Golf, by TourMiss

Reigning PGA Champion Jason Day has backed proposals to extend the 13th hole at Augusta National. It has been reported the club is in discussion of moving the tee at ‘Azalea’, as the par five 13th is named, back to lengthen the hole to 510-yards. When the first Masters was staged in 1934 the hole measured 480-yards and with most recent change being made in 2002 when the tee was moved back some 20 to 25 yards. Last year, the 13th was ranked 17th and the second easiest during the 2015 Masters, ...

This year will mark the 40th anniversary Jack Nicklaus won the 1986 Masters to capture his 18th Major Championship title. In six weeks time Rory McIlroy will again tee up at Augusta National striving not only to win a first ‘Green Jacket’ but complete golf’s Grand Slam. Last Sunday, Nicklaus was asked if the pressure Jordan Spieth is facing in defending his Masters title can in some way lift some pressure off McIlroy’s shoulders as he seeks to win on the Georgia golfing gem ...

Top-ranked England golfer Justin Rose got the engine warm for this week’s WGC  – Cadillac Championship in teaming with former Deutsche Bank CEO Seth Waugh to post a combined 63 and win today’s Seminole Pro-Member at the exclusive Donald Ross designed Seminole Club in Florida. The duo, as reported by good friend Rex Hoggard, were out on the very last group of the day and with Rose picking up 10 birdies through 17 holes but then dropping a shot at the last for a two-stroke victory ...

Potential Ryder Cup star Shane Lowry is staring at a double $5,000 fine on the back of his expletive during Sunday’s final round at the Honda Classic in Florida. The Irishman could be clearly uttering ‘You F****** Idoit’ after putting a ball into the water on the 15th hole, and the start of the famed ‘Bear Trap’ at PGA National in Palm Beach Gardens. Now a PGA Tour official said Lowry, and the reigning WGC – Bridgestone Invitational champion, is facing a second fine for his Twitter remark ...

USA Presidential candidate Donald Trump has at least one promise and that was to mount the 3-iron that Rory McIlroy hurled into the water down the 8th hole during the second round of last year’s WGC – Cadillac  Championship. While McIlroy was apologetic for his actions he was still fined a likely $5,000 for his actions given he was a member of the PGA Tour. Trump, realising the enormous publicity the incident caused, arranged for a diver to retrieve the club McIlroy hurled into the water ...

Persistence and determination has finally translated into Australian Adam Scott finding huge relief with the shortest club in his bag. It is little wonder when Scott holed a 12-inch par putt at the 72nd hole to win the Honda Classic by a stroke, he out big sigh and then broke out a huge smile. For two days, Scott fought tooth-and-nail with good friend Sergio Garcia for the $US 6.1m championship and while tied for the lead with a round to play it was Scott who emerged victorious. “It wasn’t ...

Padraig Harrington had very little to cheer about following four rounds and finishing with a 71 for a share of 43rd place in the defence of his Honda Classic title. Of course, his week got off to an indifferent start when a middle back complaint forced him out after just three holes on Wednesday’s Pr0-Am. However the smile returned to the Dubliner’s face when he found himself sharing the autograph area with Casey and Adrianna, two of the Miami Dolphin cheerleaders. And then with Harrington ...