Golf, by TourMiss

Six-time Major winner Nick Faldo has questioned why Tiger Woods, given his lack of competition this year, did not compete this week ahead of teeing up in next week’s (British) Open Championship. Woods will be competing in his first Major Championship of the season after having missed the Masters and U.S. Open following surgery on his injured back. The 14-time Major winner returned to competition for a first occasion since March in last month’s Quicken Loans National but failed to make the halfway ...

European Ryder Cup captain Paul McGinley is staring at two to three months on the side line as he overcomes a nagging shoulder injury. McGinley will lead Europe into the defence of the Ryder Cup against a Tom Watson captained USA Team in late September at Gleneagles in Scotland. However the Dublin-born golfer is struggling with a bout of Bursitis in his left shoulder that has seen him withdraw before teeing-up in last week’s French Open near Versailles and then miss the cut after two rounds of ...

After failing to secure an invitation into the Aberdeen Asset Management Scottish Open Andrew McArthur has done the next best thing and that is to lead after two rounds in the D + D Real Slovakia Challenge Tour event. McArthur cruised to a second consecutive bogey-free round of a six under 66 earned the Scotsman a one-shot lead heading into the weekend at Penati Golf Resort. Before heading to Slovakia the former Scottish Amateur champion spoke of desire in competing this week at Royal Aberdeen and ...

Rory McIlroy’s Friday curse again jumped up to bite the double Major winner in plunging from a one stroke lead to be trailing by six shots on day two of the Scottish Open at Royal Aberdeen. After setting a new course record of a seven under par 64 McIlroy returned to the stunning links gem and stumble his way to a seven over par 78 and drop back to a share of 34th place at level par in the £STG 3m event. Three players – Sweden’s Kristoffer Broberg (71), Scotland’s Marc Warren (69) and Argentina’s ...

England’s Justin Rose boosted hopes of a rare back-to-back PGA and European Tour successes after moving into the clubhouse lead on day two of the Scottish Open at Royal Aberdeen. The current World No. 6 and highest-ranked player in the field posted a three under par 68 to move to five under par in the £STG 3m event. It moved Rose to within two shots of first round leader Rory McIlroy who is competing in the afternoon half of the draw. Rose arrived in north-east Scotland having captured a fortnight ...

Three-time former Open winner Nick Faldo set about justifying his invitation into the Scottish Open with a two over par 73 at Royal Aberdeen. Despite an opening hole double bogey Britain’s most successful golfer fought back to complete the remainder of this round in level par with four birdies and just as many bogeys. It left the soon-to-be 57 year old trailing nine shots behind Northern Ireland’s Rory McIlroy who shot a new course record of a seven under par 64. Faldo has not played full time ...

* Report and photograph by Susanne Kemper at Royal Birkdale. Dame Laura Davies received a hearty applause when she stepped onto the tee for the first round of the Ricoh Women’s British Open at Royal Birkdale. Great Britain’s greatest-ever woman golfer created history in becoming the first woman golfer to be officially honored by Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth 11. And Great Britain’s newest Dame is no stranger to the wearing the crown of Ricoh Women’s British Open champion having ...