Golf, by TourMiss

It’s been 18 years but it clearly still irks Paul Lawrie recalling memories of Ian Poulter dancing about Rome Airport with the oversize victory cheque after the Scot virtually handed him the 2002 Italian Open title. Poulter captured a second Italian Open title in three years but only after Lawrie, who had birdied 17th to go one shot ahead, sent his final tee shot out-of-bounds and with Poulter, who had three-putted 17 for bogey, making birdie at the last to win by two in the Italian capital. Lawrie ...

After seven-weeks putting balls into a $US 5 coffee cup on a rug in his palatial abode, World No. 1 Rory McIlroy is finally back to sharpening his $US 122m golf earning career. It’s been two days short of seven weeks since McIlroy teed-up on March 12th and then brilliantly regrouping from an average first round defence of his Players Championship title at TPC Sawgrass to birdie his closing three holes but with the flagship Tour event being cancelled later that evening. The McIlroy house does ...

Ever since first meeting fellow Aussie Adam Scott at a European Tour event in north of England two decades ago this coming June, he has been always one of the nicest guys in golf. Adam is currently back home in Queensland with his young family and like of all us, simply looking to keep safe during this current COVID-19 crisis. However in a phone-a-friend moment, Adam reached out to a fellow golfer living over 1,000 klms away to the south, and someone who had always called Adam his golfing buddy but ...

Russell Knox has called for a ‘fair and just’ process in team selection should the 2020 Ryder Cup go ahead. The staging of the 43rd Ryder Cup continues to be a hot topic of discussion in a COVID-19 pandemic disrupted season and despite the biennial event still five months away. Rival captains Padraig Harrington and Steve Stricker are united in wishing for the Ryder Cup to be played in the last week of September, and if it means no spectators lining the shores of Lake Michigan. World ...

Golfers in the UK -England, Scotland and Wales – could get back to playing golf mid to late next month. England Golf is currently waiting for an official green light return with CEO Jeremy Tomlinson believed to have already arranged for a guidance pamphlet called ‘Play Safe, Stay Safe’ to be soon issued to all England golf clubs immediately the UK Government announces it is safe to reopen golf courses. If so, and what has been the practice in place in Australia for the past few ...

How good a deal is this for international/overseas and country members. The opportunity to attain life membership at Fortrose & Rosemarkie Golf Links just north of Inverness in Scotland. Club Secretary, Mike MacDonald has long been one of the smartest and more-attuned Secretary’s in Scottish Golf and at this time of golfing uncertanity what a super deal the club has placed before those living overseas or in case of a country member, living more than 50-miles from the James Braid designed ...

Wilson Tour stars around the world, including Major winners Padraig Harrington and Paul Lawrie, joined together over the weekend to post videos on social media platforms marking the arrival of their brand new Wilson Staff Tour Bag. Designed to give the players a standout look at the restart of this year’s Tour season, the new bag features the classic Red & White Wilson branding, matched with prominent black lettering on the side panels and the famous Wilson Staff crest. Three-time Major winner ...