Golf, by TourMiss

Reigning Irish Open champion Rory McIlroy singled out a change back to a ‘conventional’ putting grip as pivotal to six birdies in a round of 71 on the opening day of the Memorial in Dublin, Ohio. McIlroy looked very ‘rusty’ for 16 holes despite having a week’s break from competition following his dramatic and sensational success just 11 days ago at the K. Club. In fact, was one over par standing on the 17th before holing birdies of near 12 feet and then eight feet at the last on ...

Scott Henry rekindled memories of Seve Ballesteros’ ‘Car Park’ Open victory shot as he stormed into a share of the lead in heatwave conditions on day one of the Nordea Masters in Sweden. Henry sent an errant tee shot way left at the last of the Bro Hot Slott Golf Club in Stockholm that flew a grandstand and large electronic scoreboard before coming to rest close to a 1957 MG MGA ‘Roadster’. The historic open-wheeler is valued around £25,000 and with the owner no doubt thinking it would ...

It has to be one of the most wonderful settings for a ‘rebirth’. The Ailsa course at Trump Turnberry has undergone a stunning change and thanks to Trump Turnberry I was afforded the opportunity to play the course a day (May 31st) before it was opened to the public. My videoing skills are not up there with the great Cecil B. DeMille but you will get a small taste of what now lays ahead for any lover of golf. And if you thought Trump Turnberry was already a stunning location then think ...

Since his last victory at the Players Championship, Aussie Jason Day has seen his closest two rivals also taste victory. First there was current World No. 3 Rory McIlroy winning his own Dubai Duty Free Irish Open and then last week the present World No. 2 Jordan Spieth bounced back from his Augusta National anguish to capture a first PGA Tour title in his native Texas. And on the event of this week’s Memorial, Day says he’s excited to respond the victory efforts of McIlroy and Spieth ...

Rory McIlroy has delivered Olympic Games officials a much-needed mosquito repellent in declaring he looks almost certain now to tee up in the Rio Olympic Games. McIlroy had mentioned a day after winning the recent Irish Open he was considering withdrawing from the Olympics due to his fears over the Zika virus. However on the eve of the Memorial the World No. 3 revealed he has been speaking with health experts and his fears have been calmed, “I’m ready to play and I feel like the advice ...

Royal Troon has very smartly brought forward a vote on allowing women full membership of the club to host this year’s 145th Open Championship. The club will host a special general meeting on July 1, less than a fortnight before the 2016 Open begins, to consider whether to change its policy, which currently bars women from joining. “Following our consultation with members, the committee of the Royal Troon Golf Club is moving to convene a special general meeting … at which we will ...

Ryder Cup Captain Davis Love 111 says Tiger Woods is fast running out of time if he’s to qualify for the USA Team. It’s now 130 days till the Ryder Cup at Hazeltine but the golf world is no closer to knowing when Woods will return to competition. In fact, Woods has not teed up since last August in finishing T10th on debut in the Wyndham Championship. Love 111 will meet again with many of those likely to qualify for his team during the course of this week’s Jack Nicklaus hosted Memorial in Ohio. However, ...