Golf, by TourMiss

As Darren Clarke finally looks to be finding his feet on the Champions Tour his signature Scotland golf course design project still awaits the first sod being turned. Clarke had been commissioned in 2010 to design a course near Wellbank located to the north of Dundee and around a 15-minute drive from Carnoustie The course is to be the jewel in a £70m, 5-star development project known at The Angus. But nine years on local businessman, Mike Forbes, and according to the Dundee Courier, has struggled ...

Frenchman Antoine Schwartz stormed his way to a stunning round of a 10-under par 62 in tough conditions at Dubai Hills Golf Club on Tuesday to open up a five-shot lead in the Troon Series – Dubai Open presented by Turkish Airlines after the first round. Despite playing in a steady afternoon wind, the 29-year-old Parisian went on a birdie binge and was an incredible 11-under par through his first 12 holes. That included nine birdies and an eagle from 30 feet on the par-5 11th hole. A late bogey ...

Top-Scot Russell Knox superbly sent a 250-yard second shot down the last to 14-feet and duly two-putted for birdie to boost hopes he plays all four rounds of the Honda Classic in Florida. Knox had bogeyed his closing two holes on day one in a round of one-under par 69 and then added in what was an overall disappointing second day two-over par 72 for a one-over par tally and right on the cut-off mark in the $US 6.8m event at PGA National. Prior to his 36th hole birdie, Knox had birdied his ...

While you may want to hold off backing Graeme McDowell to win this week’s Honda Classic, G Mac’s is odds on with regards the new PGA Tour casino sponsorship policy. McDowell posted a disappointing two-over par 72 on the first day of the event at PGA National to be well adrift of the leaders. Two days earlier, he joined fellow Tour members who were seated in front of Tour Commissioner, Jay Monihan to be advised of a decision to allow them to be sponsored by certain types of gambling companies ...

This year’s Masters is still two months away but it has not stopped an American punter wagering $10,000 on Tiger Woods to be fitted with a fifth Masters green jacket. The Las Vegas-based Westgate Las Vegas SuperBook Casino has accepted the 12/1 bet on Woods and if successful, that’s a whopping $120,000 pay day for the unnamed ‘regular’ resort guest. The casino tweeted the bet with Westgate SuperBook is the company’s single largest bet they have taken on a player ...

Rory McIlroy reckon he’s got a good reason for not playing the Irish Open but he has a totally bizarre excuse in not contesting this week’s Honda Classic. And it’s got nothing do with the fact McIlroy, who won the event in 2012 to go to World No. 1) has played poorly in recent years at PGA National in Palm Beach Gardens. What then would be the issue teeing-up less than a 10-minute drive from his palatial Bears Club abode and where he and wife, Erica get to spend the week of a ‘home’ event ...

R & A CEO Martin Slumbers has assured every effort will be made to help ensure the presence of double Open winning Greg Norman at the 150th Open Championship celebration in two years time at St. Andrews. The R & A is hoping to have on hand currently 34 living Open winning including Norman who captured the 1986 Open and the 1993 Open. Indeed, next year will also mark 27-years since the late, great Gene Sarazen handed Norman a second Claret Jug with victory at Royal St. George’s. This July ...