Golf, by TourMiss

Jordan Spieth was singing Rory McIlroly’s praise after the opening round of the 97th PGA Championship at Whistling Straits. The current World No. 1 and 2 ended with one under par 71s but then with McIlroy letting slip a ‘points victory’ over his new arch rival when he found the rough short of the final green to walk off with a bogey. However it was a long 5 hours and 25 minute round for the threesome that also included new Open Champion Zach Johnson. It had been 53 days since McIlroy ...

Making only his second PGA Championship showing is Aberdonian Richie Ramsay who already labeled Whistling Straits ‘one of my favourite venues’. “I just love the golf course as it suits my eye so much and it’s already become one of my favourite venues even though I’ve only had a couple of practice rounds out on the course,” he said. “The key here is not to miss the fairways and I am hitting the ball so straight at present it should really suit my game.” Ramsay is coming off a lot ...

It is not an anniversary Colin Montgomerie would care to remember but 20 years ago this week he stared  Major Championship glory right in the face for a second occasion in 14 months. Monty had lost out in a U.S. Open play-off a year earlier to Ernie Els but then found himself again denied and this time by Australia’s Steve Elkington for the 1995 PGA Championship crown at Riviera in suburban L.A. There would be one other occasion when Monty was in a similar situation and that was in 2006 at Winged ...

A week after playing a practice round last week with good friend Shane Lowry and top Scot Marc Warren is warming at thoughts of lifting the Rodman Wanamaker Trophy. Lowry defied odds last week of 125/1 at the start of the week to capture the WGC – Bridgestone Invitational in Ohio. And Warren wasted little time sending off a congratulatory text to the bearded Dubliner. However it’s not the first occasion this season Warren and Lowry have been in each other’s company heading into a U.S. event. The ...

One of the first things Dustin Johnson did in hosting the final preview press conference here at Whistling Straits was to ‘tounge in cheek’ thank the PGA of America. You see, five years after ‘Bunkergate’ and there is a grandstand covering the majority of the bunker that cost Johnson victory in the 2010 PGA Championship. “I don’t have to worry about the bunker this year, there’s a grand stand there.  Thank You, PGA.  I appreciate that!” There’s ...

Double Major winning Jordan Spieth’s States-wide approval rating has meant finding secret passageways to escape his inceasing popularity. In nine short months, the 21-year old Spieth has become the new golden boy of American golf since not only winning the Masters and U.S. Open titles but starting with the back-to-back 2014 Australian Open and Tiger Woods hosted Hero World Challenge wins late last year, and two other PGA Tour titles this year. But while Spieth could once walk down the main street ...

World No. 1 Rory McIlroy insists he will continue to play football despite the fear of only just avoiding surgery on his injured left leg. McIlroy tees-up tomorrow in the defence of his PGA Championship title less than six weeks after rupturing a tendon in a footy friendly back home in Belfast. The injury meant sitting out contesting the Scottish Open and teeing-up as defending champion in the following week’s Open Championship and also last week’s WGC – Bridgestone Invitational in Ohio. “I ...