Golf, by TourMiss

Australia’s Jason Day admitted his status as golf’s new world number one had not yet sunk in after he clinched top spot by winning the BMW Championship in Chicago on Sunday. The US PGA Championship winner succeeded Rory McIlroy at the top of the rankings after a final round of 69 earned him a six-shot victory at Conway Farms. It was Day’s fourth success in five events since the disappointment of missing out in a play-off in The Open at St. Andrews as well as capturing a fifth victory ...

Peter Lawrie now faces five weeks of uncertainty with a goal in wrapping-up his card for next season falling short at the Italian Open in Monza. Lawrie needed a top-five finish to move from his current 121st Race to Dubai standing and inside the top-110 but he had to settle for a share of 14th in posting a final round 68 for a 15-under par tally. The Dubliner’s goal of securing an entry into this week’s European Open at Bad Griesbach, and to the east of Munich, fell four shots shy of qualifying top-10. And ...

David Drysdale will learn tomorrow (Monday) if his season will continue or if he’ll be on the sidelined for the the remainder of the year. The Borders golfing ace is set to undergo an MRI in Edinburgh on his injured right leg. Drysdale sustained the injury at the very first hole in Saturday’s Italian Open third round at Monza. He had played a bunker shot and was climbing out of the bunker when he felt his calf muscle ‘pop’. “The pain was so bad it felt like I had been shot in the leg,” ...

Sweden’s Rikard Karlberg won the 72° OPEN D’ITALIA presented by DAMIANI in dramatic                                                                       manner claiming a second hole play-off victory over his more fancied rival Martin Kaymer. Kaymer had led by three shots on 21 under at one point but he collapsed on the back nine                                                     ...

Encouraged by a solid start to the ‘Gulf Swing’ of the MENA Golf Tour, Luke Joy returns to Saadiyat Beach Golf Club, radiating positive vibes as he looks to defend his title at the Ascorp Abu Dhabi Golf Citizen Open, starting on Monday. The Englishman racked up a creditable tied seventh-place finish at last week’s Dubai Creek Open, although he felt short of his intended target of retaining the title that his compatriot Jake Shepherd won in a three-way playoff which also included a precocious ...

There’s not just one Australian-born player named Jason making a name for himself on golf’s world stage. While Jason Day was storming his way to a fifth PGA Tour triumph this season 26-year old Jason Scrivener had the Australian flag flying high at the Italian Open in Monza. Scrivener and his caddy were heading to the famed Monza Grand Prix circuit, lying adjacent to the 27-hole Milan Golf Club complex, straight after a third round 67 to be sharing 10th place at 13-under par but well ...

Germany’s Martin Kaymer has swept his rivals aside to win in his homeland as well as France, Holland and Scotland but the double Major winner has never won in Italy. Kaymer kick-started his third round with four birdies in succession on route to a seven under par 65 and end the round tied for the lead at 17-under par heading to the round of the 72° OPEN D’ITALIA presented by DAMIANI. The German was one of the favourites coming into the week as he looks for a first win since claiming ...