has to be a first in the world of golf winners trophies – the Truist Championship ‘cricket bat’ trophy. US-based Austrian Sepp Straka is the now the proud maiden winner of the PGA Tour’s inaugural $20m tournament after denying Ireland’s Shane Lowry with victory at the Cricketer’s club in suburban Philedelphia. Straka’s win was a second this year and he now joins Rory McIlroy as the only repeat champion on this year’s 2025 PGA Tour schedule. Indeed ...

Ryan Fox is the toast of New Zealand golf after brilliantly shaking off what he described as a ‘monkey off my back’ in winning the PGAs ONE Flight Myrtle Beach Classic. Fox’s decision to move his family the US has paid a $US 720,000 winning bonus after posting a superb closing round of 66 to finish tied for the lead on 15-under and then deny Canadian MacKenzie Hughes and American Harry Higgs the title with super chip-in birdie at the first extra play-off hole on the Dunes Golf and ...

After so long in the golfing darkness, Chris Wood has finally attracted the DP World Tour limelight and thanks to those admistering the Turkish Airlines Open. If not for their generatous invitation, Wood would probably be back home in Bristol wondering where he will be competing next but now after a closing round 64 for a hard-earning top-10 finish (fingers crossed) in Antalya Wood could be headed to next fortnight’s Soudal Open at Anterp in Belgium. Wood’s effort of 64 was a his lowest ...

Aussie rules as Lucas Herbert sensationally eagled the closing hole for a second day running and storm to a five shot success in the US$2 million International Series Japan presented by Moutai. Herbert, 29, posted a final round 64 for a 20-under victory total on the host Caledonian Golf Club in Chiba, five ahead of his playing partners Yuta Sugiura and Younghan Song. Sugiura played solid golf and was bogey-free for the third time in four days, but his putter let him down in a round of 69. He was ...

It’s nearly six years since this journalist walked the final 18 holes of the 2019 Open Championship in the company of Shane Lowry’s proud father at Royal Portrush. Brendan Lowry is an Irish sporting legend in his own right but on this day he admitted to me he was a little shy to been seen inside the ropes following his son to victory in golf’s oldest major. I was working with the R & As media team and having met Brendan on a number of occasions, I encouraged him to forget any ...