Golf, by TourMiss

If you wondered why ‘Supercaddy’ John ‘Ronnie’ Roberts has not been sighted much this new season the answer is simple. ‘Ronnie’ has been in attendance at every game of his beloved Bournemouth AFC team in their quest to win Premier Division promotion. And it was ‘mission accomplished’ tonight as Bournemouth clearly routed rivals Bolton Wanderers 3 nil to remain in second place on 87 points and three points clear of third place Middlesborough, and with ...

England’s Justin Rose overcame a formidable field and weathered nearly 10 hours of delays and suspensions since Thursday to capture the wet and wild Zurich Classic of New Orleans at TPC Louisiana. Rose played bogey-free golf over his last 66 holes, including 30 on Sunday, on route to a final round 66 and a tournament record of 266 (22-under), to secure his seventh victory on the PGA Tour. The Bahamas-based Rose birdied the closing two holes to become the third England-born player to win the ...

Wu Ashun became the first Chinese player to win a European Tour event on home soil as he held off a spirited challenge from England’s David Howell at the Volvo China Open. The 29 year old Wu, currently ranked 247th in the world,  shot a closing 71 that included eight pars in succession from the 11th hole at Tomson Shanghai Pudoing Golf Club to finish on nine under par for the week – one shot ahead of Howell, who missed an eight foot par putt on the last which would have forced a play-off. Wu, ...

It was an absolute stunning Scottish Spring day when the media had the great pleasure to tackle the famed Ailsa Course at Trump Turnberry. Here is a selection of photographs from the outing with again very special thanks to Michelle Mair and Tom Benbow from IMG for their tireless work in making the visit so rewarding and enjoyable.  

It such a sun-splashed day it could have been the south of France or the Costa del Sol in Spain. No, it was Trump Turnberry and mid-April with the Scotland west coast bathed in sunshine for the 2015 Ricoh Women’s British Open Media Day at Turnberry. The Irish Sea was like a mill pond as some of women’s greatest golfers arrived at Trump Turnberry ahead of the 2015 returning to the spectacular Ailsa Course for the first time since 2002, and taking place 30th July to 2nd August and competing ...

Here is a selection of photographs from the 2015 R & A Media Facilitation Day on the Old Course at St. Andrews. A special thank you to all at the R & A, particularly Lynn, Clare and Mary, for the great efforts in organizing all the media who had the opportunity to play this year’s Open Championship.  

Judicious Association of Golf Writers (AGW) correspondent Dick Turner has gone straight to the top of the 2015 ETIQUS Golfer of the Year title chase with his victory in today’s (MON) R & A Salver at St. Andrews. Dick, who has been a member of the AGW since 2009, posted 37 Stableford points over this year’s Open Championship venue and in the now annual R & A Media Facilitation Day. If fact, it was the Daily Record’s Craig ‘Swannie’ Swan who took out the leading ...