Golf, by TourMiss

Leona Maguire’s Solheim Cup heroics – in which she won four and a half points from a possible five in a standout performance that enabled Europe to win for only a second time in the United States – along with a very strong “rookie” season on the LPGA Tour has earned her the Professional Player of the Year award from the Irish Golf Writers’ Association. The 27-year-old Co Cavan player became the first Irish player to compete in the Solheim Cup and proved to be the backbone of Catriona ...

Pick a superlative – remarkable, incredible, or amazing. No matter what word you select the sight of Tiger Woods being in contention for victory in his first event since the events of last February was truly mind-blowing. There were the doubters who questioned whether Woods would be risking too much in teeing-up despite organizers allowing the use of motorized carts. But those who have followed Woods career closely know you can never doubt anything Woods does inside the competition ropes. Who would ...

…….. Fatiha Betscher  Pick a superlative – remarkable, incredible, or amazing. No matter what word you select the sight of Tiger Woods being in contention for victory in his first event since the events of last February was truly mind-blowing. There were the doubters who questioned whether Woods would be risking too much in teeing-up despite organizers allowing the use of motorized carts. But those who have followed Woods’s career closely know you can never doubt anything Woods ...

…. by Fatiha Betscher  Unheralded Jin Zhang hoped to make the cut but ended the week an Open Champion after a closing 71 (-1) saw him clinch the 27th Volvo China Open at Genzon Golf Club in Shenzhen. The 26-year-old China Tour pro held his nerve to clinch the biggest win of his career by one shot, despite a gritty but ultimately unsuccessful final day charge from 2016 winner Haotong Li. Needing a birdie on the 311-yard 18th to win, Zhang confidently drove the green and left himself with ...

……. Fatiha Betscher  The wait was finally over! Two days short of a year and 298 days since his near-fatal car crash and Tiger Woods stood on the first tee of an official tournament. Just a few minutes over five hours later, Woods and 12-year-old son Charlie, who had nearly chipped-in for eagle on 18, headed to the scorer’s hut with an impressive 10-under-par ‘better ball’ 62. BIRDIE FINISH for Charlie Woods after a super 18tth hole chip shot 👏💪 Team Woods @TigerWoods ...

.. by Fatiha Betscher  Jin Zhang will take a narrow one-shot lead into the final day of the 27th Volvo China Open after a third-round 66 took him to 7-under par at the Shenzhen Genzon Golf Club. The 26-year-old leads by one from overnight leader Yue Liu (6-under) with Guxin Chen in third just one shot adrift on 5-under. Winner of the 2016 Volvo China Open Haotong Li is also well within range in fourth place on four-under par with the final round of China’s National Open Golf Championship taking ...

…. Fatiha Betscher  Tiger Woods admitted he is still a long way to returning to full PGA Tour competition, he is not as powerful, is lacking the ball speed and the result of his body being a ‘bit banged-up’ ahead of contesting this weekend’s PNC Championship. Woods was speaking for only a second time in public and following Friday’s 18-hole pro-am on the Lakes Course at the Ritz Carlton resort in suburban Orlando. Unlike, his 40-minute sit-down recently ahead of the ...