Golf, by TourMiss

One of the initiatives suggested earlier this year by Rory McIlroy in improving the appeal of golf was playing the ancient game under lights. Well the four-time Major winner has got his wish as he will play an exhibition match against American Rickie Fowler on June 7th at the Detriot Golf Club, and in the week prior the U.S. Open in Pittsburg. Quicken Loans is finalising details for a match involving McIlroy and Fowler a week before the US Open, a person familiar with the negotiations said on Monday. Not ...

Dalmohoy’s Jamie McLeary is celebrating after earning his highest European Tour result and a bigger main Tour payout in finishing T7th at the Tshwane Open in South Africa. McIleary, 34 carded a second straight 69 for a four under par tally on the Pretoria Country Club course. Past Masters winner Charl Schwartzel put daylight in second place blitzing the field by to win by eight shots with a closing 63 for a 16-under par tally. It was Schwartzel’s 11th European Tour victory, a second this new ...

Chapter two of this year’s Jordan Spieth versus Rory McIlroy golfing thriller unfolds at this week’s Northern Trust Open in suburban L.A. McIlroy, who has today dropped back to World No. 3, won the opening skirmish at last month’s Abu Dhabi HSBC Championship by three shots in finishing third and with Spieth fifth in the UAE capital. Now McIlroy will be looking to win their second ‘same tournament’ encounter, and also in his first appearance in the event at the famed ...

What is the main cause of so much inconsistency, week after week? A special report by Kiran Kanwar AT & T Pebble Beach National Pro-Am heading to the final round: Phil Mickelson  68 65 66 (leads by two) #ElectricEight: Patrick Reed 72 65 73 (T32nd) Justin Rose 66 68 72  (T11th) Jordan Spieth 71 69 74   (T50th) Bill Haas 69 68 69  (T11th) What did Mickelson get “right” while the #ElectricEight not as “right”? Just the usual, lots of birdies with very few bogeys over three rounds. Mickelson’s  ...

South African Charl Schwartzel stormed his way to an eighth Tour success on home soil with an eight shot victory in the Tshwane Open to claim his second title of the season. Schwartzel, competing in his first event of the New Year, posted a seven-under-par 63 winning with ease at 16 under and clinch an 11th Tour tile and an eighth European Tour win on South African soil. Denmark’s Jeff Winther finished second on eight under, with Anthony Michael another two shots further back in third. Schwartzel, ...

Five-time Major winning Phil Mickelson was four months shy of his 28th birthday when he won the AT&T Pebble Beach Pro-Am for the first time. He’s 45 and going for his fifth title in his 20th start on the Monterey Peninsula on Sunday. A pretty good winning percentage, to say the least. And with a victory in what is one of his favorite events, Mickelson would tie Mark O’Meara for the most all-time. “It’s such a spiritual place if you love golf the way we all do,” Mickelson ...

One of the most talked about new golfing layouts in Australia is ready to reign among the world’s most majestic golfing locations. Not since the opening of Barnbougle Dunes on the Tasmanian mainland has a new course attracted as much interest as Ocean Dunes. Ocean Dunes is located on King Island virtually in the middle of Bass Strait that divides the Australian mainland from the ‘Apple Isle’ of Tasmania. The island is on the north-west tip of Tasmania and was discovered in 1799 ...