Golf, by TourMiss

For any golfer, ending a round with a double-bogey is no good cause to be hanging around for a relaxing beverage and a long fireside-like chat. No, Robert MacIntyre wasted little time in packing-up his golf clubs and jumping in a waiting courtesy car for the two-hour odd journey to Geneva Airport and a flight back to his beloved Scotland. It had been a third straight frustrating visit to the Omega European Masters for MacIntyre, as evident in taking a double-bogey down the final hole after sending ...

It’s 30-years ago this weekend Seve Ballesteros pulled off one of the greatest shots ever seen in professional golf, It was Sunday 2nd September, 1993 and the final day of the Omega European Masters on the alpine Crans-sur-Sierre course at Crans Montana in Switzerland. Seve, and now aged 36 years, is a six-time major winner and has won 47 of what will be 50 European Tour events in his career. He steps up to the final tee on this Sunday in Switzerland but plays a wild drive well left and with ...

While top-ranked Scot Robert MacIntyre continues to struggle after three rounds in getting a strong footing on the Swiss slopes his automatic selection in the 2023 Ryder Cup now looks assured. MacIntyre had not made the cut in two prior showings at the host Omega European Masters course and while he made the cut right on the three-under-par mark on Friday, it’s golf course that the Oban lefty clearly does not feels comfortable. Indeed, if it were not for the event being the final Ryder Cup ...

All of Scotland breathed a sigh of relief after Robert MacIntyre holed a nerve-tingling final hole par putt to make the cut right on the mark at the Omega European Masters at Crans Montana. MacIntyre’s effort in posting a second round 69 and finishing in a share of 62nd, and making the cut-off right on the mark at three-under has kept alive, albeit agonizingly, his quest to secure the last automatic spot into the European Ryder Cup team. MacIntyre had missed the cut in his prior two Swiss appearances ...

Ryder Cup selection rival Yannick Paul has timely thrown down the gauntlet at the feet of Scot Robert MacIntyre on day one of the Omega European Masters. German-born Paul, playing alongside MacIntyre, eagled the 15th hole in an impressive six-under 64 to be just one shot off the lead in the final Ryder Cup qualifying event. MacIntyre, currently holding down the third and last automatic Rome qualifying place, again struggled on the alpine Crans-sur-Sierre course with five birdies but also three bogeys ...

“Yes, he’s my brother but he deserves a (USA) Ryder Cup pick!” The defiant words of Chase Koepka, the younger brother of reigning PGA Championship champion Brooks Koepka. Chase is some four years younger than his also four-time major winning brother, and naturally wants to see him announced tomorrow (Tuesday) by USA captain Zach Johnson who will be in PGA of America HQ in Texas to confirm his full 12-man team ahead of next month’s Rome showdown. The LIV Golf attached Brooks had been among ...

Asian Tour Commissioner Cho Minn Thant has sung the praise in creating history by bringing two Tour events to England and Scotland. The Tour proudly hosted the International Series England last fortnight at Close House in north-eastern England and last week we saw the Asian Tour flags flying high over the Torrance course at the Fairmont Resort, and located just a few miles from the famed Old Course at St. Andrews. The Home of Golf was blessed with warm, near windless conditions, and while there was ...