Golf, by TourMiss

Shane Lowry is excited to do battle early next month at Ballyliffin. Lowry will join a strong Irish contingent teeing-up in the Dubai Duty Free Irish Open to be staged from July 5-8. The Offlay golfer will always be remembered for his stunning 2009 Irish Open triumph when he won at Baltray as a then amateur. The win meant forfeiting a cool Euro 1/2m first prize cheque but then the popular Irishman has more than made ammends in his now nine-year pro career. Indeed, in his now 202 European Tour counting ...

TPC Potomac, Maryland … Tiger Woods confirmed the putter he used to win all but one of his 14 Majors will not be travelling with him to Carnoustie for next month’s 147th Open Championship. Woods and his Scotty Cameron putter have been virtually inseparable for nearly two decades. But the marriage is over, well for the time being. After trying a number of TaylorMade putters in the lead-up to this week’s Quicken Loans National, Woods teed-up with one of the company’s ‘Ardmore 3’ mallet-type ...

TPC Potomac, Maryland … ​​ Growing-up it was Tiger Woods’ father Earl who proved instrumental in teaching his son to play golf while it was his mother, Kultida who stressed the importance of a good, solid school education. With the fondations set in place by his father, Woods won 14 Major Championships, a total of 79 PGA Tour sanctioned events and a golf bag full of other victories around the golfing globe. And it was the encouragment of his mother to work hard at school that Woods ...

TPC Potomac, Maryland … Tiger Woods confirmed he will contest just one further event in his goal to qualify for the final WGC – Bridgestone Invitational in early August. Woods has won the Akron, Ohio event an amazing eight times and it was the scene also in 2013 of what was his 79th and last PGA Tour counting victory. The current World No. 82nd ranked player is hosting this week’s $US 7.1m Quicken Loans National near Washington DC and the July 19th commencing Open Championship at Carnoustie. And ...

Justin Thomas was not born or would have never heard of the multi-Academy award winning movie – ‘An American in Paris’ – starring Gene Kelly. It burst onto the screen way, way before Thomas’ time but then the World No. 2 will be very much the focus of most cameras when he tees-up in this week’s ANA French Open. Thomas is the first of the big screen golf stars to make his way over coming weeks to the Le National course and host last this year to the Ryder Cup. USA ...

TPC Potomac, Potomac, Maryland … Tiger Woods has taken delivery of 15 new putters as he looks  for a winning edge heading into next month’s Open Championship at Carnoustie. Woods is returning to competition in hosting this week’s Quicken Loans National on the outskirts of Washington DC and also after crashing out of playing all four days at the U.S. Open. He played a nine-hole practice round Tuesday on the TPC Potomac course with a TaylorMade ‘Ardmore 3’ putter and abandoning the ...

TPC River Highlands, CT …. Double Masters winning Bubb Watson has not only captured a third Travelers Championship but he is the first three-time winner this year on the PGA Tour. Watson posted a blistering last day 63, that included a brilliant chip-in for birdie at the 10th hole, to win by three shots at 17-under par on the TPC River Higlands course in Cromwell, Connecticut. Indeed, the Florida golfer collected eight birdies including completing his last 10 holes in six-under par. “It’s ...