Golf, by TourMiss

Shane Lowry superbly birdied his closing two holes to muscle his way into the weekend rounds of the U.S. Open at Winged Foot. Lowry posted a gutsy level par 70 to remain at five-over par and head to the clubhouse then sharing 84th place and then right on the halfway cut line. Moments later, and just as fellow Irishman Rory McIlroy teed-off, Lowry found himself up into a share of 78th and with the cut-off mark six-over eventually being confirmed just after 7pm local US time. And while the Clara golfer ...

James Sugrue returns home to Mallow still undecided when he will turn professional in posting rounds of 78 and 79 for a 17-over par tally at the U.S. Open at Winged Foot. Sugrue, 23 failed to record a birdie on day one but then grabbed three of day two including landing a 141-yard second shot into just four-feet and then rolled in the birdie ‘3’ putt at his final hole. Unfortunately, it was an eventful outward nine of two birdies, at the seventh and ninth holes, but also included a pair of bogeys ...

Connor Syme proudly heads home from Winged Foot a little battered and bruised but already eagerly looking forward to many more U.S. Open appearances in his career. Syme was headed south to New York City and a return flight to the UK after posting a pair of five-over par 75s for a 10-over par total and falling shy by some three shots in playing all four rounds in a maiden US major. The 25-year Drumoig golfer ended Thursday’s opener at five-over par with still a hole to play when USGA officials called ...

Graeme McDowell found himself introduced on the first tee as the 2010 U.S. Open winner but then 14 years on it proved a real roller-coaster return to Winged Foot for the Irishman in posting a six-over par 76. McDowell, and among some 15 to have teed-up in the 2006 U.S. Open, produced a round that was five shots more than his 71 on day one of the 14-years ago at Winged Foot. He was virtually playing catch-up in doubling the fourth hole and while he got back to one-over at the turn, McDowell then dropped ...

Rory McIlroy muscled his way straight into contention with a 67 but again it was a round that could have ‘been’ on day one of the U.S. Open at Winged Foot. McIlroy was in the opulent clubhouse at lunch two shots behind fellow PGA champion, Justin Thomas who grabbed six birdies in a five-under par 65 in the cool morning and benign conditions on New York’s Long Island. Patrick Reed, and with only a second hole-in-one in his career, posted a 66 to be in second place at four-under par. McIlroy’s ...

Robert MacIntyre had the joy of raising $10,500 for his former university in hurricane hit Louisiana but it was the damage of a four-over par 74 that really hurt the Scot on day one of his first U.S.Open at Winged Foot. MacIntyre managed three $US 3,500 apiece birdies for McNeese University but it was the sting of five bogeys and an early round double-bogey that dented the Oban golfer’s Long Island showing. There was no splitting MacIntyre and fellow Scot and former amateur playing partner Sandy ...

One of the first things I did after Geoff Ogilvy captured the 2006 U.S. Open was to sprint down to the Winged Foot merchandise tent and purchase a handfull of commemorative 18th hole flags. In the weeks following, Geoff very kindly signed the flags and in returning home to Australia later that year I presented three of them to good friends, handed one to the local professional at Bathurst Golf Club and I still have two in my possession. Seven years later, I felt so proud in getting to shake Adam ...