Golf, by TourMiss

Double Masters winning Bubba Watson has welcomed news as a ‘start’ moves by those running the men’s majors in slowly opening the doors for more LIV Golf stars to compete at the highest level. We’ve learnt in recent months both the United States Golf Association (USGA), the organization that puts on the US Open, and the Royal & Ancient (R & A), that run the Open Championship, have created pathways for LIV players to participate in their championships. The R & A ...

Australia will always have a warm place in the heart of four-time major winning Rory McIlroy. It was late 2013 when McIlroy teed-up in the Australian Open at the Royal Sydney club in Sydney. McIlroy touched down in Australia having then won nine times in his pro career, including also having won at least one tournament a year since his breakthough victory at the 2009 Dubai Desert Classic. However he had not won anywhere since capturing the 2012 DP World Tour season-ending DP World Tour Championship ...

Four-time major winning Rory McIlroy in just under two months will turn 36 years of age, and that’s just 14-years away from turning 50. It would mean in May 2039 the Northern Irishman will be eligible to tee-up on the PGA Champions Tour. Though don’t mention that to McIlroy, as clearly evident by his response to a ‘like’ question ahead of this week’s 51st hosting of the Players Championship at TPC Sawgrass, “Absolutely not; I will not play Champions Tour golf,” said ...

LIV Golf star Brooks Koepka seemed clearly not content talk he may be returning to the PGA Tour ahead of teeing-up in this week’s LIV Golf Singapore. Koepka, 34, is LIV Golf’s winningest player having won five tournaments including last year’s Singapore event again being hosted by the Sentosa Club. Though it was earlier this month that Masters champion Fred Couples, and supposed good friend of Koepka, was speaking on a Seattle radio program and while being quizzed on LIV Golf, the ...

Rory McIlroy has been speaking of the latest injury to good friend Tiger Woods and declaring: “It sucks!” Woods posted an X message yesterday (Tuesday March 11th) indicating he had ruptured the Achilles Tendon in his right leg, immediately raising speculation that he will miss next month’s Masters appearance and what would be his first ‘regular’ tournament since last July’s Open Championship. As well, the seriousness of the injury sadly raises doubt in the bigger ...

World No. 1 and defending Players champion Scottie Scheffler was asked his thoughts on what is a new overhanging tree in place at the par-4 sixth hole on this week’s host Stadium course at TPC Sawgrass. It is the first time in 11-years players will stand on the tee and have clearly in their view the over-hanging branches of an oak tree planted on the right side of the forward tees of the 393-yard hole. The original tree had been planted when the Pete Dye designed course was built in 1980 but ...

Disappointing news with Tiger Woods taking to ‘X’ to advise another physical setback ……   Woods gave no timeline for his return, with little over four weeks to go before the opening round of the Masters. Strucken said in a statement that he expected Woods to make a full recovery. Woods pulled out of last month’s Genesis Invitational days after his mother’s death and later sat out a TGL match. “I am back home now and plan to focus on my recovery and rehab, thank ...