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The late Mike Lewton would have been the proudest father ever after his son Steve captured a maiden Asian Tour title at the US$650,000 Mercuries Taiwan Masters after closing with a one-under-par 71. Steve dedicated his victory to Mike who passed away earlier this year.    Mike was a constant companion and as Steve explains below he was more a close friend to his golfing son. We here at www.golfbytourmiss.com initially got to know Mike very well through a mutual with good friend and colleague, Alistair ...

Rory McIlroy will need to treat the famed Old Course with a little more respect heading into next year’s British Open defence after letting slip victory in the Alfred Dunhill Links Championship at St. Andrews. The World No. 1 began the final round with a double bogey after his second shot spun back into the Swilcan Burn guarding the opening hole and then more than four hours later, and some 20 yards away, McIlroy putted into the notorious ‘Road Hole’ bunker from where he took bogey. It saw ...

Ted Bishop admitted the European model in appointing captains and vice-captains is the way forward in the wake of the USA team’s humiliating five-point Gleneagles defeat. Bishop is the President of the PGA of America that looks after everything associated with the USA aspect of the Ryder Cup. And in an interview with BBC Five Live radio Bishop revealed how the process of appointing the 2016 USA Ryder Cup captain will be different than the clearly flawed process in selecting Tom Watson. “With ...

  Oliver Wilson ended a 228-year winless drought to capture a maiden European Tour title in winning the 2014 Alfred Dunhill Links Championship. Here is all stats and rewards for his victory over the Old Course at St. Andrews. • His first European Tour International Schedule victory in his 228th European Tour event.• Moves to €635,067 in The Race to Dubai.• Could move to inside the top 160 in the Official World Golf Ranking from 792nd.  • This victory beats his previous best European ...

England’s Oliver Wilson has returned to the European Tour in dramatic manner capturing a maiden Tour title with success in the Alfred Dunhill Links Championship at St. Andrews. Wilson shot a final round 70 to win by a stroke on the Old Course with a 17-under par tally. Prior to this week the 34-year old Wilson, and currently ranked 792 in the world, had finished second on nine occasions in the course of 227 Tour events. Prior to this week the 34-year old Wilson had finished second on nine occasions ...

Bernie  was asked to contribute to a ‘season-ending’ highlights feature appearing in last Saturday’s edition of the Irish Examiner newspaper, and one of the newspapers he contributes. Simon Lewis is chief golf writer for the newspaper and hereunder is the article with Bernie’s contribution. By Simon Lewis Rugby and Golf Correspondent The European Tour heads to the sunny Algarve next week, but with an end of season chill now in the air, we asked four golf writers to review ...

In what has to be an unprecedented move on the part of any Ryder Cup captain and Tom Watson has gone public following the continuing fall out over the USA’s five point loss a week again to the brilliantly led Paul McGinley European Team. By Tom Watson  2014 U.S. Ryder Cup Captain “In response to all of the recent discussion about our Ryder Cup loss, I would like to make a few comments. First, I take complete and full responsibility for my communication, and I regret that my words ...