Golf, by TourMiss

Here in his own words is what the World No, 1 Rory McIlroy had to say in his first competitive round of golf in 53 days:- “It was a game of two nines you could say. I was really trying to hold on the front nine and there were a few more chances on the back nine and I took advantage of the par fives. It was great being back though. I was quite nervous on the first tee, not having hit a competitive shot for two months. It wasn’t the best of starts, but the two shots on the second hole settled ...

Justin Rose has gone back to using his Scottish Open and Gleneagles winning putter as he strives to capture a second Major Championship. Rose posted a three under par 69 to end the round trailing three shots behind American Dustin Johnson. “Since The Open I have gone back to using a putter that brought me some success last year, winning a couple of events and the one I took into Gleneagles,” said Rose. “I’ve clearly had good results with it but then the other one I used at St. Andrews I was ...

It’s customary for Tour pro’s to autograph a golf ball and present to the walking scorers and marker after a round but then Texas-based Scot Steven Young gave each a sleeve of brand new Callaway’s following the first round in his maiden PGA Championship at Whistling Straits. Young was in good spirits despite a no birdie fiver over par 77 in hot but testing windy conditions along the shoreline of Lake Michigan. His wife and three children had travelled up from Midland, Texas where the 38-year ...

Five years after golf’s ‘Bunkergate’ and Dustin Johnson sought to bury his Whistling Straits demons with a stunning six under par 66 on the opening day of the PGA Championship in Wisconsin. Johnson grabbed an eagle, five birdies and dropped one shot to end the opening round a shot clear of Sweden’s David Lingmerth. In contrast to 2010 when Johnson was slapped with a two-stroke penalty in grounding his club in an 18th hole bunker, the 31-year old American played a laser-like on the final ...

Jordan Spieth was singing Rory McIlroly’s praise after the opening round of the 97th PGA Championship at Whistling Straits. The current World No. 1 and 2 ended with one under par 71s but then with McIlroy letting slip a ‘points victory’ over his new arch rival when he found the rough short of the final green to walk off with a bogey. However it was a long 5 hours and 25 minute round for the threesome that also included new Open Champion Zach Johnson. It had been 53 days since McIlroy ...

Making only his second PGA Championship showing is Aberdonian Richie Ramsay who already labeled Whistling Straits ‘one of my favourite venues’. “I just love the golf course as it suits my eye so much and it’s already become one of my favourite venues even though I’ve only had a couple of practice rounds out on the course,” he said. “The key here is not to miss the fairways and I am hitting the ball so straight at present it should really suit my game.” Ramsay is coming off a lot ...

It is not an anniversary Colin Montgomerie would care to remember but 20 years ago this week he stared  Major Championship glory right in the face for a second occasion in 14 months. Monty had lost out in a U.S. Open play-off a year earlier to Ernie Els but then found himself again denied and this time by Australia’s Steve Elkington for the 1995 PGA Championship crown at Riviera in suburban L.A. There would be one other occasion when Monty was in a similar situation and that was in 2006 at Winged ...