Golf, by TourMiss

A day after Tiger Woods turned out in a predominately pink colored Nike shirt and new Open Champion Rory McIlroy looked to have worn the same designed shirt on route to shooting a 64 on day two of the WGC – Bridgestone Invitational in Akron, Ohio. Thanks to Eoin Clarke, and one of the Tour’s leading photographers, you be the judge if McIlroy was wearing the same designed Nike shirt as the eight-time Bridgestone Invitational winning Woods had on Thursday.  

The PGA Tour is under fire to show transparency and reveal the reasoning for Dustin Johnson’s decision to step down from competition for an indefinite period ensuring the troubled American will miss the Ryder Cup. The fallout from the controversy continued to overshadow the WGC – Bridgestone Invitational in Akron, Ohio and also embracing new British Open champion, Rory McIlroy. Moments after England’s Justin Rose set about trying to capture a third tour title in four events by going into the ...

According to the US website www.golf.com troubled American Dustin Johnson has been handed a six-month suspension by the PGA Tour after failing a third drugs test. Johnson shocked the golf world on Thursday saying he was taking an indefinite leave of absence from golf to deal with ‘personal challenges’. www.golfbytourmiss.com had reported two days earlier there was a ‘mystery’ surrounding Johnson’s absence from this week’s WGC – Bridgestone Invitational. Now ...

It was a great pleasure during the recent Scottish Open to revisit the stunning Cruden Bay Golf Club. I had first played the golf course in the late ’90s and a week after one of the former Dunhill Cup team encounters in St. Andrews. Even to this day I can still recall never ever being so cold on a golf course and also not being able to put my hands in my pockets as I was being pelted by pin head size hail. Some years ago I enjoyed the opportunity in arranging for good friends and journalist ...

Dustin Johnson’s withdrawal from this year’s USA Ryder Cup team has shocked his potential fellow Gleneagles team members while namesake Zach Johnson says it ‘sucks’ he will not be competing in Scotland. Dustin Johnson’s management company first issued a statement saying Johnson was taking an ‘indefinite leave of absence’ from the game and with the PGA of America then indicating Johnson’s management team had advised them their client was also withdrawing ...

Triple Major winning Rory McIlroy shrugged off any Hoylake hangover despite posting a penultimate double bogey on the opening day of the WGC – Bridgestone Invitational in Akron, Ohio. McIlroy was two under par playing his 17th hole when he thinned a greenside bunker shot and then took a further three shots to get down ahead of rebounding in superb manner with a three foot birdie at his last. McIlroy’s one under par 69 left him trailing four shots behind the leading duo of South African Charl ...

The PGA of America has now issued a statement indicating Dustin Johnson has officially withdrawn from next week’s PGA Championship and the 2014 Ryder Cup. The news comes soon after Johnson’s management company released a statement saying Johnson was taking an indefinite leave of absence. David Winkle, the Hambric Sports agent who managers Johnson’s business affairs, then contacted the PGA of America advising his client’s absence included next week’s PGA Championship ...