Golf, by TourMiss

Tiger Woods is not closer to returning to competition following a second operation on his back last October. Good friend and colleague Bob Harrig reports:  Woods’ agent, Mark Steinberg, said Friday that he had no update to offer on Woods’ recovery and rehabilitation schedule, much less any potential tournament starts. He referred to a similar conversation when asked the same question a few weeks ago. There has been no news on Woods’ situation since early December at the Hero World ...

Rory McIlroy put aside pre-tournament controversy and lack of local knowledge to birdie the opening two holes on route to shooting a four under par 67 at the Riviera Country Club, and day one Northern Trust Open. It is McIlroy’s first event on the PGA Tour since competing in last fortnight’s Omega Dubai Desert Classic. “First time here competitively and I just wanted to get off to a decent start,” McIlroy said. “There are a few opportunities on the back nine and I ...

I had waited some two years firstly to revisit my younger brother and his family, including niece Nikki and nephew Jamie, but also to step back out onto Bathurst Golf Club. The attraction to again tee-up at Bathurst Golf Club, and a course I had been present in the early 1990s to report on the New South Wales, was in every part down to John Payne. I was very fortunate to bump into John and his son on Boxing Day 2013 and since then he and I have stayed in contact regularly. In fact, John contributed ...

Just over two years ago Golf Channel analyst Brandel Chamblee incurred the wrath of Tiger Woods after awarding him an ‘F’ grade in a series of 2013 end-0f-season report cards that yielded Woods five victories, but then also compared his own cheating in a school test with a number of rules violations committed by the 14-time major champion. Chamblee was forced to soon left red-faced in having to humbly apologise to Woods. Now Chamblee is clearly off-side with four-time Major winning Rory ...

Charley Hoffman and Kevin Streelman have been elected Co-Chairmen of the Player Advisory Council (PAC) by the Tour’s membership for the 2016 calendar year. The 16-member PAC advises and consults with the PGA Tour Policy Board (Board of Directors) and Commissioner Tim Finchem on issues affecting the TOUR. Hoffman and Streelman will succeed Bo Van Pelt and Mark Wilson on the PGA TOUR Policy Board in 2017 and will a serve a three-year term (2017-2019) as Player Directors along with Jason Bohn ...

Fellow Texan Jordan Spieth will be walking in the shadow of legendary fellow Lone Star golfer Ben Hogan when he tees up in this week’s Northern Trust Open at the Riviera Country Club in suburban L.A. It was 74-years ago Hogan won the then L.A. Open in 1942 and then after World War 11 Hogan captured the event again in 1947 and 1948. In 1947 Hogan set a then Riviera course record of score of 280 while in 1948 he also captured the U.S. Open at Riviera and leading many to begin calling the club ...

The last time Louis Oosthuizen was delayed on route to Malaysia he captured the 2012 Maybank Malaysian Open title. Well the same has happened four years on with the South African taking 36 hours to travel from Florida via New York and then Dubai before arriving into Kuala Lumpur at 9am local time Tuesday ahead of this year’s renamed Maybank Championship.. The delay meant missing the Pro-Am but then did afford the 2010 Open Champion plenty of time to ponder – and perhaps even practise – ...