Golf, by TourMiss

Newly-crowned Australian Open champ, Jordan Spieth has a seven shot stranglehold on the $US 1m Hero World Challenge event at Isleworth in Florida. The 21-year old holed a stunning 50-foot birdie putt at the last in a round of 63 to be well clear of World No. 2 Henrik Stenson (68) and Keegan Bradley (65) sharing second on 13-under par. Spieth is now on target to have his name etched on a second tournament trophy, and on a second continent in two weeks. The last golfer to achieve such a feat was World ...

Double Formula One world champion Lewis Hamilton will have to come from behind if he’s to unseat World No. 1 ranked golfer Rory McIlroy the coveted BBC Sports Personality of the Year award. Bookmakers William Hill quote Hamilton at 3/1 to take the BBC chequered flag whereas McIlroy is a red hot 2/9 favourite to become the first golfer since Nick Faldo in 1989 to walk off with the coveted award. “Until Hamilton’s World Championship title was confirmed, the betting was a one horse race,” ...

Rory McIlroy’s left-handed shot during this year’s Grand Slam of Golf in Bermuda has been voted PGA.com video of the year. McIlroy’s ball had come to rest on the edge of a water hazard and inside the lateral staked line at the 17th hole in Bermuda. The World No. 1 showed his class in turning his club back the front and playing the shot left handed to find the fairway. And while covering himself in some mud in playing the shot he eventually walked off the hole with a par while competing ...

Graeme McDowell made amends for his disappointing second round finish and clawing his way up the leader board with and eagle and five birdies on day three of the Hero World Challenge. A day after ‘rushing’ to complete his third round McDowell was a picture of concentration in shooting a four under par 68 and move from a share of 14th place in the 18-man field and into a then tie for fifth. After a bogey at the second McDowell picked off three birdies in succession from the par five seventh hole ...

Illness had left Tiger Woods with the slightest of whispers in posting a three under par 69 on day three of the Hero World Challenge at Windermere in Florida. The Woods roar that has seen him capture 14 Majors had disappeared and with journalist gathered around him struggling to hear what the current World No. 24 was saying. Woods had been coughing badly on the first tee and politely declined to shake hands with playing partner Billy Horschel or officials in not wanting to pass on his illness ahead ...

Padraig Harrington is close to ending a six-year main tour victory drought after storming to a five shot lead in the weather interrupted BANK BRI Indonesia Open. The three-time Major winner was 16-under through 13 holes before play was called off at the Damai Indah Golf, PIK course. He will return on Sunday at 6.40am alongside 44 other players to complete the round. Playing in the same group as Harrington, unheralded Australian Nathan Holman was a distant five shots back while co-overnight leader ...

Former double Hero World Challenge champ Graeme McDowell paid a prize in rushing to complete his second round on a rain interrupted second day’s play on the Isleworth course in Windermere, Florida. With darkness falling, and not wishing to have to return to the course on Saturday morning, McDowell and playing partner Henrik Stenson rushed from the 17th green to the nearby 18th tee hoping to tee-up before PGA Tour official Mark Williams sounded the horn to halt play. Play had been halted for ...