Golf, by TourMiss

Rory McIlroy may have finished well outside the top-20 at the close of the Genesis Invitational but once again he’s way out front when it comes to ‘off the tee’ PGA Tour stats. Little wonder McIlroy admitted his game was close after posting a no-frills final round of 70 for a five-under par tally on the host Riviera course. It left him trailing a whopping 12 shots behind Japan’s Hideki Matsuyama who cut a swath through the field on day four, birdieing his opening three holes ...

Tiger Woods has spoken following his shock withdrawal from the Genesis Invitational indicating he was “resting and feeling better” a day after we learned it was a bout of flu that sidelined the Riviera tournament host. This is good news that it was nothing super serious that dramatically forced Woods from the course and clearly now continues to all go well for his to return to Augusta National early in April. Though the sight of Woods being driven from the course after hitting his tee ...

None of us can ever recall Tiger Woods producing a shank but then this is what the 15-time major champion admits could be the scenario as he strives this year to keep to a ‘one tournament a month’ playing schedule. Woods spoiled a decent first PGA Tour counting round since withdrawing ahead of last April’s third round at the Masters in shanking his 8-iron shot into the final green on day of the Genesis Invitational on the host Riviera course in suburban Santa Monica. His second ...

Canadian-born Scot Dean Robertson will be looking next year as the new GB & I Walker Cup to end what will be a 24-year USA home soil Waker Cup winning advantage. ‘Deano’, as he has long been affectionately known, has been rewarded for his post pro playing career work by being named the fourth straight Scot to captain GB & I at next year’s 50th Walker Cup at Cypress Point in California. ‘Deano’ also is the 17th Scot to take on the captaincy role. The now 53-year-old kick-started ...

The major of Scottsdale, Arizona has called for drastic change following the hosting of last week’s Wasted Management Phoenix Open. The 92nd anniversary of the PGA Tour event known affectionately as ‘The People’s Open’. experienced some of the worst behaviour seen for some times at the event eventually won in a play-off by Canadian Nick Taylor. The rain and the weather-related disruptions did little to quell the enormous drunkenness we witnessed at last week’s golf tournament. Local ...

For a second time in four months Scott Jamieson produced a CB Qatar Masters season-changing showing in Doha. Jamieson superbly muscled his way from five shots back, posting a best-of-the-week 65 to brilliantly grab the clubhouse lead before eventually sharing third place at 12-under par on the Doha Golf Club course. It was some 45 minutes before Jamieson’s 12-under tally was matched and a further 15 minutes before the in-form Rikya Hoshino birdied 16 to move one clear ahead of Japan golfer also ...

Ewen Ferguson is primed to make it two wins in three years heading to the final round of the CB Qatar Masters in Doha. Ferguson, 27, shares fourth place at nine-under after he produced the equal lowest round of the three days, a bogey-free six-under 66 that included his six birdies in a mid-round eight-hole run. The trio of Japan’s Rikuya Hoshino (69), Frenchman Ugo Coussaud (67) and in-form Dane Rasmus Hojgaard (67) share the lead on 10-under. Ferguson, who broke through in 2022 at Qatar for ...