Golf, by TourMiss

World No. 1 Tiger Woods had no sooner posted the lowest score of the two rounds of the Turkish Airlines Open and he singled out current European No. 1 Henrik Stenson for praise. While Woods continues to ride high atop of the World Rankings, easily the best player over the past five months has been Stenson. Starting with his second place finish in the US Open, Stenson has posted the following superb results:- 3rd – Aberdeen Asset Management Scottish Open 2nd – 142nd Open Championship 2nd ...

Tonight promises to be an exciting occasion as the eight-time European No. 1 Colin Montgomerie is playing host later today to a bar-b-que at one of the stunning villas on the Maxx Royal Hotel Resort complex. The occasion is to help celebrate the European Tour’s first visit to Turkey. Of course, Monty designed the course named after him and it’s the second course this year after the Irish Open to host a Race to Dubai event. However we’re unsure at this early stage of the day if ...

Craig Lee has all but confirmed his seat on tomorrow (SUN) night’s charter flight to Dubai after moving inside the top-20 after two rounds of the Turkish Airlines Open in Belek. After completing three holes of the storm-delayed opening round for a three under par 69, the Stirling golfer returned to the Maxx Royal course and proceeded to chip-in twice for eagle on route to a 66 and a share of 17th place at seven under par. Four players – Sweden’s Henrik Stenson (68), England’s Ian Poulter ...

Tiger Woods, a bit sleep-deprived after watching his beloved Stanford football team overtake Oregon early Friday morning Turkish time, shook off the rust and the bug he caught from his kids to fire a 9-under 63 in the second round of the Turkish Airlines Open. Woods finished his rain-delayed first round with a 70 and had lunch before blistering the Montgomerie Maxx Royal course to the tune of nine birdies and no errors to pull within one stroke of 36-hole co-leaders Henrik Stenson, Ian Poulter, ...

Shane Lowry has paid a heavy price for a bout of anger in learning moments before tee-off that his putter was unusable on day two of the Turkish Airlines Open. Lowry had slammed shut the door of the scorer’s hut after Thursday’s opening round of 72 but then unbeknown to most he afterwards slammed down his putter and bent the shaft. With no extra putters in his Maxx Royal clubhouse locker it was up to long-time caddy, Dermot Bray to ‘borrow’ a Ping putter from the Pro Shop. However the putter, ...

PGA TOUR Commissioner Tim Finchem and PGA of America President Ted Bishop have announced a significant expansion in cooperative initiatives that benefit the membership of both organizations and help grow the game of golf. Among them, Bishop said, is The PGA of America’s intention to increase the PGA Championship’s purse to $10 million, which will equal that of THE PLAYERS Championship as the highest in professional golf. This represents a $2 million increase over last season’s PGA Championship, ...

Tiger Woods has been labelled ‘goofy, dorky-goofy’ by girlfriend Lindsey Vonn. With Woods competing in this week’s inaugural Turkish Airlines Open Vonn was speaking on a TV chat show about her World No. 1 ranked boyfriend. “He’s very competitive like me.  We have very similar personalities.  He’s funny, laid back, a great guy, competitive, fun to be with, goofy, dorky-goofy “He is probably not to be that excited that I just said that.” A thunderstorm ...