Golf, by TourMiss

After the thrill and the excitement of a day earlier, Rory McIlroy seemed to be running on the smell of an oily rag on day two of the Tour Championship in Atlanta. McIlroy had lit-up the East Lake course with Friday’s round of 64 that matched his best scores in 25 rounds of the PGA Tour’s season-ending event. Saturday’s second day seemed as flat as the continuing ‘no spectator’ policy as McIlroy went through the motions in posting a no frills one-over par 71, Included in McIlroy’s round ...

What a superb blank canvas handed to Thierry Sprecher and Gery Watine when afforded the opportunity to work together in designing Golf de Servanes – https://golfservanes.com/ Golf de Servanes is located in the south of France around halfway between Arles and Aix-en-Provence and roughly an hour’s drive north-west of Marseille. What makes Golf de Servanes so magnificent is that the course is laid out right at the foot of the Alpilles mountain range that is about 25 km long by about 8 to ...

Listen to Martin Kaymer speak is a glowing message of consciouness. Put simply, Kaymer is aware and after letting slip victory last Sunday following a poor tee shot at the 71st hole, Kaymer looked back on video of that final round and realised what he had done wrong that led to missing out on the play-off and settle for a share of third place at The Belfry. Having learnt from that small yet simple mistake, Kaymer is a vastly different golfer and opponent now heading to day four of the Andalucia Masters. American ...

Golf de la Saint Baume is located in the heart of Provence situated around halfway between Aix-en-Provence, Marseille and Brignoles in France. The golf course gets its name from the towering Saint Baume mountains dominating the countryside.  The summit is 1,147 metres. Saine Baume is situated also in the heart of the Regional Natural Park of Sainte Baume , one of the concerns of the golf is to safeguard its ecosystem, to preserve and enhance the local flora and fauna. The Golf de la Sainte Baume ...

New dad Rory McIlroy brilliantly celebrated his return to competition with a lowest round in nearly three months posting a sizzling opening six-under par 64 in the double defence of his Tour Championship and FedEx Cup crown in Atlanta. McIlroy’s effort that included a closing hat-trick of birdies handed him the early East Lake clubhouse lead in the mega bucks 2019/20 PGA Tour season-ender featuring just 30 players. At the end of the opening day Dustin Johnson and Jon Rahm, and with the FedEx Cup ...

Russell Knox has hailed the course improvements at Nairn Dunbar, as the club celebrates attracting 80 new members since golf’s return. The championship venue has undergone a series of adjustments as the club prepares to co-host The Amateur Championship in June next year. After receiving consistent feedback that holes 9, 10 and 11 had a more parkland feel, the club put a restoration plan in place to unveil as much of the natural dune systems and undulations as possible to promote a true links experience. Course ...

Scot Connor Syme continues to show he’s made of sterner stuff in continuing to deal with tournament golf in a ‘bubble’ to be sharing second place and just two shots off the lead heading to the weekend rounds of the Andalucia Masters at Valderrama in Spain. The Drumoig golfer birdied his 16th and managed two great closing par saves for a second day one-over par 72 and a one-under par 36-hole tally. American John Catlin, who was banned from teeing-up a month ago when he and his caddie left the ...