Golf, by TourMiss

It was cold but glorious sunny afternoon today when I drove up to the Crail Golfing Society for the first time in 2015. There to greet me was Crail’s very affable assistant professional, David Snodgrass. However before taking to the Balcomie Course there was a matter of being financial and that meant a trip to the office to pay my annual subs. And with a 2015 Member’s circular tag to add to 14 others on my bag tag it was straight to the first tee and a much-awaited first game of the New ...

Peter Lawrie, after spending what he said was some 20 months in the doldrums, is not about to get carried way following a sizzling 66 on day two of the Maybank Malaysian Open. Lawrie packed a red-hot putter needing just 23 putts to post six birdies, including three in succession from his second hole on the Kuala Lumpur Golf & Country Club course. It left the 40-year old Dubliner, who is playing for a third week in a row on an invitation, sharing fourth spot on seven under par and only four strokes ...

Tiger Woods’ misery continues with the 14-time Major winner withdrawing after 12 agonizing holes on day one of the fog delayed Farmers Insurance Open at Torrey Pines. Woods had taken a double bogey at the par four second hole or the 11th of the course to be two over par but after playing his tee shot into the par three third hole or the 12th hole of his round he walked up onto the green and with his caddy picking up his ball. He then advised playing partners Rickie Fowler and Billy Horschel ...

A very emotional five-time British Open champion Peter Thomson paid enormous tribute to his long-time good friend saying greeting the late Kel Nagle after he won The 1960 Open at St. Andrews was the happiest moment of his golfing life. Thomson was one of many golfing luminaries at the funeral of Nagle of who died last week aged 94. The list of past and present players at the Northern Suburbs Crematorium in Sydney included Thomson, 1990 PGA Championship winner Wayne Grady, 1975 Open runner-up Jack ...

Defending champion Lee Westwood and former US Open winner Graeme McDowell banked similiar six under par 66s to share the clubhouse lead on day one of the Maybank Malaysian Open in Kuala Lumpur. In breezy conditions at Kuala Lumpur Golf & Country Club, the Ryder Cup team-mates carded matching six under par rounds of 66. Former World Number One Westwood romped to a seven shot victory at this venue last year, and carded four birdies in an outward 32 after starting at the tenth. A further gain followed ...

Legendary BBC presenter and commentator Peter Alliss has joined a chorus to slam the decision of the R & A to dump a free-to-air coverage by selling off TV rights of golf’s oldest Major to SKY Sports. Speaking to BBC Radio 5 Live, the 83-year-old said: “It saddens me. “I know they (the R&A) do lots of lovely, lovely things but now when it comes down to the nitty-gritty they have dipped their hands into the money and that’s it. “I don’t think there will be a golfer that ...

Paul McGinley will commence a new season in this week’s Maybank Malaysian Open in Kuala Lumpur and declaring ahead of the co-sanctioned event that played backing will decide his replacement as 2016 European Ryder Cup captain. McGinley is a member of the five-man panel set to meet later this month to choose a successor to the victorious Dubliner. But with Darren Clarke a hot favourite to outscore Hazeltine rival Miguel Angel Jimenez, McGinley indicated on the ever of the event at the Kuala Lumpur ...