Golf, by TourMiss

Tiger Woods has been grouped with fellow Masters champion Angel Cabrera and current European and PGA Tour No. 1 Henrik Stenson for the opening two rounds of this week’s 143rd Open Championship. Woods will tee-up at 9.04am on Thursday. England’s David Howell will have the distinction of leading out golf’s oldest Major and teeing off at 6.25am in the company of former Open Champion David Duval and past European No. 1 Robert Karlsson.

Defending Open Champion Phil Mickelson arrived at Royal Liverpool this morning to hand back the famed Claret Jug to R & A CEO, Peter Dawson. Mickelson had been at the course earlier and boarded a Mercedes Benz courtesy car near 10am for the 50-yard drive to the front of the stately-looking Royal Liverpool clubhouse. And has Mickleson has done in recent weeks, he spoke to Dawson about the joy in being Open Champion and the pleasure he’s received in witnessing people’s reaction to ...

Justin Rose has put himself into favouritism for this week’s (British) after his convincing Scottish Open success at Royal Aberdeen. Rose was in a class all his own posting a final round six under par 65 to win by two shots with a 16-under par victory and capture his 15th victory worldwide. The Englishman, who will move to a career-high of No. 3 in the World with victory, also captured a rare PGA Tour and European Tour back-to-back victory double having won the Quicken Loans National in his last ...

Sweden’s Kristoffer Broberg made amends in missing out last month in Ireland by qualifying as the leading player following the close of the Aberdeen Asset Management Scottish Open. Broberg had been third at Fota Island but missed out on a Royal Liverpool tee time on the basis of having a lower World Ranking. However the Swede will now contest a first Major by finishing runner-up to Justin Rose in the Scottish Open. And England’s Tyrrell Hatton and Scotland’s Scot Jamieson secured ...

England’s Justin Rose will need to overcome what promises to be an overwhelming patriotic home crowd if he is to capture the Scottish Open at Royal Aberdeen. Rose will tee-up in the final round alongside Scotland’s Marc Warren after both players completed the third round tied at 10-under par. Rose, and the highest World Ranked player in the £STG 3m field at Number Six, grabbed six birdies including three in succession from the 10th hole, in a five under par 66. And Rose knows only too well the ...

Tiger Woods returned to the Royal Liverpool course today for a first time in eight years declaring he is ‘getting stronger and faster’. Woods played a dozen holes, the first to sixth holes and then the 13th through to the last. After his round he spoke with ESPNs and good colleague, Bob Harig about the state of his health and the Royal Liverpool course, and ahead of only his second tournament since last March and Woods much-publicized back surgery. “I’m not favouring anything,” ...

Kristoffer Broberg has to be the danger man heading to the final round of the Aberdeen Asset Management Scottish Open at Royal Aberdeen. The quietly-spoken Broberg has gone about his task of becoming the first Swede to lift the gleaming Scottish Open trophy in eight years very patiently and very methodically. In fact, Broberg bears a real likeness, in at least the long hair department, to countryman Johan Edfors who captured the 2006 Scottish Open along the shores of Loch Lomond. The Callaway supported ...