Golf, by TourMiss

Here’s a golf ruling for you and it centered around Australia’s Brett Rumford during this week’s Johnnie Walker Championship at Gleneagles in Scotland. The double 2013 Race to Dubai winner played his tee shot down the par four, ninth hole but with the ball landing in the rough. However in looking for his ball a marshal stood on Rumford’s Titleist so under the Rules of Golf Rumford was allowed to drop the ball. But as the first drop landed outside the one club distance Rumford ...

Ireland’s Sunday Independent is reporting the split of Rory McIlroy and girlfriend Caroline Wozniacki. The newspaper does not directly quote the pair or any other individual suffice to say:  “The sad break-up has been described as “very difficult” for the couple, but in particular for Wozniacki who was besotted with the 24-year-old golfer”. In fact, The Sun reported on June 30th speculation the pair were on the verge of going their seperate ways. Further evidence ...

There’s no denying the subject of golf and marriage will long be the butt of many jokes. However for a first occasion in more than 25 years reporting on golf around the world I came across a scenario where golf and marriage are joined in harmony. Earlier this year (2013) Tour Miss and myself, along with neighbour, Mary Heal and very good friend, George Morris set out on a trip to the Scotland Western Isles of Lewis and Harris. However rather than be delayed in any traffic we made the decision ...

Greg Norman has taken another bite at Tiger Woods by again declaring what he said late last year and that is Woods will not break Jack Nicklaus’ record of 18 Major Championship triumphs. Norman was being interviewed on another of those boring American TV morning shows – CBS – This Morning – when the subject (yawn, yawn) of Woods breaking the Golden Bear’s record was raised. “I think the longer the time goes by with him not doing it, the harder it’s going ...

It’s official!  The gleaming Rodman Wanamaker Trophy holds 43 beers and a dog. That’s according to new PGA Champion Jason Dufner. If correct, and no one’s to doubt golf’s newest Major Champion, that’s more than the US Open and Claret Jug combined. The Rodman Wanamaker Trophy stands 27 inches tall and that’s seven-and-a-half inches higher than the Claret Jug. Ernie Els is known to have had the Claret Jug spilling over with beer after his first Open Championship ...

Argentina’s Ricardo Gonzalez will look to honour his late parents with a hopeful fifth Tour success after moving one shot clear of the field on day two in the he Johnnie Walker Championship at Gleneagles in Scotland. Gonzalez, 43 added a second straight seven-under par 65 to move to 14-under par on the PGA Centenary and 2014 Ryder Cup host course. The current World No. 352nd ranked Gonzalez, who has won four times on the Tour, birdied three of his opening seven holes and then finished in resounding ...

Monte da Quinta resort’s reputation for excellence has been underlined after being named as one of the best four-star hotels in Portugal by a leading global website for online hotel bookings. Monte da Quinta Suites was among a select group of hotels in Portugal to be rated as ‘superb’ by customer reviewers on Booking.com after receiving an average score of 9.2 out of 10 in 2012 for its facilities and service standards. The impressive mark confirms the four-star resort as one of the market leaders ...