Golf, by TourMiss

Tiger Woods, Matt Kuchar and double Major winning Angel Cabrera have been officially confirmed for the inaugural America´s Golf Cup to take from October 21st to October 26th at Pilar Golf Club. An official presentation took place at the Madero Walk Eventos hall, in Puerto Madero to rubber stamp their appearance. In attendance at the presentation were Lisandro Borges, CEO America´s Golf Cup; Juan Carlos Arroyo, Sports Secretary of the Pilar Municipality; Francisco Aleman, America’s Golf Cup Sports ...

Padraig Harrington shot three over par 75 to be trailing nine strokes off the lead in the first round of a 36-hole U.S. Open qualifier at Walton Heath in Surrey. It is the first time in his illustrious career the triple Major winner has been forced to qualify for the season’s traditional second Major following the end last year of his five-year exemption in capturing the 2008 PGA Championship. Harrington was among 104 players who teed-up in the cold and sometimes rainy conditions. But after a birdie ...

Welshman Stuart Manley has set the early pace in round one of today’s 36-hole U.S. Open qualifier at Walton Heath. Manley was the very first player to tee-off at 6.40am and posted a six under par 66 that included an outward nine of 30 and inward half of 36 on the New Course. It is the first occasion the 35-year old Aberdare-born Manley has teed-up in a U.S. Open qualifier. Germany’s Max Kieffer shot a 68 and Scotland’s Scott Jamieson posted a 69 each on the New Course. However India’s ...

Ireland’s Shane Lowry secured his biggest-ever prize check of Euro 527,770 ($US 705,544) shooting a round of 68 for a 13-under par tally to finish one shot behind close friend Rory McIlroy in the BMW PGA Championship. McIlroy remarkably came from seven shots behind to win on European soil for a first time in his pro career shooting a 66 for a 14-under par total on the famed Burma Road course. Lowry went into the last day trailing five shots behind third round leader Thomas Bjorn of Denmark ...

In the space of five days Rory McIlroy has gone from the front page of the world’s newspapers to the lead story on the back page with his remarkable victory in the BMW PGA Championship. McIlroy came from seven shots behind at the start of the final round of the European Tour’s flagship event to birdie the closing two holes in a round of 66 for a 14-under par tally. He then waited patiently before fellow Irishman and good friend Shane Lowry birdied the last to finish on 13-under par and ...

Shane Lowry would not saying anything but he was clearly in some discomfort in posting a disappointing 73 on the third day of the BMW PGA Championship. Lowry started the round level with  Denmark’s Thomas Bjorn on 10-under par but quickly found himself two in front in the European Tour’s flagship event when the Dane doubled the opening hole on the West Course. However in the later stages of his round the Dubliner was observed rushing to an on-course toilet at the 15th and then again ...

Thomas Bjorn birdied seven of his closing eight holes to set up a five shot lead heading to the final round of the BMW PGA Championship. The 43-year old Dane fought back from a first hole double bogey to birdie six holes in succession from the 11th hole along with a birdie at the last in a score of 67 to move to 15-under par in the European Tour’s flagship event at Wentworth. Bjorn is contesting the event for a 17th occasion and while he finished fifth in 1998 he publically disagreed with changes ...