Golf, by TourMiss

The urge to return to Hilton Head along with the use of a gleaming black Chevy Camaro was a strong combination in driving from the Masters to this week’s RBC Heritage Classic. So after a long and exhaustive week reporting on the Masters, it was sheer joy to pack this new version of an American motoring icon and take the drive south-east from Augusta, Georgia, all the way along Route 278 to Hilton Head here in South Carolina. The Chevy Camaro had been in use at Augusta just for short drives ...

American Matt Kuchar is looking to finally make if four times lucky after posting a five under par 66 on the opening day of the RBC Heritage Classic at Hilton Head. Kuchar warmed to the bright but very cold conditions in his best-ever round on the tight tree-lined Harbor Town Golf Links course. The current World No. 6 arrived in South Carolina having been in contention for victory in the past three events only. First in the Valero Texas Open and then in the following week’s Shell Houston Open, ...

England’s Lee Westwood set about ending a two-year winless drought with a seven under par 65 on the opening day of the storm affected Maybank Malaysian Open in Kuala Lumpur. Westwood, who turns 41 in a week, began his round at the 10th with a bogey but then ended with four birdies over his closing five holes including the last three to take the clubhouse lead at the Kuala Lumpur Country Club course. The effort by the current World No. 36 and the highest-ranked player in the $US 2.75m event, comes ...

Graeme McDowell has upgraded last week’s indifferent Masters effort from an ‘F’ to a ‘C mins’ ahead of his RBC Heritage Classic defence on Hilton Head Island, South Carolina. McDowell crashed out of the year’s first Major with scores of 72 and 78 to miss the Augusta halfway cut five out of seven Masters showings. He went onto Twitter ranking his effort an ‘F’ but now with the excitement of returning to the venue of his first regular PGA Tour win a years ago, the current World No. ...

Tom Watson’s determination to win back the Ryder Cup continues to intensify with the USA Captain declaring Europe’s recent domination to be like an indelible tattoo stamped on their rivals. With just under six months to the Ryder Cup at Gleneagles Watson is again getting a closer look at some of his likely team members in contesting this week’s RBC Heritage Classic at Hilton Head in South Carolina. Organisers of the $US 5.8m event have grouped Watson with 2012 USA Team captain, Davis Love 111 ...

Of the top nine players currently lying on the USA Ryder Cups standings there is surprisingly one who has played in competition on this year’s host Gleneagles course. Jordan Spieth was just 17 years of age when he represented the USA in the 2010 Junior Ryder Cup on the PGA Centenary course. Now three years on the Dallas-born Spieth looks set to make his Ryder Cup debut in Tom Watson’s USA side after jumping 10 places to fourth overall on the USA standing despite his continuing disappointment ...

In a first for some time Scotland has three players competing in this week’s RBC Heritage Classic with European Tour based Stephen Gallacher accepting an invitation to join the PGA Tour based duo of newly-married Russell Knox and Martin Laird. Knox is now sporting a gleaming silver wedding ring on his left hand but finding it a little uncomfortable getting used to compared to having a golf club in his hand. “It’s great been married and a long overdue as we have been together for a long ...