Golf, by TourMiss

Pacific Palasides, CA … World No. 1 Jason Day sought to diffuse criticism for his slow play insisting if you were playing for a $US 1m first prize cheque of course you are going to take longer playing your shots. Day had addressed the issue of his tortoise-like ways in the opening event of 2017 in Hawaii when he boldly stated:  “I don’t care about speeding up my game.” But then Day’s agonising pace-of-play has come under increasing scrutiny and with Day being likened ...

Legendary caddy Dave Musgrove who helped steer Sandy Lyle in capturing The Open and The Masters has passed away. ‘Mussie’, as he was more affectionately known, caddied for Lyle for nine years and was by Lyle’s side when the Scot won the 1985 Open Championship at Royal St. George’s. Two years later, Musgrove again called the shots when Lyle became the first and still the only Scot to win the Masters. Dave Musgrove and Sandy Lyle lift the Claret Jug in 1995 at Royal St. George’s. Musgrove ...

Pebble Beach, CA … Triple Major winning Padraig Harrington will visit an orthopaedic specialist in Los Angeles later today (Monday US Pacific Time) as he continues to struggle with a troublesome shoulder. Harrington has been carrying a pinched nerve in his shoulder since last October when he picked up the injury during the Rio Olympic Games. The popular Irishman has undergone enormous treatment on his left left shoulder and since commencing his new season a fortnight ago, Harrington’s been ...

Susanne Kemper, Pebble Beach CA … Finally, sunny skies and calm conditions greeted the teams and players vying for victory on the final day at the AT&T Pebble Beach Pro-Am over famed Pebble Beach Golf Links. Jordan Spieth played with his amateur partner, musician Jake Owen and a 3-handicapper, for the Am Trophy as well as the title gave a Master Class on winning. After a 68, 65, 65 in challenging conditions, Spieth’s 70 with birdies on the second and draining a mammoth putt on 17 to ...

‘Fabulous’ Fabrizio Zanotti soared high to just his second European Tour victory in holing a stunning eagle putt on the the final hole to win his second European Tour title at the Maybank Championship. The proud Paraguayan created history in winning the 2014 BMW International Open and now he’s made it two wins in posting a sizzling final round 63 and win by a shot with a 19-under par tally on the Saujana Golf and Country Club in Kuala Lumpur. In fact, Zanotti completed his last ...

The European Tour is today delighted to unveil GolfSixes, a revolutionary and novel short form of the game which further illustrates the Tour’s desire to embrace innovation and originality in professional golf. The inaugural GolfSixes event – featuring a prize fund of €1 million – will make its debut on the European Tour schedule at the Centurion Club near St Albans, to the north west of London, on May 6-7, 2017. The event will feature two-man teams from 16 different nations, each nation ...

Pebble Beach, CA … Jordan Spieth has set a career first in moving six shots clear of the field heading to the final round of the AT & T Pebble Beach Pro-Am The double Major winner’s lead is Spieth’s largest 54-hole lead in his PGA Tour career. Of his 11 previous 54-hole leads, only twice has Spieth been the solo leader and not gone on to win. Both times, those were one-shot leads heading into Sunday – the 2015 Shell Houston Open and the 2016 Masters. The world’s sixth-ranked ...