Golf, by TourMiss

It what has been confirmed a first in either mens or womens professional team golf competition and Mike Weir’s International Team has shattered Amercian dreams of capturing a 10th straight Presidents Cup in handing out a stunning second round 5-0 thrashing to their more fancied rivals. Weir’s team of Internationals were left reeling on Thursday beaten 5-o in the opening series of matches on the host Royal Montreal course. It the fourth occasion since the inception of the teams event in ...

It has been one year shy of 50-years since golf legend Arnold Palmer captured the 1975 Spanish Open. Arnie did so just a year after compatriot Jerry Heard became the first American to win the Spanish title and in an event that was first staged in 1912. Now after two rounds of this year’s Acciona Open de España and it is Arnie’s and Jerry’s compatriot Patrick Reed who has put himself in strong contention to become just the third American-born winner of Spain’s premier event. Reed ...

The United States is set to make it 10 wins in succession after the opening day of the 2024 Presidents Cup at the host Royal Montreal club in Canada. Mike Weir’s men were no match for the Jim Furyk led Americans failing to win any of the five matches on day one of the competition for a fourth time in the 24-year history of the event. The Americans were simply unstoppable as the stats provided hereunder by the PGA Tour show. However, and with history against his International Team, Weir was ...

This week’s acciona Open de Espansia marks another plus in the re-emergence of Italian-born golfing heart-throb Matteo Manassero. Manassero, 31, will tee-up in the Spanish capital as the new World No. 86 and the first time he has been ranked inside the top-100 on the official World Rankings since the first week of November, 2014, Yes, it’s been just a few weeks shy of a decade since one of golf’s more affable competitors was last among the top-10o when in the week following missing ...

Double major-winning Bryson DeChambeau has labelled the PGA of America decision to allow LIV players to qualify for both the PGA Championship and the Ryder Cup a ‘great step forward’ in the mens professional game. DeChambeau was asked ahead of the season-ending Dallas Team Championship his thoughts on this further confirmation from the PGA of America “I think it’s — one, I’ve always had a tremendous amount of respect for the PGA of America and what they’ve ...

Golf’s top-ranked Scottie Scheffler clearly is still not comfortable with the overnight news that reaffirms fellow US-born LIV players are fully eligible to qualify for the Ryder Cup. The PGA of America that run the Ryder Cup when the bienniel competition is conducted in the States has reinforced their decision that all US-born players, whether members of LIV or the PGA Tour, will face no barrier in seeking to qualify for next year’s Ryder Cup at Bethpage Park Black. Unlike others, Scheffler ...

Danish-born golfers have denied overwhelming crowd favourite Rory McIlroy’s expected victory celebration for a second occasion at the host Royal County Down course. Fifteen years ago Soren Kjeldsen was handed the gleaming Irish Open trophy by McIlroy, the then tournament host after McIlroy had hopelessly missed the halfway cut at the famed Northern Ireland course. Now Kjeldsen’s young compatriot Rasmus Hogjaard has also denied McIlroy his maiden tournament victoy in Northern Ireland by ...