Golf, by TourMiss

The former International tournament on the PGA Tour was unique in many ways. The tournament was on the schedule from 1986 to 2006 and unquie foremost as it was played under a ‘Modified Stableford’ points scoring system where an an Albatross was worth 8 points, an Eagle 5 points, a Birdie 2 points, a Par  point but then a Bogey minuse 2 points and Double-bogey or more minus 3 points. The event was founded by Jack Vickers who became very well-known and respected by the game’s leading ...

David Drysdale kept himself very much in frame to end a 508-tournament victory drought heading to the weekend rounds of the inaugural Aphrodite Hills Cyprus Open. Drysdale, 45 posted a second round four-under par 67 to move to 10-under par and be in a three-way share of the clubhouse lead when darkness halted play. Welshman Jamie Donaldson and England’s Marcus Armitage were tied atop of the board on 11-under par and with Donaldson, who holed the winning putt at the 2014 Gleneagles Ryder Cup, one ...

Less than a month before next year’s rescheduled hosting of the Ryder Cup and European Team captain, Padraig Harrington turns 50. As such, it will make him eligible to tee-up on the PGA Champions Tour and Europe’s Legends Tour. And after posting an opening score of 67 at the Bermuda Championship, Harrington confirmed he’s confirming he was keeping one eye of the Champions Tour efforts such as Phil Mickelson winning his opening two over-50s tournaments. “I do look at the scores and possibly ...

Padraig Harrington grabbed the honour of teeing-up first with both hands to post a four-under par 67 and be right in contention on the opening day of the Bermuda Championship. Harrington, competing also in his first PGA Tour since the first week in March, had raced to five-under par through 10 holes and while he bogeyed two of his next three holes, he bounced back with a penultimate hole birdie. It left Europe’s Ryder Cup captain trailing three shots behind American Peter Malnati, who signed for ...

Scotland’s David Drysdale superbly overcame what he described as ‘Elevated Tee Syndrome’ to post a six-under par 65 on the opening day of the inaugural Cyprus Open. Drysdale, 45 capped his round eagling the par-5 10th holes and managing five birdies on the Cabell Robinson designed course. Two of those birdies came from tee shots very high-up on the Meditterenan island including the par-3 third and par-5 seventh hole and where there is a 250-yard carry over a deep chasm to the fairway. And ...

For a first time in 231 years or nearly eight months Russell Knox and colleagues will tee-up in front of spectators at this week’s Bermuda Championship, It’s the first since the March 12th cancellation of the Players Championship, and where with Knox in the Florida field, that fans will be allowed into a PGA Tour event. And the interest has been so strong in the mid-Atlantic island nation for the $35 (£stg 27) a day tickets that the ‘House Full’ sign has gone up for the £stg 3.08m event ...

European Ryder Cup captain Padraig Harrington has been honoured on his return to Bermuda with teeing-up first in the Bermuda Championship. It’s been eight years since Harrington last competed on the Atlantic island nation in capturing the 2012 Grand Slam of Golf, a four-man event featuring the four annual major champions. Harrington had replaced then Open champ Ernie Els who was forced to withdraw and with Harrington taking home a cool $US 600,000. And despite some uncertainty in travelling long-haul ...