Dusseldorf – Rhine River, Restaurants, Euro 2012 & BMW International Open.
For a first time since 1996 the BMW International Open is not being contested in the Bavarian capital of Munich.
Instead, the event is being staged on the Jack Nicklaus designed Gut Larcenhof course near Pulhiem and about halfway between Cologne and Dusseldorf.
The course used to play host to the Linde German Masters and then the Mercedes Benz Championship.
And while many of those working at the tournament in the past elected to base themselves in Cologne, it is Dusseldorf where we are residing for ...
Westward For Westwood & Family As World No. 3 Confirms Permanent Move To USA.
It has come as a surprise for many but in many ways it must have been expected with confirmation World No. 3 Lee Westwood is taking his young family to the States.
Just six months into his second as a full PGA Tour member and the Lord of Worksop is going to base himself in the USA to help better his chances of landing a first and long overdue first Major Championship title.
Lee Westwood to take his wife and young family to live in the U.S. (Photo – www.golfbytourmiss.com)
Westwood confirmed ...
Paul Casey Sets Sights Now On Making Ryder Cup Team Either As A Player Or A Possible Vice-Captain.
A week after injury forced him to give up a U.S. Open place to Chinese teenager Andy Zhang, England’s Paul Casey returns to competition in Germany setting his sights firmly on qualifying for the European Ryder Cup team.
And if Casey is unsuccessul in qualifying automatically for the European Team, he’s hinted he would dearly love to be considered as a possible vice-captain.
This week’s BMW International Open is only Casey’s sixth Tour event this season after he dislocated his ...
Webb Simpson Wins Olympic Gold As Stars Buried In ‘Graveyard Of Champions’.
American Webb Simpson captured the Olympic gold medal in the winning the U.S. Open as another dramatic chapter was added to the ‘Graveyard of Champions’.
Overlooked for so much of the week, Simpson emerged on a fog-filled Sunday at The Olympic Club with four birdies around the turn and a tough chip out of a hole to the right of the 18th green that he converted into par for a 2-under 68.
He finished at 1-over 281, and it was enough to outlast former U.S. Open champions Jim Furyk and Graeme ...
McDowell Poised To Celebrate Father’s Day With Olympic Gold As Woods Wobbles.
Graeme McDowell is poised to celebrate Father’s Day with a second U.S. Open success in three years.
McDowell and fellow former U.S. Open champion, Jim Furyk head into the final round the only players under par in the season’s second Major.
‘G Mac’ posted a third round 68 and with Furyk carding a level par 70 for both players to be at one under par.
But while McDowell heads to a hopeful second U.S. Open success there is as many as four European Tour members within three strokes ...
‘G Mac’ Once Again California Dreaming & Dreaming Of A Second U.S. Open Trophy.
For a second occasion in three years Graeme McDowell is California dreaming and dreaming of a second U.S. Open success along the shores of the Pacific Ocean washed coastline.
McDowell added a second round 72 that included four birdies but also six bogeys for a two over par tally and end the day just two shots behind the leading all-American trio of Tiger Woods, Jim Furyk and David Toms who share the lead on one under par.
The Northern Irishman birdied the 15th and 16th that were his seventh ...
Rory McIlroy – From The Fun Of A First Pitch To The Seriousness Of Olympic’s First Tee.
While Rory McIlroy thrilled baseball fans by throwing the ceremonial first pitch at a San Francisco Giants’ Major League Baseball contest against the Houston Astros he now is staring at the seriousness of his defence of the U.S. Open.
www.golfbytourmiss.com had reported some time ago McIlroy would be at AT & T Stadium and that the Giants also would celebrate the evening with the release of a specially commissioned ‘Rory McIlory Bobblehead’.
Rory McIlroy warms up for ...
