Golf, by TourMiss

Ponte Vedre, FL …  If there’s a positive to come from Augusta National postponing next month’s Masters it will Graeme McDowell bizarrely will qualify. This will be the scenario should Augusta reschedule the event, and they seemingly plan to do, for later in the year. McDowell arrived at the now cancelled Players Championship lying 51st on the World Rankings (OWGR) and with the Wentworth-based body confirming the Irish golfer will move back two places to 49th heading into next week’s ...

Ponte Vedre, FL … There is the lighter side as World No. 1 Rory McIlroy will be heading into a next tournament, and whenever that may be, having birdied his last three holes at the now cancelled Players Championship in Florida. Though it was the darker side and continuing fears of the Coronavirus pandemic that had McIlroy admitting it was an ‘eerie’ feeling driving into the palatial grounds of the TPC  Sawgrass complex and with just the sight of gate attendants, a handful of officials ...

Ponte Vedre, FL … World No. 1 Rory McIlroy along with fellow Irishman Graeme McDowell have led the overwhelming reaction to the PGA Tour’s announcement at 9.50pm (Local US east coat time) that the remaining three rounds of the Players Championship along with the next four events up to and including the Valero Texas Open have been cancelled due to fears over the Cornonavirus. PGA Tour Commissioner, Jay Monahan addressed the media at noon local time on Thursday that the Tour would be adopting ...

Ponte Vedre, FL … In a massive turnaround the PGA Tour has now cancelled the remaining three rounds of the Players Championship along with the Valspar Championship, the WGC – Dell Match-Play Championship and the Valero Texas Open. It is the first time, and other than weather-related issues, that any event on the PGA Tour has been cancelled since the events of 9/11. PGA Tour Commissioner Jay Monahan addressed the media at noon on Thursday there would be no fans at the TPC Sawgrass for ...

Ponte Vedre, FL … Masters founders Bobby Jones and Clifton Roberts will probably turnover in their graves in learning next month’s Masters will probably go ahead without patrons. The 84th staging of the Masters is set to follow the PGA Tour in no doubt announcing in coming days it will be a ‘Players Only’ first major of the New Year at Augusta National. The elite ‘Members Only’ club will already be looking to scrap plans on the Saturday before (April 4th) for the inaugural Augusta ...

Ponte Vedre, FL … Graeme McDowell has entered next week’s Valspar Championship and home of the dreaded  ‘Snake Pit’ for fear of missing out on returning to the Masters. McDowell has dropped four places on the World Rankings since earlier last month moving to 47th with victory in the Saudi International. But since his victory along the Red Sea shoreline McDowell has slipped to be now World No. 51 and one place out of qualifying for the 2020 Master by being inside the top-50 ...

Ponte Vedre, FL …. A ‘No Specatator’ policy is now in place for the remaining three days of the Players Championship along with next week’s Valspar Championship, the following week’s WGC – Dell Match-Play and including the Valero Texas Open in San Antonio. This is the news to rock the golf world but it’s not come as a surprise given similar moves by fellow major US-based sporting bodies such as the NBA, MBL and NASCAR. The following is a statement released ...