Golf, by TourMiss

As part of the celebrations for last week’s 75th anniversary Wyndham Championship organizers brought into the media center two of the greats of the game in Bob Goalby and Dow Fistenwald. Goalby captured the the 1958 Greater Greensboro Open, as the event was then known, and a year later Finsterwald was crowned 1959 champion. However Goalby wrote himself into golf’s history book in winning the 1968 Masters but only after controversy surrounding Argentina’s Robert de Vicenzo who thought ...

World No. 1 Rory McIlroy returns to competition this week and the continuation of his summer conquest focusing now on a first FedEx Cup triumph but with fellow four-time Major winner Ernie Els offering some timely advice. McIlroy and Els will join 123 other golfers in Thursday’s starting Barclay’s Championship in New Jersey and the first of the four FedEx Cup Play-Off Series. In the three years McIlroy has been eligible to win the FedEx Cup he’s been placed 36th in 2010, runner-up in 2012 and ...

The MENA Golf Tour rolls into the UAE after a summer break with a strong field contesting for a share of the $50,000 prize money at the Dubai Creek Open in September. With the first two events on the 2014 edition of the tour in Morocco producing first-time winners, the interest in the tournament has further intensified in anticipation of what new story lines will emerge if the early trend continues. England’s Joshua White, who won the Royal Golf D’Anfa Open, the opening event on the tour ...

Marc Warren ended a seven-year winless drought and capture by two shots with a 17-under par total the inaugural Made in Denmark tournament. The Callaway golfer, who has been knocking on victory’s door for some time, held off Welshman Bradley Dredge using a new 8.9 degree V-Series driver to capture his third Tour title but a first since winning the 2007 Johnnie Walker Championship at Gleneagles. And strangely Warren has now two victories in Scandinavia after capturing his maiden tournament in ...

American Kevin Sutherland put himself into Champions Tour history despite missing a six foot putt for a round of 58. However Sutherland’s 59 on day three of the Dick’s Sporting Goods Open at Endicott, New York was good enough for a share of the lead in Saturday’s second round of the event to lead at 13-under after being level par on day one. Sutherland opened with seven birdies and an eagle on the first eight holes. He had 12 birdies overall, including three straight coming into ...

Rory McIlroy kept his promise when he paraded the famed Claret Jug at Old Trafford. The current World No. 1 ranked golfer stepped out on the ground at halftime in the Manchester United clash against Swansea drawing wild applause from the some 73,000 fans. But then it’s not known if they were applauding McIlroy’s effort last month at Royal Liverpool or eye-catching his three-piece suit and similar to the suit Ian Poulter wore to Wimbledon. Poulter went as far to tweet the following:- Ian ...

Martin Laird muscled his way into a share of third place and just one shot from the lead after two rounds of the Wyndham Championship at Greensboro, North Carolina. Laird picked off seven birdies including three in succession from his 12th hole in a round of a four under par 66 and a nine under par total on the Sedgefield Country Club course. It put the Scot just a stroke adrift of the leading American duo of Heath Slocum and Scott Langley, and each posting 65s for 10-under par totals. Laird teed-up ...