Golf, by TourMiss

Mention Indianapolis and you immediately entertain thoughts of the largest single day sporting event on the planet – the Indianapolis 500. Next year (2016) will mark the 100th anniversary running of the Indianapolis 500. However located within the famed oval circuit is four holes of one of America’s Top 100 Public Golf Courses – Brickyard Crossing Golf Club. The other 14 holes of this Pete Dye designed gem are laid out over the long back straight grandstand. We found our way to Indianapolis ...

Rory McIlroy heads to Shanghai and the second of the Race to Dubai Final Four series events ‘disappointed’ with his showing on the final day of the Turkish Airlines Open in Belek. McIlroy went into the last found inside the flight cockpit and just one shot from lead but ended his first appearance in the tournament back in economy class posting a score of 71 and a 16-under par tally. It left him trailing six shots behind Frenchman Victor Dubuisson who claimed a second Turkish Airlines ...

The Irish duo of Rory McIlroy and Graeme McDowell are poised to move into first class over the weekend rounds of the Turkish Airlines Open at Belek. McIlroy didn’t drop a shot for a second day running in back-to-back rounds of 67 for a 12-under par tally on the Montgomerie Maxx Royal course. McDowell, and like McIlroy is contesting the event for a first occasion, grabbed seven birdies in a bogey-free 65 to be sharing eighth place and a just a shot behind McIlroy. Micro flight loving South African ...

For a stretch on the inward nine at Kuala Lumpur Golf & Country Club (KLGCC), it seemed like Justin Thomas was destined not just for 59, but for 58. With back-to-back birdies on 14 and 15, Thomas found himself at 11-under for the day with three holes remaining. Yet his long birdie putt at the 16th didn’t fall, his mid-range putts on the final two holes scared the hole but didn’t drop, and he finished with a new course record of an 11-under 61. “I would say after I birdied 14, ...

Rory McIlroy hinted ‘poached eggs on toast’ could be a Masters Champions main meal should he win at Augusta National. McIlroy revealed his all-time culinary favourite after posting a five under par 67 on the opening day of the Turkish Airlines Open at Belek. The current World No. 3, and competing in the event for a first time, birdied his second hole ahead of posting seven straight pars but then completing his inward nine holes in four under par in ideal conditions on the Montgomerie course. It ...

Tiger Woods again showed his generous side in donating $26,000 at a charity auction for a unique pair of Nike shoes. Woods donation was part of $1m raised for the Doernbecher Children’s Hospital in Portland, Oregon and not far from the world headquarters of Nike. It made for a sum total of $13.8m that has been raised in special collaboration with the hospital and a team of Nike designers, and with the hospital patients paired with designers to design sneakers and some apparel. And one of the highlight ...

American Scott Piercy sizzled in the Malaysian heat to seize a three shot lead with an equal tournament record on day one of the CIMB Classic in Kuala Lumpur Piercy grabbed 10 birdies on the Kuala Lumpur Golf & Country Club course to finish well ahead of Japan’s Hideki Matsuyama, who had eight birdies and a bogey in his 65. Piercy’s 10-under score matched the tournament record set by Nick Watney, who had a 61 at the par-71 Mines Resort and Golf Club in 2012. Jason Gore was tied for ...