Golf, by TourMiss

Houston, Texas …. It’s been a long and patient process for Jamie Lovemark to where he is after three rounds of the Shell Houston Open. Lovemark is contesting his 78th PGA Tour event this week in Houston and he finds himself where he wants to be with a round to play in the $US 6.8m event and that is tied for the lead on the Houston Golf Club course. He had made his PGA Tour debut as an amateur in the 2006 Western Open and, as close observers will know, played alongside the likes of Rickie ...

Russell Knox’s m.aiden appearance in this week’s Masters began with a poster on his bedroom wall in suburban Inverness. It was not just any football team or rock star poster but a poster of Tiger Woods in winning the 1997 Masters and the first of his four Augusta National victories. Along with a picture of Woods being fitted with the famed green jacket highlighted on the poster in Knox’s bedroom was the records Woods had broken that year including winning by a record margin 12 shots, setting ...

From a first time when he felt like he was walking on egg shells, Rory McIlroy will be floating on air if he wins this week’s Masters. McIloy heads into an eighth straight Augusta appearance among upwards of a dozen favourites fighting to be fitted with the most sought-after item of apparel in golf. Of course, much has been written McIlroy has not won on this year’s PGA Tour but then that was also the scenario in all but three of those eight Masters, and with one of those exceptions being in ...

It must have been a tough decision but multiple Masters champion Tiger Woods will not be teeing-up next Thursday at Augusta National. Woods has simply not recovered sufficiently from two back surgeries to the point where he is ready to tee it up at the Masters. It will be the second time in the past three years that the four-time champion has not played the Masters. “After assessing the present condition of my back, and consulting with my medical team, I’ve decided it’s prudent to miss this ...

Fellow Scot Martin Laird has advised Russell Knox not to fall into a trap of over-analysing Augusta National ahead of his Masters debut next Thursday. Knox will be making his debut at the famed Georgia golfing gem whereas Laird could make it a Scottish threesome, and also joining former Masters winner Sandy Lyle, should he capture this week’s Shell Houston Open. However, Laird revealed his wife is due to give birth to the couple’s second child early in the second week after the Masters, and after ...

Five years after the sad sight of Rory McIlroy looking out from behind a tree at Augusta’s 10th hole and the four-time Major winner says he’s no fear whatsoever in tackling the downhill par 4. McIlroy headed into the final round of the 2011 Masters leading by four shots and for all intentions purposes looking to become a Masters champion. However the sight of the famed green jacket started to fade when McIlroy stood on the 10th tee after moments earlier finding a fairway bunker at the ...

Defending Masters champion Jordan Spieth found himself having to answer for a possible rules violation on day two of the Shell Houston Open. Spieth signed for a frustrating one-over par 73 but was headed to the TV compound after his round over an incident on the fifth hole or the 14th of his round on the Houston Golf Club course. The former World No. 1 had chipped from the side of the green some 16 feet from the hole and leaving his third shot some six inches short. Spieth clearly looked frustrated ...