Golf, by TourMiss

Pacific Palisades, California … For a second year running, Rory McIlroy finds himself grouped with Tiger Woods for the opening two rounds of the 2019 Genesis Open at Pacific Palisades in suburban L. A. It will the eighth occasion Woods and McIlroy will tee-up alongside each other in a PGA Tour event. In those now 13 rounds Woods has posted a better head-to-head score in six rounds while McIlroy has finished in front in the last five including scores of 71 and 69 a year ago to Woods who posted ...

Tiger Woods hailed the success of the inaugural Celebrity Cup that took place Monday afternoon over nine-holes of the Riviera Country Club course and venue for Thursday’s starting Genesis Open. Woods and long-time good friend, Fred Couples acted as non-playing captains of a five-person team of celebrities. Among the stars was Hollywood superstar, Mark Wahberg, fellow actor Chris Pratt, NFL greats Reggie Bush, Jerry Rice and Larry Fitzgerald who each played on Woods team, along with TV game ...

Pebble Beach, California … It shapening-up as hopefully a classic tale of the ole No. 272 bus! Paul Casey waited some nine-years for a second PGA Tour success when he denied Tiger Woods last March to capture the Valspar Championship at the Innisbrook Resort near Tampa in Florida. Now less than a year later and the affable Englishman has brilliantly put himself in position to lift a third PGA Tour trophy after posting a third round 67 on the Spyglass Hills course and one of three host venues ...

Pebble Beach, California…. Top-ranked Scot Russell Knox brought all but one of the four Pebble Beach par-5s to its knees on day three of the AT & T Pebble Beach Pro-Am Knox snatched four-birdies, three of them of the par-5s at this year’s US Open host venue, in a bogey-free round of 68 for a nine-under tally and endthe day brilliantly sharing seventh place in the rain-affected £Stg  5.87m event. Knox trails six strokes adrift of England’s Paul Casey who added a 67 to Friday’s ...

Spyglass Hill GC …….. Phil Mickelson continued to set-up a possible 50th pro career victory moving into a share of the lead through two rounds of the storm-affected AT & T Pebble Beach Pro-Am. The 48-year old added a four-under par 68 at the Spyglass Hills course, and one of three host venues, to his opening 65 at Monterey Peninsula to move to 10-under par. Mickelson shares the lead in the $US 7.6m event with fellow Americans Lucas Glover (66), Scott Langley (69) and England’s Paul Casey ...

Monterey Peninsula GC, California … Phil Mickelson set-up a possible 50th pro career victory with a blistering 65 on day one of the AT & T Pebble Beach Pro-Am. The 48-year didn’t miss a fairway in managing seven birdies on the Monterey Peninsula course and again, one of three courses hosting the event. Mickelson, and a four-time winner of the event, ended the round sharing third place at six-under par and just a shot back of the leading duo of fellow Americans Scott Langley and Brian ...

Pebble Beach, California …. Graeme McDowell, and with his left wrist still strapped, was just delighted to be back competing after a six-week injury absence than agonise over bogeying his final hole on day one of the AT & T Pebble Beach Pro-Am. McDowell was lying at five-under par in his very first event since contesting last December’s QBE Shootout in playing the final hole at the Pebble Beach course. All the way around this famed course laid out along the Pacific Ocean McDowell was reminded ...