Golf, by TourMiss

In a rare joint statement all major golf organising bodies have released details of their rescheduled events. The statement was released by the PGA Tour on behalf of all bodies and stated: United by what may still be possible this year for the world of professional golf, and with a goal to serve all who love and play the game, Augusta National Golf Club, European Tour, LPGA, PGA of America, PGA TOUR, The R&A and USGA have issued the following joint statement: “This is a difficult and challenging ...

Open Championship winning hero Shane Lowry fears have been realised with confirmation his defence of the 149th Open Championship at Royal St. George’s will now not take place to 2021. This is following news the R & A, as organisers of golf’s oldest Major, have decided to cancel the hosting in July of golf’s oldest major. Lowry and his young family have been residing in Florida since the cancellation of last month’s Players Championship and the news was not unexpected The R ...

Victorious 2014 European Ryder Cup captain Paul McGinley is on the same page as 2020 Captain and fellow Irishman Padraig Harrington. Despite plenty of talk of moving the hosting of the 43rd Ryder Cup to 2021, McGinley believes all efforts, depending on the weakening of the COVID-19 fears, should be made to stage the event this year. “It’s too early to say, it all depends when the start date for golf is,” said McGinley to NCG magazine. “If there is any way of playing it in September or October ...

Seven Days in Augusta: Behind the Scenes at the Masters” (Triumph) was written by good friend and fellow Association of Golf Writers member, Mark Cannizzaro. The following, and with thanks to Mark and the New York Port who Marks works, is an excerpt, from the chapter The Green Jacket. It’s not the most fashionable garment you’ve ever seen. It’s not even worth that much money, believed to be valued at about $250. It’s just a green jacket. And who wears green jackets, anyway? Augusta National ...

Seven years ago this weekend, Scotland’s Martin Laird posted a final round, course-record equalling 63 and deny by two shots then World No. 2 Rory McIlroy in capturing the Valero Texas Open in San Antonio. In the company of a second Irishman in Padraig Harrington as his last day playing partner, Laird warmed to the windy conditions coming from four shots off the lead to be six-under par through just eight holes, six-under par after 12 holes before birdies at 16 and 17. A day earlier, Laird ...

Scotland’s Sandy Lyle in coming days should be arriving at Augusta for the 40th anniversary of his maiden Masters appearance. Instead, the double major winner is staying safe indoors in the north of Scotland with his wife and family. Though with each week passing in this Coronavirus uncertain world we see more and more tournaments either postponed or cancelled. Earlier this week, we learnt the PGA Tour’s RBC Canadian Open will not go ahead in Toronto as planned and is has now been confirmed ...

Shane Lowry’s definitely in no hurry insisting he’s prepared to wait to later this year or whenever to defend his Open Championship crown. The St. Andrews-based R & A, as organisers of golf’s oldest major, is under increasing pressure not only from sponsors and supporters but from golf’s major tours to make a decision if they intend to stick with the allocated July 16-19 host dates. Each time a tournament is postponed to later in 2020, it obviously reduces the number of weeks available. There’s ...