Golf, by TourMiss

Usually when a golfer is playing poorly the caddy is the first to go. So when Tiger Woods announced via his website that he and long-time caddy, Steve Williams were splitting, it really should not have been a shock. Woods has not won an event anywhere since capturing the 2009 Australian Masters in Melbourne. In the intervening period, Woods has lost his long-time World No. 1 ranking and is currently ranked a lowly 20th. Woods went onto his www.tigerwoods.com to say:  “I want to express my ...

Darren Clarke’s stunning Open Championship success at Royal St. George’s ensured many memorable historic notes. Here’s just a few:- 1.  Clarke is the 12th different winner in the last 12 Major Championships.   2.  He is the sixth-consecutive first-time Major Championship winner.   3.  Clarke becomes the oldest Major Championship winner since 43-year-old Ben Crenshaw won the 1995 Masters.   4.  He is the oldest player to win his first Major since 44-year-old Roberto ...

Popular Darren Clarke ended a 20-year wait to win golf’s oldest Major  – the Open Championship. Clarke became only the second Northern Irishman since Fred Daly in 1947 to lift the Claret Jug. And the 42-year old did it in grand manner recording a final round 70 to win by three strokes with a five-under par tally. The American pair of Phil Mickelson (68) and Dustin Johnson(72) were tied second on two under par. But it was a day belonged to Clarke and didn’t the public take to the Portrushman. From ...

Darren Clarke knows what it’s like to let the Claret Jug slip from his fingers. It happened at Royal Troon in 1997 when led the field by two strokes with two rounds to play but an errant drive onto the Irish Sea shoreline eventually saw American Justin Leonard reign supreme. At Royal Lytham and St. Annes in 2001 Clarke was again riding high on the leader board but had to settle for third behind another American in Tom Lehman. Ten years on and the now the 42-year old Clarke heads into the weekend ...

When Tom Watson saw the crowd rise to their feet he knew his ball was close but when the threw their arms into the air, the five time Open Champion was certain the ball had gone into the hole. The 61-year old American became the second person in two days to record an ace when he tee shot at the par three, sixth took one bounce on the green and disappeared into the hole. There was wild celebration for the eight times Major Champion and Watson responded throwing both arms also in the air and then turning ...

The opening day of the 140th Open Championship began at 6.30am with American Jerry Kelly hit the opening tee shot. It ended at 9.15pm with the three ball of American Jason Knutzon, England’s Andrew Johnson and popular Singapore player Lan Chih-Bing heading to the scorer’s hut. In between we’ve seen an emotional Thomas Bjorn take to the lead with a 65 and then be joined by sensational England amateur Tom Lewis. Here is the make-up of the first day leader board for the 2011 Open ...

Dustin Johnson was heading straight back to his rented house for rest after acing the par three, 16th on the opening day of the 140th Open Championship. The 27-year old American used a pitching wedge to hole out at the 163-yard par three hole to record a third hole-in-one in his career. It was the first hole-in-one in an Open since Thomas Levet aced the 15th holes during the final round of the 2009 Open at Turnberry. However Johnson then revealed he has been taking anti-biotics for a mystery illness. “I’m ...