Golf, by TourMiss

Dustin Johnson, and the golfer who grew-up just over an hour’s drive from Augusta National, produced a masterclass display to become the 84th Masters champion. It was not just a maiden Masters for the 37-year old Johnson but it was an historic victory.  Not only did the golfer affectionately known as ‘DJ’ become only the fourth player to win the Masters as the game’s No. 1 ranked but he won by five shots and in the process set a new 72-hole tournament record of 20-under par ...

In the many years I’ve been travelling the States since a first visit in late 1980/early 1981 I have enjoyed inspecting some of the most famous battleships and aircraft carriers in the world. This interest was first fostered in sight of the aircraft carrier USS Coral Sea moored in Sydney harbour in 1970 and then stepping aboard the USS Missouri (BB 63) when it visited Sydney in 1986 and also the aircraft carrier USS Midway (CVB-41) that sailed through Sydney Heads a year later. I inspected ...

Shane Lowry proudly muscled his way into the closing two rounds of the Masters admitting he had been inspired playing in the company of his golfing idol – Tiger Woods. Lowry fought back superbly from an opening round 74 to grab five birdies in second round 69 for an eventual one-under par tally and two strokes inside the level par cut mark. It was the first time Lowry and Woods had been grouped together in a major while it also is now only the second occasion in five Masters appearances Lowry ...

In clearly a shock revelation, Bryson DeChambeau disclosed he went for a COVID test after feeling weird and a little dizzy. The reigning U.S. Open winner backed-up a first round 70 with an ultra-adventurous second round 74 to be assured in playing all four rounds at Augusta National. DeChambeau’s second round was a mix of seven birdies, six bogeys and a third hole triple-bogey where he bizarrely lost a ball in just the first cut. However he took everyone by surprise with a simple ‘how do ...

Germany’s evergreen Bernhard Langer has rewritten Masters history in becoming the oldest player to make the cut at the Masters. At age 63 years, 2 months and 17 days Langer moved past American Tommy Aaron and with the 1973 Masters champion being aged 63 years, 1 month, 16 days old when he made the cut in the 2000 Masters. Langer made his Masters debut in 1982 and then three years later became the first German-born player to win a major and then 11-years later he posted a final round 70 to remarkably ...

Rory McIlroy brushed off a likely Friday the 13th horror show to brilliantly muscle his way back into contention at the rain-affected Masters at Augusta National. McIlroy first played the closing nine holes of his delayed first round signing for a horror 75 only and then emerged from a 30-min lunch break to sign for a sizzling and bogey-free six-under par 66. It sent McIlroy climbing his way from two shots outside the projected Augusta cut to fight his way to a then clubhouse share of 27th place ...

  It is an understatement to say that Rory McIlroy now has his work cut-off to be assured of playing all four rounds of the 2020 Masters. Eighteen hours and 45 minutes after teeing-off just after 3am on Thursday and McIlroy walked off the 18th green just prior to 10am with a disappointing three over par 75. His score was a highest opening round in a dozen Masters appearances and a shot more than his first round 74 in 2010. It left McIlroy trailing 10 shots behind the lead trio of Paul Casey, ...