Golf, by TourMiss

Back-to-back eagles on the same hole for two days running kept Richie Ramsay soaring near top of the board heading to the weekend rounds of the Volvo Scandinavian Mixed in Stockholm. Ramsay holed two monster putts totalling 100-feet, the first measuring 40-feet on day one of the $US 2m event, and then a 60-footer at the same par-5 15th hole in his second round of 66 for a super 10-under tally on the host Ullna course just to the north of the Swedish capital. England’s Dale Whitnell, signing ...

Justin Rose, like his RBC Canadian Open playing partner Rory McIlroy, stayed loyal through the tumultous past 12 months to the PGA Tou Of course, McIlroy had been more outspoken than his fellow European though did not downplay Rose’s determination, as now one of the more senior players, to the PGA Tour cause, and that being so evident when the 42-year-old captured this year’s AT & T Pebble Beach Pro-Am. You could have at a guess Rose may have been responding to LIV Golf’s Greg ...

Palmares Ocean Living & Golf has been hailed as one of Portugal’s best golf venues after its Praia and Lagos nine-hole loops were recognised in the recent Top 60 Courses in Portugal rankings. Originally designed by Frank Pennink before a redesign at the hands of Robert Trent Jones Jnr, Palmares’ three loops of nine holes have long been regarded among Portugal’s best, with its place in the Top 100 Golf Courses updated list of the ‘Top 60 Courses in Portugal’ showing just that. Its ...

In a 3,700 word Rory McIlroy pre-RBC Canadian Open transcript, and apart from two or three questions only about the tournament, there were 14 words that made for a most interesting golfing analogy. The words were from Jimmy Dunne, a PGA Tour board member and also the boss at the ultra-exclusive Seminole Golf Club that’s located just a short drive south along Florida highway 1A1 from McIlroy’s palatial abode. Dunne’s built a multi-million dollar career advising on some of the biggest ...

Rory McIlroy admitted he was “surprised” and also had “mixed emotions” but also declared there was not way he could welcome back those rebel LIV golfers, as that was not going to happen in addresseing the news that the bitter war between the PGA Tour DP World Tour against LIV Golf that has now ended. The four-time majors-winning put himself as the unofficial PGA Tour spokesperson seemingly on matters LIV Golf related, so much so, we heard more from McIlroy than PGA Tour chief Jay Monahan, ...

It seems it took the powers of female persuasion to bring together the mega billion dollar deal that yesterday resulted in the shock news of an immediate truce in men’s professional golf. The truce will see the PGA Tour and DP World Tour join forces with the Saudi-backed LIV Golf tour, and it seems it’s all down to Newcastle United board member Amanda Staveley. Of course, Newcastle is owned by the Saudi Arabia’s Public Investment Fund, who own and also fund the LIV breakaway, and ...

Victorious Ryder Cup captain Paul McGinley has labelled the shock news of the coming together of the warring PGA Tour, DP World Tour and LIV Golf as a colossal and seismic change in the make-up for the men’s professional game McGinley, like most in the game and including many of the top PGA Tour stars, were taken by complete surprise early afternoon Tuesday (Irish time) with news the PGA Tour and DP World Tour had signed an agreement with the Saudi-backed PIF Fund that backs LIV Golf to work ...