Golf, by TourMiss

Gullane, Scotland … Scotland’s Connor Syme was in sizzling form grabbing 10 birdies in setting a new ‘Championship’ course record with an eight-under par 62 on day two of the Aberdeen Standard Investments Scottish Open at Gullane. The Drumoig golfer’s effort, and two days after his birthday, was easily his lowest European Tour career round and clipped one shot of the mark of nine under par 63 set by the duo of Dane Thorbjorn Olesen and Dutchman Joost Luiten in the 2015 ...

Gullane, Scotland … It was very much a case of two contrasting nines for Masters champion, Patrick Reed on day one of the Aberdeen Standard Investments Scottish Open. Reed pared the first but then cut a swath through the field with five birdies in succession from the second hole on the Gullane composite course. And while Reed birdied the ninth he played his back nine in one-over taking a bogey on 16 for his eventual five-under par 65 that handed the visiting American a share of seventh place ...

Gullanc, Scotland … Former Open Champion Darren Clarke is hopeful of one last Tour high this next fortnight before making his senior’s debut later next month in remote Washington State. After contesting last week’s DDF Irish Open at Ballyliffin, Clarke tees-up in today’s (THUR) commencing Scottish Open and then next week’s 147th Open Championship at Carnoustie. The Open, and with Clarke being handed the famed Claret Jug in 2011 at Royal St. George’s, will be his last European Tour ...

The PGA Tour has re-released its full schedule for the 2018-19 season, and with notable additions to golf on the world’s more-lucrative stage. The biggest change, of course, is the PGA Championshiip to be held in May and thus seeing the Open Championship, and golf’s oldest major become the fourth Major of this season though this is something we have known for some time. What is noteworthy is that the schedule will be shorter and this iss despite commencing in October later ...

New Dubai Duty Free Irish Open winner Russell Knox has worked out why he’s played so well in Ireland. Knox was runner-up to Rory McIlroy in the 2016 Irish Open at the K. Club and today holed two stunning birdie putts, the first on the 72nd hole and the second from nearly the same spot as the one to end regulation play, to win the premier Irish event. And the key to Knox’s victory – Guinness “Must be the Guinness I guess,” he joked, when asked why he has done so well ...

After one of worst apple core throws ever Russell Knox was chuffed to bits when he hurled his winning Irish Open golf ball deep into the stands surrounding Ballyliffin’s 18th green. Knox had just missed a caddy holding the flagstick on Friday with his ‘reverse shank’ and his sad effort to hurl the apple core into the rough. But not such chance after planting a kiss on the stunnin play-off winning golf ball before hurling it into the crowd. “I went for a sandwich snack the last ...

Rory McIlroy admits it’s been an ‘open-opener’ but he hands over the host reins to Paul McGinley of the 2019 Dubai Duty Free Irish Open rightly proud of elevating the event to unprecedented stature. McIlroy began hosting the event in 2015 and in these four years Ireland’s premier golfing event now possesses a positivity the envy of golfing tour’s around the globe. And all thanks to McIlroy, his own Rory Foundation and the commitment and foresight of sponsors, Dubai Duty Free. Of ...