Golf, by TourMiss

Past U.S. Open champion Justin Rose will skip contesting next fortnight’s Shell Houston Open and instead is planning to spend the week at Augusta National. And after quickly jumping into Arnold Palmer Invitational contention Rose reckons his game is so good he’s going to break from recent tradition of competing in America’s fourth largest city, and instead work on his at the Masters venue where a year ago he finished T2nd behind Jordan Spieth. “I have been knocking around the top-20 ...

Graeme McDowell’s wife is not due to give birth to the couple’s second child for some months but she was called on to make a mercy dash delivery to her husband on day one of the Arnold Palmer Invitational at Bay Hill. McDowell had inadvertently left his 7-iron in another golf bag. Fortunately for the McDowell’s they reside on the Lake Nona Estate and located just over 30 minutes from this week’s PGA Tour host venue. “I was on the range this morning when Kenny (Comboy -caddy) ...

Martin Laird attributed a weekend ‘chilling out’ that also included soaking up the thrills and spills of last Sunday’s round of the 2016 Indy Car race series as key to posting a three under par 69 on the opening day of the Arnold Palmer Invitational in Orlando. Laird has missed the halfway cut in his past two starts, along with last week’s Valspar Championship near Tampa Bay. However the former Arnold Palmer champion was burning rubber on day one at Bay Hill with six birdies and half as many ...

Rory McIlroy’s St. Patrick’s Day celebration turned an embarrassing bright shade of red after an errant day with the driver in an opening round three over par 75 at the Arnold Palmer Invitational at Bay Hill in suburban Orlando. The World No. 2 ranked McIlroy, who trails World No. 3 Jason Day by nine shots, was off to a horror start sending his opening tee shot out-of-bounds and into the confines of the practice range down the left side of the opening fairway. McIlroy reloaded but the resultant ...

Golf travel experts believe the secret is finally out on the holiday island of Majorca. The largest of Spain’s Balearic Islands plays host to the International Golf Travel Market (IGTM) – the world’s premier event of its kind in the industry – in November (14-17). And it does so from a position of real strength, with tourists flocking to the fairways in larger numbers than ever before to ensure it is one of the world’s fastest-growing golf destinations. Andrew Smith, ...

The Science of Putting & Is There Any Need For Science In The Putt …  A special report by Kiran Kanwar. Is there any need for science in the putt, and if so, why? There are, it often seems, a thousand brands of putters and an equal number of putting styles out there, and every golfer, whether beginner or pro, usually takes two putts to put the ball into the hole from literally anywhere. So, it must not be a big deal, where “anything goes” right? In fact, standing beside the putting ...

Okay, now don’t go getting excited but I finally made my way out of a tournament media centre. In fact, I accompanied Rory McIlroy over the back nine of his Arnold Palmer Invitational Pro-Am and enjoying the occasion to chat in between a few of his shots. He was telling what he’d been up to the past week and how much he enjoyed playing golf with his father, Gerry last Sunday at Seminole. And then Rory was also asking me how long I was out in the States and also how we are both heading ...