Golf, by TourMiss

Golf World magazine has added spice to next week’s Master with the cover of their April 2nd edition. Under the caption – Rory vs Tiger – Golf’s next great rivalry?  the US publication suggests with the emergence of Rory McIlroy and the return to form of Tiger Woods it raises hope for an epic rivallry. But then the magazine says:  ‘a wish that may be ambitious’.

Francesco Molinari will purposely not contest a tournament this year in the week ahead of three of the four Major Championships in a goal to retain his place in this year’s European Ryder Cup side. Molinari struggled in the opening trio of Majors last year missing the halfway cut in the Masters, U.S. Open and the British Open. It’s for this reason the 29-year old Italian player has elected to turned down contesting this week’s $US 6m Shell Houston Open in Texas after ending near the tail ...

In a unique charity fund-raiser, Padraig Harrington will wear three sponsors for three weeks in the goal of trying to raise Euro 200,000 for a cousin of his wife, Caroline who was left paralysed from the waist down following a car accident. With Harrington’s help IdentityX, Clune Construction and Blarney.com have seized the unique three-week branding opportunity to raise funds through the Padraig Harrington Charitable Foundation for Gerard Byrne. Harrington will wear the logoes during these ...

Bryden Macpherson has become the first Australian to capture the Georgia Cup in defeating American Kelly Kraft  2 & 1 in the 15th Anniversary Georgia Cup Match at The Golf Club of Georgia. The Georgia Cup annuals pits the reigning British Amateur champion against the present U.S. Amateur winner and Macpherson’s win makes ammends for fellow Australian Nick Flanagan who lost out to England’s Gary Wolstenholme in 4 & 2 in 2004. With an impressive display of clutch putting ...

Michael Hoey cited the attention being afforded reigning U.S. Open champion, Rory McIlroy as a contributing factor in turning his back on Horizon Sports Management. After the coup in getting McIlroy on the Dublin-based company’s books, Conor Ridge and his Horizon’s team will be  reeling in losing the new Hassan II Trophy champion.  Hoey made public his decision to quit Horizons within an hour of capturing a fourth European Tour title last Sunday in Agadir. However the quitely-spoken ...

Royal Air Maroc pilots aboard Sunday night’s charter flight out of Agadir were taking no chances with the ceremonial dagger presented to Hoey in winning the Hassan II Trophy. Despite a letter from the Crown Prince from Morocco allowing Hoey to carry the gold dagger on board, the pilots on the Gatwick bound flight held the prize in the cockpit until arrival into the UK. It was a packed flight that left Agadir right on 9pm and arrived into the UK at 1.25am Monday morning. Many of those on board were ...

Tiger Woods’ efforts at Bay Hill has seen him been installed as the new favourite to win next week’s Masters. Leading UK bookmaker, William Hill has cut Woods’ odds of winning a fifth green jacket from 11/2 to 4/1 after impressing at the Arnold Palmer Bay Hill Invitational. Rory McIlroy, now ranked No. 2 in the world, was favourite but is now 9/2. Hills offer 16/1 that Tiger & Rory are the final pair on day four. “Tiger is back on the prowl and he is highly likely ...