Golf, by TourMiss

St. Andrews, Scotland … Paul McGinley rolled back the years posting a ‘magical and mystical’ 66 for his lowest Old Course score and a best round in five years on day one of the Senior Open championship at St. Andrews. McGinley, 51 grabbed eight birdies and dropped just one shot to be among two others, Canadian Stephen Ames sharing third place and just one shot off the lead in the $US 2m Home of Golf event. American Kirk Triplett  and Thailand’s Thaworn Wiratchant head the over-50s ...

St. Andrews, Scotland … Some two months out from the Ryder Cup and Paul McGinley reckons European Ryder Cup Captain Thomas Bjorn should be rubbing his hands with glee. Francesco Molinari’s victory in The Open not only broke an American stranglehold on the Majors, and dating back to last year’s U.S. Open, but has given Bjorn three Major Champions in his top eight qualifiers. “This is the best list of leading qualifiers I have seen in my lifetime of playing on the European Tour,” said ...

St. Andrews,  Scotland … Eight-time Major winning Tom Watson will tee-up this week in the Senior Open Championship and in what will more than likely be a last opportunity to win at St. Andrews. The Senior Open is being played for a first time on the famed Old Course at the Home of Golf and where Watson has contested the (British) Open Championship on seven occasions. Watson, and now aged 68, made his Open Championship debut in winning the 1975 championship at Carnoustie before his emotional ...

Crail, Scotland …. Double Major winning John Daly has warmed-up for this week’s first Senior Open Championship at St. Andrews playing bare feet on the closeby Balcomie Links at Crail. Daly recently underwent surgery on his injured right knee and despite missing both the U.S. Senior Open and last week’s Open Championship at Carnoustie, Daly has declared himself fit to take his place in Thursday’s start to the Senior Open. In fact, the 52-year old Daly’s surgery involved taking bone ...

Carnoustie, Scotland …  Scotland’s Russell Knox wasted little time getting to his one of his playing partners on the opening day of the 147th Open Championship. Knox had played his second shot into the opening green when he found his way walking towards the green with the 14-time Tiger Woods. It would not be the first time over the course of the next near five hours the duo were seen in conversation. And after posting a two-over par 73 Knox was asked if he felt in awe playing alongside ...

Gullane, Scotland …. Graeme McDowell delighted in sorting out a putting glitch and take ‘Route 66’ on the second day of the Aberdeen Standard Investment Scottish Open at Gullane. McDowell recorded just 26 putts to move just inside the top-40 with a five-under par tally and be trailing eight shots behind England’s Robert Rock (63) who heads the field on 13-under par. Defending Gullane champion, Rickie Fowler posted the same score as McDowell to be well-placed at 10-under. McDowell spent ...

Gullane, Scotland … Five-time Major winning Phil Mickelson will head to Carnoustie Saturday morning after missing the cut in the Aberdeen Standard Investment Scottish Open at Gullane. Mickelson, and a back-to-back Scottish and Open Champion in 2013, was never in the mix over the two rounds posting scores of 70 and 69 for a one-under par tally. Even with an eagle ‘3’ at the second, Mickelson missed the cut by two shots. “I have some work to do on my game, I didn’t play great,” ...