Golf, by TourMiss

The memories of last week’s Volvo World Match-Play Championship at Thracian Cliffs will remain with us for a long time. As eventual champion, Graeme McDowell remarked at the prize presentation it was a bold move to take the prestigious event to the Black Sea shoreline. But a big congratulations to Volvo, IMG, the European Tour and the Bulgarian Golf Federation in organising such a wonderful event. The week began with a few days in the Bulgarian capital of Sofia and then a very warm welcome ...

Sir Alex Ferguson could be receiving Paul Lawrie’s tools of trade quicker than the former Manchester United manager thought. Ferguson is paying Lawrie £5,000 for the clubs he also used to play in last year’s Ryder Cup, and including the wedge he used at Medinah to chip-in at the fifth hole in his match against US rival Brandt Snedeker. And while the money is going into Lawrie’s Foundation, Ferguson could be taking delivery of the 14 clubs sooner rather than later following Lawrie’s three ...

Paul McGinley singled out fellow Irishman Shane Lowry for praise after Lowry led the Irish contingent with a round of 70 on the opening day of the BMW PGA Championship at Wentworth. Lowry’s score made sure he was the leading Irishman and with a round that was one shot fewer than the Ryder Cup captain who was playing alongside his Irish compatriot. And with the start of Ryder Cup qualifying just a few months away McGinley, while full of praise for the reigning Portugal Masters champ, was also ...

Scott Henry made a mockery of lowly 460th World Ranking to upstage his more fancied rivals on day one of the BMW PGA Championship at Wentworth. The 26-year old Clydebank golfer eagled the fourth on route to a four under par 68 on his ‘Burma Road’ debut. Henry was one of the last few players to qualify for the Tour’s flagship event and he had the Tartan flag flying high trailing just two shots behind South African James Kingston who led the weather-affected event on six under par. The Tour ...

Defending champion and former World No. 1 Luke Donald was left in the slow lane after slumping to a 78 on the opening day of the weather-affected BMW PGA Championship at Wentworth. Donald could manage just one birdie but also had five bogeys and a double bogey to end the day trailing a dozen shots adrift of South Africa’s James Kingston who posted a six under par 66. It is Donald’s poorest round at Wentworth since a 74 on the first day of the event in 2009. “It is disappointing to be this ...

The Sergio Garcia racism row took a bizarre twist today with European Tour CEO, George O’Grady now apologising for a racist remark when asked on SKY Sports TV his reaction to the affair involving Spain’s Sergio Garcia and the 14-time Major winning, Tiger Woods. A day earlier, both O’Grady and PGA Tour Commissioner, Tim Finchem accepted Garcia’s unreserved apology following his ‘fried chicken’ comment during last Tuesday night’s gala European Tour ‘Players Award’ dinner. However ...

While the days leading into this year’s flagship BMW PGA Championship have ranged already from Ryder Cup ‘wildcard’ picks, the ‘anchoring ban’, management break-ups and trans-Atlantic player spats, Belfast’s Michael Hoey awaits the joy of becoming a father. Hoey’s wife, Liz is expecting the couple’s first child in the third week of June and with Hoey revealing his wife will have the baby induced so that he will be ready to contest the following week’s June 27th commencing ...