Golf, by TourMiss

Padraig Harrington’s enthusiasm to jump straight onto the Champions Tour when he turns 50 at the end of August looks certain to be delayed till after the Ryder Cup. While advising rival USA Ryder Cup captain, Steve Stricker ‘he is going to play right away in September’ that may not be possible even with Harrington becoming eligible on Tuesday 31st August, 2021. It means Harrington could tee-up on Thursday 2nd September but there is no Champions Tour nor Legends Tour event that ...

Scot Calum Hill finds himself well in contention for a first Tour victory thanks to a bizarre set of player withdrawal and caddying circumstances at this week’s weather-affected Saudi International. Hill, 26, had just played four holes of his second round early on day two when heavy showers resulted in a two-hour delay to play and with the Crook of Devon golfer eventually adding a two-under 70 to his opening 65. Kiwi Ryan Fox is the clubhouse leader with a pair of 65s while Scot Stephen Gallacher ...

Rory McIlroy found himself facing a rules scenario for a second week but with no hint of infraction whatsoever on the opening day of the Waste Management Phoenix Open. McIlroy rebounded superbly from a horror start when he was three-over after just two holes to eventually sign for a one-under par 70 on the TPC Scottsdale course. The World No. 6 started double-bogey and bogey to slump to three-over after just two holes before getting himself back into the red with five birdies and heading to lunch just ...

Scotland’s Stephen Gallacher brilliantly produced the lowest round of his 28-year year career with an eight under par 62 on the opening day of the third edition of the Saudi International. The effort is the now 46-year old’s lowest score in 1,823 rounds  over 584 European Tour events since a then 20-year old made his Tour debut at the 1993 Scottish Open. Gallacher had previously posted a handful of 63s, including an opening 63 on route to victory in the 2013 Omega Dubai Desert Classic, ...

Rory McIlroy has turned on golf’s ruling bodies declaring their focus pro golfers at the highest level is a total waste of money and they should be focussing to develop grassroots levels of the ancient club-and-ball game, In one of his most outspoken comments since turning professional over 13-years ago, McIlroy has called on the St. Andrews-based R & A and sister body, the USGA, to better turn their attention on other matters within golf and not seem to be so determined in wishing to penalise ...

Shane Lowry is strongly opposed to renewed calls for curbing driver length & golf ball distances declaring golf’s ruling bodies are simply listening to the voice of one player – Bryson DeChambeau. Both the USGA & R & A that jointly administered golf have formally advised leading manufacturers they have to early March to express their formal views again in a move that could see a special ‘local’ rule introduced that would ban any driver over 46-inches and curb golf ball ...

For the very close observers of the game your eyebrows may have been raised in reading Davis Love 111 had been appointed the next USA Presidents Cup Captain. Love 111 replaces Tiger Woods who led the Americans to victory in late 2019 at Royal Melbourne in Australia. The appointment of Love 111 seemed strange as he’s a winning USA Ryder Cup captain, and what the PGA Tour has done is seemingly take a backward step in appointing Love 111 when, and for all intents and purposes, the 2022 USA Presidents ...