Golf, by TourMiss

Naples, Florida … Spain’s Sergio Garcia, the reigning Masters Champion, has been named European Tour Golfer of the Year for 2017, receiving the prestigious annual award for the first time. Garcia enjoyed a phenomenal 12 months on the global stage, winning three times on the European Tour, including an emotional first Major Championship at Augusta National in April. The 37 year old defeated his Ryder Cup team-mate Justin Rose in a play-off to become the third Spaniard to claim the famous Green ...

As predicted, the return of Tiger Woods to competition last week in the Bahamas ranked very high when it comes to US TVs most-watched golf tournaments of 2017. More surprising was the Hero World Challenge was a limited field event featuring 18 players and not an official 2017/18 PG Tour counting event. Woods ended a 10-month absence to shoot rounds of 69, 68, 75 and 68 to finish with a very respectable share of ninth place and on a very tricky and very windy Bahamas golf course.   The US-based ...

Albany, Bahamas …. Rickie Fowler recorded eleven birdies, including seven in succession to commence his final round, on route to a new  course record along with a new career low score resulting in being handed the Hero World Challenge ‘Tiger’ trophy by tournament host, Tiger Woods. Fowler had ignited thoughts in shooting a sub-60 score with his opening birdie blitz on the final day on route to a total of 11 birdies in a sizzling 11-under par 61 and win by four shots on the Albany ...

Albany, Bahamas …. Tiger Woods confirmed he will return to normal competition in the New Year yet it remains uncertain if he will contest a full season. Woods gave every sign he can return to his 106-tournament winning career shooting a final round 68 for an eight-under par tally and a share of ninth place in the Hero World Challenge in the Bahamas. Woods capped his first four-rounder in 12 months with an eagle, six birdies before spoiling the gloss with a pair of closing bogeys. The result ...

Albany, Bahamas …. Tiger Woods traditional Sunday red shirt was near red-hot with the tournament host burning-up the course on day four of the Hero World Challenge. Woods bounced back from a disappointing third round 75 with a brilliantly outward nine-holes to be five-under for the day on the Albany course. He headed to the 10th sharing seventh place and while he doubled the 10th. Woods immediately bounced back just missing an eagle putt  on 11 but holing out for an easy birdie to get back ...

Cameron Smith has joined a host of Australian-born Major Champions in capturing the prestigious Australilan PGA Championship in Queensland. Smith held his nerve parring the second extra play-off hole with a par in the co-sanctioned Austalasian and European Tour event to deny countryman Jodan Zunic on the Royal Pines course on Queensland’s famed Golf Coast. Smith’s victory is the second straight by an Australian on the European Tour after Wade Ormsby also won a first European Tour title ...

Albany, Bahamas …. Justin Rose knows he will need all of his ‘home’ course advantage if the European No. 2 is to capture victory in the Hero World Challenge in the Bahamas. Rose resides on the exclusive Albany estate and produced a one-under par 71 in the warm but very windy conditions to end the round sharing second place with Open Champion, Jordan Spieth (72) at nine-under par. The duo trail five shots behind American Charley Hoffman who continues to lead adding a 70 and move to 14-under ...