Golf, by TourMiss

This time next week Paul McGinley will face one of the biggest challenges of his Ryder Cup captaincy and that’s having to say ‘No’ to some of Europe’s top players, and possibly Scot Stephen Gallacher. Gallacher’s currently lying 11th on the European Team points table and knows his only chance of making his Ryder Cup debut is to win Sunday’s concluding Czech Masters or capture this week’s final qualifying event, the Italian Open in Turin. The Scot posted a third round 71 in Prague ...

For a second day running Phil Mickelson had Barclays Championship spectators ducking for cover. First there was his tournament ‘Shot of the Day’ on Friday into a grandstand at the fifth hole on the Ridgewood Country Club course, and instead of taking relief as he can, the five-time Major winner instead elected to play from the grandstand despite marshals working hard to keep fans at bay. With local Paramus Police escorting him and fans offering him their beers for his troubles, the area ...

Jamie Donaldson’s goal of playing in a first Ryder Cup remains alive despite losing the third round Czech Masters lead to countryman Bradley Dredge in Prague. Donaldson is currently 8th overall on the European Team points table and a strong showing this week would cement his position in Paul McGinley’s Gleneagles team. The double Tour winner began day three in grand style with an eagle the first to go three shots clear of his rivals but he failed to then capitalise with four birdies but ...

World No. 1 Rory McIlroy brushed off any lingering four-time Major winning hangover shooting a sizzling 65 on day two of the Barclays Championship in New Jersey. Sporting a new-style Nike cap McIlrory muscled his way from a share of 102nd place and near the tail in the 125-player field and into a 27th place with a six under par effort to be just five shots from the lead with two rounds to play in the $8m Play-Off Series event. “I feel like my game is in good shape, and compared to Thursday’s ...

Cool hand Russell Knox inched closer to a first PGA Tour win birding his closing three holes on day two of the Barclays Championship in Paramus, New Jersey. The Inverness-born Knox, who is contesting the rich FedEx Cup Play-Off Series for a first time, shot two under par 69 to move to a clubhouse share of sixth place on six under par in the $US 8m event on the Ridgewood Country Club course. It left Knox trailing just two shots behind Australia’s and defending champion Adam Scott (65) and American ...

Welshman Jamie Donaldson and Scotland’s Stephen Gallacher continue to strengthen their claims for Ryder Cup selection with strong showings after the second round of the D+D REAL Czech Masters.Donaldson can seal a maiden European Team cap with a top-seven finish in Prague while Gallacher is just outside the automatic top-nine qualifiers. However Donaldson, who started the day with a one shot lead following an opening six under par 66, was left ruiing bogeying two of his last three holes and ...

World No. 1 Rory McIlroy posted a disappointing three over par 74 to be trailing eight shots behind the clubhouse leading American born trio of Cameron Tringale, Hunter Mahan and Charles Howell 111. The four-time Major winning McIlroy mid-afternoon on the first day of the first of the four FedEx Cup Play-Off Series found himself sharing 106th place in the elite 125-player field. McIlroy struggled from the outset on the famed tree-lined Tillinghast designed gem to be three-over par after four holes, ...