Golf, by TourMiss

History beckons this weekend for either England’s Jimmy Mullen or Ireland’s Paul Dunne. Why? Because in the long history of the European Tour no one has captured a Tour title in their first event as a professional. This information was confirmed by the Tour’s ‘Mr. Stats’ Steve Doughty despite reporting he was in the process of moving house when www.golfbytourmiss.com phoned him late Friday. In fact, there’s been two players – England’s Tom Lewis and ...

Ireland’s Paul Dunne grabbed a narrow narrow points decision rematch over the famed Old Course but the rookie professional could still be facing  another career-defining occasion during Sunday’s final day of the Alfred Dunhill Links Championship in Scotland. Dunne, who carded a round of 70, heads to today’s (SAT) third round at Carnoustie sharing third place at 10-under par with three others, including 2014 Ryder Cup winning hero Jamie Donaldson, and just a ...

Scotland’s top-ranked Marc Warren bounced straight back from missing cut in last week’s Porsche European Open with a superb four under par 68 at Carnoustie on day one of the Afred Dunhill Links Championship here in Scotland Warren had looked a lone figure last week on the Bad Griesbach practice range but that time on the range paid dividends on a glorious ‘South of Spain’ like day in County Angus. The current World No. 56 posted a four under par 68 to be trailing just four ...

Paul Dunne is hoping history can repeat itself with the rookie pro looking to follow in the same footsteps of Rory McIlroy and secure his European Tour card at this week’s Alfred Dunhill Links Championship. Eight years ago a then 18–year old McIlroy stood at the back of 18th green on the Old Course watching Scotland’s Paul Lawrie putt for birdie on the final day of the Dunhill-sponsored event. “If Lawrie misses this putt that’s my Tour card,” said McIlroy at the time. Lawrie missed the putt and McIlroy’s third place finish, and also in a  second tournament as a pro, ...

If European Tour CEO Keith Pelley needed to quickly find his feet in a new role he did in delicate dealings with double European No. 1 Rory McIlroy and his management team. The 51-year old Canadian-born Pelley took over the reins of the European Tour in April from Irish-born George O’Grady. Earlier in his career Pelley was CEO of the Canadian Football League’s ‘Toronto Argonauts’, and with the team winning the championship title in his first year at the helm. In early 2014, Pelley and in his role as President of Rogers Media, negotiated a $5.32b deal with ...

European Ryder Cup captain Darren Clarke will gain pre-Hazeltine leadership experience when named Monday morning UK time by the European Tour as a rival captain in the 2016 EurAsia Cup. The second staging of the now biennial Eurasia Cup will take place in March next year and again in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. Clarke’s Asian rival will be good friend and fellow ISM client Jeev Milkha Singh, a four-time European Tour winner. The EurAsia Cup has now replaced the Seve ...

Everywhere we have driven this past week we have seen piles of various types of pumpkins placed beside the roadways. There was one beside the road at Bad Brimbach, and where we have been residing each week. Take a look at the pictures and no comments please on the snap of me and the painted face pumpkin.