Golf, by TourMiss

Graeme McDowell went to sleep last night facing a 40-foot last hole birdie putt early this morning (FRD) in the storm-interrupted French Open in Versailles McDowell’s quest to join the exclusive club of ‘Triple Winning Tour Champions’ looked shaky early on when he was two over par after nine holes on the Le National course where he has reigned supreme the past two years. There had been a two-and-a-half storm warning delay just prior to 9am local time that meant McDowell, who teed off in the ...

Richie Ramsay’s mystery illness on the eve of the French Open was eased with confirmation of his appearance in next month’s PGA Championship Ramsay will now join fellow Scots Stephen Gallacher, Marc Warren and the U.S. Tour based Russell Knox in the August 13th commencing PGA Championship at Whistling Straits in Wisconsin. The Edinburgh-based Ramsay began feeling unwell around noon on Wednesday suffering from a stomach complaint and certainly not helped with temperatures nudging close to ...

It was purely by chance we were within the grounds of the Versailles Tennis Club enjoying a ‘sausage sizzle’ evening with the wonderful couple whose house we are renting this week. No sooner had we finished our meal and, as if it had been planned, a spectacular fireworks display began to light up the sky from the Palace of Versailles. The Palace is located no more than a decent driver shot from where we were seated and in making our way back to the house we were drawn, like so many others, ...

Double Major winning Martin Kaymer will warm up for next fortnight’s Open Championship playing a practice round at the famed Glasgow (Gailes) Golf club on the Scotland west coast. The course earlier this week hosted an Open qualifier and has long enjoyed a rich history in being a part of golf’s oldest major. Kaymer’s long-time caddie Craig ‘Wee Man’ Connelly lives in Glasgow and has arranged with the club for the German to play the course on Saturday 11th July. It means ...

Victor Dubuisson’s return to compete in France for a first time since last year’s Ryder Cup at Gleneagles has been greeted by yet another sorry bizarre example of childish behaviour. France’s leading world-ranking golfer is understood to have refused to attend any pre-French Open press conference in front of the French media and instead he hosted 22 local school children who were seated in the official interview room at the National course on the outskirts of Versailles. However a number ...

Irishman Paul McGinley arrived in France for this week’s Alstrom Open de France having played just nine holes with his son, Killian since missing the cut in the Irish Open. The French event is also only McGinley’s third this season after teeing-up earlier this year in the Maybank Malaysian Open. And while McGinley’s delighted to competing in the French capital he knows he will find the 2018 Ryder Cup host venue a tough assignment. “I haven’t played well here since they moved a lot ...

Graeme McDowell heads into the defence of his double French Open title looking to turn around an indifferent season in the first of six events he will contest in the next seven weeks. McDowell made the decision to commence his 2015 season in Dubai and his ninth place finish behind World No. 1 Rory McIroy remains easily his brightest result in 14 events this year. In fact, the current World No. 48 has struggled to generate any momentum as evident in missing the halfway cut in his past three events ...