Golf, by TourMiss

…. Fatiha Betscher, Tampa Bay, FL. Ryan Moore took the bite out of the ‘Snake Pit’, and the final three holes of the Copperhead course, and muscle his way to a one shot lead with a round to play in the Valspar Championship. Moore, 32 finished with four 3s that included birdies at 16 and the final hole in a round of a four under par 67 to move to nine under through 54-holes as he seeks to win for a second time on the 2014/15 wraparound schedule. And a check of Moore’s scorecard ...

……….Fatiha Betscher, Tampa Bay, FL. England’s Brian Davis painted the Valspar Championship course red in posting a six under par 65 as he looks to gloss over his 318th PGA Tour event victory bare patch. Davis finished birdie, birdie, bogey, bogey and 18th hole birdie to set up a one shot leas in the $US 5.9m event sponsored by leading paint manufacturer Valspar and being played on the Copperhead course Innisbrook Resort course at Tampa Bay. The 40 year  old Londoner has ...

Adam Scott has promised to be a ‘red hot putter’ by the time he arrives at Augusta National for the April 9th commencing Masters. But firstly Scott will take his Odyssey White Ice Core #7 putter on to this week’s Valspar Championship after a seemingly effortless transition from his broomstick winning 2013 Masters putter to a conventional length club. Scott, and competing in his first event of 2015, posted a final round 71 to share fourth place on fourth place with Sweden’s ...

Dustin Johnson tamed the Blue Monster to capture the WGC – Cadillac Championship and in just his fifth event back after a self-imposed exile from the game. Johnson, 30 came from five shots back at the start of the final round to win by a stroke with a round of 69 for a nine under par victory tally on the Trump Doral course in suburban Miami. Fellow American J B Holmes, who had shot a first round 62, posted a disappointing fourth round 75 for second place a eight under par. Johnson collected ...

World No. 1 Rory McIlroy’s club throwing incident during the second round of the WGC – Cadillac Championship rekindled memories of the late and fellow US Open champion Tommy Bolt. Bolt, who died in 2008, was affectionately known as ‘Terrible Tempered Tommy’ and given his hot temper that usually resulted in the American tossing clubs. Bolt won 15 tournaments on the PGA Tour from 1950 to 1965, playing against the likes of Ben Hogan and Sam Snead. After he turned 50, he won 12 ...

World No. 1 Rory McIlroy is staring at a fine after hurling a 4-iron into the water in digust on the second day of the WGC – Cadillac Championship at Trump Doral. McIlroy was playing his second shot at the par five eighth hole that found the water guarding the green. Then to the shock of all watching the four-time Major winner let fly with his state-of-the-art Nike Vapor iron, and worth around $140, into one of the many alligator-infested lakes on the ‘Blue Monster’ layout. McIlroy ...

A small plane piloted by Hollywood actor Harrison Ford has crash-landed at an L.A. golf course. The star of so many blockbuster movies was piloting a vintage 2-seater fighter plane when the plane suffered a malfunction and Penmar golf course in Venice, CA. Sources say the 72-year old Ford suffered multiple gashes to his head before being rushed to a nearby hospital. And reports say it’s not the first time the avid aviator has crashed but then it has to be the first time he’s touched ...