Scot Richie Ramsay Draws On His Fondness For Irish Golf

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 ...

G Mac Rewarded By A Decision To Swap Putters Ahead Of Day Two DDF Irish Open

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 Smiling On Scot Grant Forrest At Mount Juliet

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 ...

McIlroy Reveals He Leaves Family In U.S. Due To Stricker Covid-19 Restrictions In Europe

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 ...

Marc Warren Snaps Miserable Five Month Injury Plagued Run In Munich

Marc Warren’s ended an injury-plagued run of outs to be assured of only a second pay cheque this season in making the halfway cut at the BMW International Open in Munich. Warren, 40, posted scores of 68 and 71 to move to five-under par on the rain-softened Munich Golf Club course in the Bavarian capital. Ireland’s Niall Kearney brilliantly took to the overtaking lane to muscle his way to a two-shot lead by a four-under par 68 to his sizzling opening 65 to be atop of the board at 11-under par. Five ...

Power Again Knocking Loudly, This Time At The Travelers

Seamus Power is again knocking loudly on a hopeful maiden PGA Tour victory door in adding a solid second round 67 to his opening 66 at the Travelers Championship in Cromwell, Connecticut. Power’s second day’s effort included four birdies and none more important than to birdie his closing two holes on the TPC River Highlands course. The effort, and on the back of a sizzling four-under par 66 on day one, handed Power a seven under par tally ahead of the weekend rounds of the $US 7.4m event. Double ...

Koepka Identifies How His Spat With DeChambeau Began – More Than Two Years Ago

It’s getting a bit like a travelling circus.  The circus pulls into a new town and while it’s a brand new audience, it’s still the same ole show. Point at hand is the latest chapter in the Bryson DeChambeau and Brooks Koepka unfolding this week at TPC River Highlands in Cromwell, Connecticut and venue for the Travelers Championship. Though there is a slight twist to the PGA Tour’s off-course ‘we’ll just brush it under the mat’ sideshow with Koepka identifying how ...