Golf, by TourMiss

Richly deserved and congratulations to Ernie Els who is the recipient of the 2015 Payne Stewart Award. Els – who is known for his off-the-course philanthropy, in particular his devotion to improving the lives of those with autism spectrum disorder as well as development of junior golf talent in his native South Africa – will be honored on Tuesday, Sept. 22, in conjunction with the TOUR Championship by Coca-Cola in Atlanta. “This is a serious feather in the cap,” said Els.  “This ...

The past two weeks travelling the States to report on golf has very been a reminder for me back to the 70s and including Monday in celebrating my birthday. I made mention that while Tour Miss and I were in Ohio for the WGC – Bridgestone Invitational I attended a Peter Frampton concert some 20-minutes drive north of Akron. The first and only time I had been to Peter Frampton concert was in 1978 in Sydney when Frampton’s LP – Frampton Comes Alive – was the then largest selling ...

14-time Major winning Tiger Woods will play Pro-Am ahead of this week’s 76th annual Wyndham Championship with North Carolina-born  L.A. NBA Clippers star Chris Paul on Wednesday at the Sedgefield Country Club. Woods entered the $US 6.4m event late on Friday pursuant to PGA TOUR rules, but with the second round of the PGA Championship incomplete due to a weather delay, Woods said he would determine his next steps following completion of the season’s final Major championship won yesterday by ...

Marc Warren believes he can end the year well inside the world’s top-50 and ease the uncertainty of contesting all four Majors. Warren is yet to contest the Masters but after a strong showing in the PGA Championship Scotland’s top world-ranked golfer returns home this morning (MON) to continue his rise up the rankings restating with Thursday’s commencing defence of his Made In Denmark tournament. The Callaway staff golfer had arrived at Whistling Straits ranked 51st in the world, was headed ...

Cometh the Day, cometh the golfer as Jason Day finally shook off the tag of ‘One of the best golfers never to win a Major’. But not only did Day win  a maiden Major but he did so carving out a slice of golfing history with his 20-under par PGA Championship winning tally the lowest ever in a Major Championship. The 27-year old Queensland-born Day also became the 11th Australian-born winner of a Major and also the fifth player to be handed the gleaming Rodman Wanamaker Trophy. It was also ...

New PGA Champion Jason Day has hinted he make consider taking the gleaming Rodman Wanamaker Trophy home with him and a possbile visit to the Ipswich Golf Club in Queensland. The club holds a special place in the heart of Australia’s newest Major Champion following his stunning three shot triumph along the shores of Lake Michigan. The 27-year old Day became Australia’s 11th Major winner and on the 20th anniversary of Steve Elkington being the last Australian-born winner when he defeated ...

List of Australian-born winners of a major: 5 – Peter Thomson – 1954, 1955, 1956, 1958, 1965 The Open Championship 2 – Greg Norman – 1986, 1993 The Open Championship 2 – David Graham – 1979 PGA Championship, 1981 US Open Championship 1 – Geoff Ogilvy – 2006 US Open 1 – Steve Elkington – 1995 PGA Championship 1 – Ian Baker-Finch – 1991 The Open Championship 1 – Wayne Grady – 1990 PGA Championship 1 – Kel Nagle ...