Golf, by TourMiss

World No. 1 Rory McIlroy has at least won one battle in his quest for a career Grand Slam at this week’s 79th staging of the Masters. And it’s come from the most unlikeliest of sources – reigning US Open champion Martin Kaymer. Kaymer was being asked about McIlroy’s physique as has been seen in a recent men’s magazine spread. “Rory is obviously a strong boy,” said Kaymer smiling. “If you see pics of him from five years ago, and you see him now, he looks ...

Double Major winning Greg Norman is predicting fellow Australian Jason Day to break through for Masters glory at Augusta National.   Day, 27 will be teeing up in his fifth straight Masters after making his debut in 2011 when he and fellow Australian Adam Scott shared second place two strokes adrift of South African Charl Schwartzel.   However it was two years later in 2013 when Day stamped his enormous potential by moving to a one shot lead after two rounds.   And with just three holes to play ...

American Patrick Reed brought the crowd to their feet when he holed out for an ace at the par three, 16th. But then in one of the most bizarre moments this year on the PGA Tour Reed then lost a sprint race across a wooden bridge leading to the green at the 16th. Check out the ace on video and then the amazing race against his caddy.

England’s Paul Casey continued his push towards only a second PGA Tour victory with a fighting four under par 68 to move to 11-under par on day three of the Shell Houston Open. Casey capped his third round with three birdies in succession from the sixth hole and posting birdies either side at four and the 10th holes on the Golf Club of Houston course He then recorded pars at the next seven holes before his only bogey at the 17th. “I played good all day and it was just a couple of loose ...

There was plenty of horsepower on show at this year’s Shell Houston Open and it was not all inside the ropes. Check out the 5.9 liter V-8 NASCAR of Joey Logano winner of this year’s Daytona 500. Also on show is a ‘display’ Ferrari Formula One Grand Prix car decked out in fully team and sponsor colours.

Faycal Serghini, by his own admission, endured a crazy day at work, but still managed to post a good score in the first round of the Royal Golf Dar Es Salam Open, the opening event on the MENA Golf Tour, here on Saturday. The experienced Moroccan carded an eventful three-under 70 to join the English duo of James Allan and Jack Hiluta in second place, just one behind Austria’s Manuel Trappel, who seized the early initiative with a superb four-under back nine. Ahmed Marjane, the first Arab ...

Ever wondered who Rory McIlroy would prefer to play golf with and who are his closest friends on Tour while who do you think he would ask to hole a 10-foot birdie putt, other than himself, for all the cash in a Sunday afternoon social match. www.golfbytourmiss.com put eight questions to McIlroy and here is the answers to eight things about the four-time Major winner you didn’t know. Qn: Rory who would you pay to go and watch compete in a tournament? Ans: Bubba Watson. Qn: Who would say are ...