Golf, by TourMiss

Russell Knox is struggling not only with the pressure of a ‘home game’ but a far from user-friendly putter through three rounds of the Players Championship. Knox and his wife Andrea live at just five minutes from the TPC Sawgrass course at Jacksonville Beach and it’s meant a big following of friends and supporters have been out each day with the Scot. But despite superb birdies on two of his three closing holes in a round of 72 to remain at two-under par Knox walked from the course frustrated ...

Struggling Tiger Woods failed to get his tee shot past the TPC Sawgrass Ladies tee during his third round of the Players Championship. Woods hit a tree down the right side of the par five second hole and with his ball cannoning back towards the tee and officially travelling just 105-yards. Indeed Woods ball was short of the Ladies tee from when Woods took the first of two double bogeys  on route to a round of a three over par 75. And in yet another unwanted first for the 14-time Major winner it ...

Grame McDowell was delighted to be playing all four rounds despite falling to two over par after three holes but then regrouping to complete his closing 11 holes in four under par in a round of 70 for a one under par tally. “This is the ultimate risk-reward golf course and you keep it out of the water for the four days and you’ve got a great shot at winning this golf tournament,” he said. “It keeps you on edge for all 18 holes and if you miss greens in the wrong place it just makes you look ...

Stephen Gallacher was proud of his effort over the two days capping his second round with a 16th hole eagle in shooting a two under par 70 and a similar 36-hole tally at the Players. “Two under is a decent score as I’ve played good these two days and despite three-putting the 18th o my ninth, it could have easily been a lot better,” he said. “There’s really only been the one hiccup over the two rounds at that was taking double at 17 yesterday and really I got caught out by a wind change ...

Big-hitting Dustin Johnson has not yet ruled out contesting the Dubai Duty Free Irish Open later his month at Royal County Down. Johnson was a member of the 2007 winning USA Walker Cup team on the course laid out in the shadow of the Mourne Mountains. And after seeing a 63-yard wedge lip-out for eagle at the last in a second straight round of 72 the big-hitting American confirmed he is still in dialogue with McIlroy and joining winning Walker Cup team-mate Rickie Fowler. “I’m still not sure ...

Tiger Woods left a volunteer with a deep bruise on his leg as he sets his sights on a third Players Championship success. Woods again had his caddy working over-time and calling distances from parts of the course not on the yardage book in posting a one under par 71 to move to back to even par for the $US 10m event at TPC Sawgrass. Woods hit the middle-aged volunteer with a wild drive down the right side of the 11th hole or the second of his round but in the process of hitting the volunteer it stopped ...

World No. 1 Rory McIlroy admitted his was ‘bored’ despite muscling his way toward a rare back-to-back Stateside west and east coast victory toast. McIlroy posted a second round 71 to move to four under par and only four shots behind the leading American duo of Kevin Na (69) and Jerry Kelly (TBC ) who head the $US 10m event by two The four-time Major winning McIlroy was seemingly stuck in first gear for much of his round before three birdies in a four-hole stretch from the ninth hole of the TPC ...