Golf, by TourMiss

Matt Kuchar is unlike many Americans in that he’s been used to competing around the globe. The affable American has competed in Australia, Asia and it may surprise many he teed up in the 2000 Irish Open at Ballybunion. So it comes as a surprise that this is his first visit to Hong Kong to compete in the UBS Hong Kong Open. And it is also the first occasion the 34-year old Florida golfer has competed in a European Tour event since being a member of the losing USA Ryder Cup team. Kuchar, who ...

Graeme McDowell has called on his American born PGA Tour colleagues to take the lead of their European Tour members and travel more around the globe. McDowell has joined victorious European Ryder Cup colleague, Ian Poulter contesting this week’s Talisker Australian Masters at the famed Kingston Heath Club in Melbourne. Poulter is the defending champion while McDowell is making a first visit to Australia in seven years since competing in the 2005 Heineken Classic at nearby Royal Melbourne. However ...

Ten years ago Greg Turner was an angry man. Angry at the treatment he and his fellow contestants were afforded at the 2002 New Zealand Open. Turner launched a tirade of complaints from car parking for the pros, the high cost of tickets and the fee afforded Tiger Woods to compete for a first and still only occasion in New Zealand. Turner won a dozen times in his pro career, including four times on the European Tour, but then he retired from the game in 2004 to spend more time with his family and on ...

Matteo Manassero – 2012 Barclays Singapore Open Winner – With His Victor:- • His third European Tour International Schedule victory in his 70th European Tour event. • Moves to 13th in The Race to Dubai with €1,493,688. This sees him go through €1 million in a single European Tour season for the first time and beats his previous best of €890,402 in 2010. • Already holds the record for the youngest two victories on The European Tour. He was 17 years and 188 days at the 2010 ...

World No. 1 Rory McIlroy is new European Tour No. 1 and the youngest in 36 years after finishing third in the Barclays Singapore Open. McIlroy has 19-year old Italian sensation Matteo Manassero to thank in adding the Race to Dubai to his PGA Tour No. 1 crown after Manassero defeated Louis Oosthuizen to capture the prestigious Singapore event. Manassero achieved that goal in winning with an eagle at the third extra play-off hole on the Sentosa Resort course to also become the only teenager in the ...

Sweden’s Fredrik Andersson Hed exemplified what is good about the game of golf in an incident that unfortunately led to his disqualification from the Barclays Singapore Open. Andersson Hed hit a poor tee shot at the par four 11th hole, and the second hole of his round, during the third round and obviously showed his disgust by slamming the club into a sprinkler head. However the former Italian Open winner thought nothing of it and continued to use the driver up to the third hole or the 12th hole ...

Super caddie John ‘Ronnie’ Roberts in his final Barclays Singapore Open report reveals the shortest route around the Sentosa Resort course to your biggest pay cheque. *  All figures in yards. Hole 1…6L  10 Finish pin high(R) for positive putt with backstop into grain 2…10(L)   33 Pitch pin -4(into grain) & 2(R) to kick in & stop pin high Good backstop if goes long 3…5R/8L   40 Attack line of pin but finish short for wider part of green 4…10L/16R   10 Tee…min ...