Golf, by TourMiss

HE MODERATOR:  We’d like to welcome Rory McIlroy to the interview room here at the Northwestern Mutual World Challenge.  Rory, thank you for joining us, and congratulations on the recent win in Australia.  With that said, I’ll turn it over to you for a few opening comments on being here this week at Sherwood. RORY McILROY:  Yeah, I’m excited to be back.  I haven’t been here since 2010, so it’s been a couple of years since I’ve been here.  The last and only ...

Ireland’s David Higgins has commenced a new European Tour season with his lowest round in over a dozen years Higgins picked off nine birdies but also had three bogeys for a six under par 64 and a one stroke lead on day one of the Hong Kong Open in suburban Fanling. It is one of Higgins lowest round since a career low of a nine under par 62 on day two of the 2001 Telefonica Open de Madrid. Since then, and in close to 1oo Tour events, Higgins has never managed to shoot lower than 65. “It was ...

Ireland’s Peter Lawrie is hoping he’s learnt the mistakes from last year that saw him go close to losing full playing for the 2014 European Tour. The Dubliner ended the 2013 season late last month having travelled halfway around the globe to secure a share of 18th place in the Perth International that was good enough for him to retain Tour playing rights for the new season. After a few weeks break Lawrie wasted little time heading to the start of the 2014 Race to Dubai competing in two events ...

Nike has released its latest television advert, which features golfer Rory McIlroy taking on footballer Wayne Rooney in a one-on-one golf ball versus football challenge. The ‘Straight down the Middle’ soundtrack to the new TV ad is sung by the late, great Bing Crosby. The video featuring the double Major champion winning golfer and the Manchester United and England football great was shot at the De Vere Mottram Hall in England. It’s all neck and neck as they head down the 18th, when ...

Spain’s Miguel Angel Jimenez is back to work and this week’s Hong Kong Open after a week’s break relaxing on the beaches of Bali. Jimenez along with Dutchman Robert Jan Derksen stopped off in Bali after representing their respective countries in the World Cup of Golf at Royal Melbourne in Australia. However after that much deserved rest their thoughts turn to the Hong Kong Open. After European Tour record books were re-written last year, the stage is set for the 55th edition of ...

Graeme McDowell, the first of four automatic qualifiers, will be among the biggest names starring for Team Europe at the inaugural EurAsia Cup presented by DRB-HICOM. After being unveiled as European Captain at a press conference in Hong Kong, Miguel Angel Jiménez announced the first four automatic qualifiers for his ten-man team to face Thongchai Jaidee’s Asian Team at the Glenmarie Golf and Country Club in Kuala Lumpur from March 27-29, 2014. McDowell will be joined in Malaysia by Jamie Donaldson, ...

The price tag to lure Rory McIlroy back to Sydney for his defence of the 2014 Australian Open is set to double to around $ US 1.5m. It is believed McIlroy was paid $US 800,000 to compete this past week in Sydney and if the record crowds were any indication then event organisers certainly got their money’s worth. So much so that Golf Australia CEO, Stephen Pitt will soon be in discussion to get McIlroy back to defend his title in 2014 at the nearby Australian Club. “It’s been a landmark Australian ...