Golf, by TourMiss

Four members of the victorious 2023 European Ryder Cup team lead the way heading to the final round of the AT & T Pebble Beach Pro-Am. The foursome – Austrian Sepp Straka, the Irish duo of Rory McIlroy and Shane Lowry along with 2023 Pebble Beach winning hero Justin Rose – battled the wild, wet and windy conditions to be within two shots of each other in the $20m ‘Signature’ event. Straka was also fighting the flu to remain in front by a shot at 16-under as he seeks a ...

Scot Richie Ramsay is primed to have the golf equipment sponsors sit-up and take notice heading into the final round of the Bapco Energies Bahrain Golf Championship. Ramsay, 41, holed a monster 40-footer for a timely last hole birdie in a round of 69 to move to nine-under and tied with fellow Scot Connor Syme, who posted 68 on the host Royal Golf Club course. England’s Callum Tarren continues to lead despite a shaky ‘moving day’ level par 72 to remain at 13-under but it’s ...

Super Spaniard Pablo Larrazabal heads into the final round of his 448th DP World Tour event sharing second place, just a shot from the lead at the Bapco Energies Bahrain Golf Championship. Larrazabal, 41, fought back from a pair of opening bogeys to pick-up four birdies, including a 20-foot gem at the 15th in signing for a 70 and move to 12-under par on the host Royal Golf Club course. England’s Callum Tarren continues to lead despite a shaky ‘moving day’ level par 72 to remain ...

Masters champion Patrick Reed along with fellow American and former PGA Championship winning Jimmy Walker’s presence these past three weeks on the DP World Tour has been a great lift for growing golf in the Middle East. Also, not forgetting Europe’s own three-time major-winning Padraig Harrington who has also teed-up in Dubai, Ras Al Khaimah and now Bahrain. The Texas duo of Reed and Walker are in their own way continuing a similar trend set by Tiger Woods at the height of his career, ...

Red-hot Chilean Joaquin Niemann has put himself in contention to capture a second straight Asian Tour International Seies event two years apart. Niemann, who captered last year’s season-ending PIF International in Saudi Arabia, returned to play two holes of his delayed opening round and then, in starting his second round from the 10th he birdied the 15th and 16th holes before brilliantly eagling the par-5 eighth hole or the 17th of his round in a score of 68. It handed the 26-year-old a 36-hole ...

Former Ryder Cup captain Padraig Harrington reckons opposition player familiarity will lead to less of a challenge when Europe seek to retain the Ryder Cup later this year at Bethpage Park Black in Wilmington, New York. New York sports fans are traditionally known worldwide as some of the meanest and toughest on the planet, and this being so obvious when a rival NFL, NHL or NBA sides travel to the Big Apple. We’ve also seen in past US Opens held at Bethpage Park Black the ‘take no prisoners’ ...

Shane Lowry and Rory McIlroy are both proudly Irish-born. They played junior golf together. They’ve both tasted success in the Irish Open and are loyal members of the DP World Tour. They’ve been team-mates in the past two Ryder Cups while the play countless practice rounds together. Competing on the PGA Tour, they teamed last year to win the Zurich Classic of New Orleans while outside of the competition ropes, both families get on famously. MINE WAS DEFINITELY BETTER THAN YOURS ….. Declares ...