Golf, by TourMiss

When will the world’s best players get the message and get those alignment sticks out of their golf bags when competing. American Jeff Overton is the latest to be disqualified for violating Rule 14-3/10.3 for using an alignment device during his third round of the Crowne Plaza tournament in Texas. Mark Russell, PGA Tour Vice President, Rules and Competition said ‘it is a shame and not much we can do about it. … We don’t like to disqualify players but if that’s what the ...

Sergio Garcia is just four shots from the lead with round to play in the BMW PGA Championship and thanks to the Wentworth fans. After the bitter embarrassment of his ‘fried chicken’ remarks earlier in the week, Garcia had considered withdrawing from the flagship tournament. But with the encouragement and support of some the more knowledgeable fans in golf, the Spaniard continues to impress after a 68 to be in an eight-way share of sixth place on five under par tally. “I played my best golf ...

EXCLUSIVE by Suzanne Kemper at Wentworth. I was delighted to catch up with Brett Rumford after his opening round at Wentworth for the 2013 BMW PGA Championship and with him competing in Europe for a first time since his back-to-back victories in the Ballantine’s Championship in South Korea and the Volvo China Open. There have been a number of exciting new changes since late last year and it is all smiles for the affable Australian. Firstly Rumford’s working with a new and legendary coach. “I ...

Ireland’s Shane Lowry is headed to next month’s US Open if he can finish top three in this week’s BMW PGA Championship. Lowry is currently ranked 79th in the world and top three in the flagship European Tour event would put the reigning Portugal Masters champion inside the top-60 and the June 13th US Open. Lowry birdied his closing two holes in a second round 71 to move into a share of eighth place and just four shots from the lead. Day two of the BMW PGA was very much akin to conditions ...

World No. 2 Rory McIlroy’s indifferent season continued to be also among five members of last year’s victorious European Ryder Cup team to miss the cut in the BMW PGA Championship at Wentworth. With the US Open less than a month away, McIlroy could only manage to hit four fairways in shooting a three over par 75 for a five over par total. McIlroy’s second round in the European Tour flagship event was a roller-coaster front nine of four birdies but also five bogeys. He then steadied ...

Belgium’s big-hittingn Nicolas Colsaerts bounced back from last week’s Bulgarian disappointed and burst up the Burma Road leader board on day two of the BMW PGA Championship at a rain-sodden Wentworth. Colsaerts added a two under par 70 to his opening round 72 to be lying just four strokes behind his Medinah winning colleague, Francesco Molinari mid-afternoon in the European Tour’s flagship event. Colsaerts had been beaten by eventual champion, Graeme McDowell in his defence of ...

Ian Poulter is heading to Sunday’s Monaco Formula One Grand Prix after crashing off the Burma Road course on day two of the BMW PGA Championship at Wentworth. Joining Poulter in missing the halfway cut is double defending champion, Luke Donald with the  current World No. 6 Donald posting a second round 72 for a shock six over par tally in the cold and rainy conditions on day two of the European Tour’s flagship event. “Even for England this weather is pretty unseasonal and it made the course ...