Golf, by TourMiss

Defending Italian Open champ Bob MacIntyre is determined to impress European captain Luke Donald for a second time in some seven months at this week’s Italian Open again on the host 2023 Ryder Cup course in Rome. Last September MacIntyre humbled reigning US Open champ Matt Fitzpatrick in capturing ‘the biggest win in my life’ in a play-off over the Englishman on the Marco Simone course to the north-east of the Italian capital. The Oban lefty did so in a field boasting 13 European Ryder Cup ...

There can be no better form heading into the defence of a tournament than winning the week prior. That’s just what Scot Robert MacIntyre will be hoping with a round to play in the weather-affected inaugural Korean Championship. The Oban lefty warmed to the cold conditions with a last hole birdie in a third round 69 to move into the clubhouse lead moments before the siren sounded to halt play due to fading light, and this after bad weather had delayed the start of play on the Jack Nicklaus ...

Scot Stevie Gallacher continues to impress, showing his younger Challenge Tour colleagues how it’s done ​in the energy-sapping conditions ​in the inaugural Abu Dhabi Challenge. ​At a​ge 48 years and six months, ​Gallacher ​is the oldest in the field​, battling the extreme heat to ​produc​e​ a bogey-free score of 67 ​and mov​e​ to eight-under on the National club course. ​And no sooner had a delighted Scot handed in his scorecard and there was confirmation on the DP ...

Seasoned Scots Stephen Gallacher and David Drysdale turned back the ‘career clock’ on the opening day in heatwave conditions at the inaugural Abu Dhabi Challenge. Gallacher, 48, bounced back from 15th hole double-bogey to birdie two of closing four holes in a three-under 69 to hand Gallacher a share of 12th behind England’s Tom Lewis who signed for a 64 to lead by a shot in the Challenge Tour event on the famed National course in the UAE capital. This week is Gallacher’s first full ...

The Home of Golf nation is assured of at least one Scot inside the ropes at this year’s Ryder Cup in Rome. Stephen Gallacher will not qualify nor will he be on Luke Donald’s back-room team but after his debut behind the microphone earlier this year at the Hero Cup, the Scot’s revealed SKY Sports Golf want the Bathgate pro to be part of their on-course commentary team in Rome. Indeed, SKY was so impressed with Gallacher in his debut role last January in Abu Dhabi for the Hero Cup, they’ve ...

Now 15- years after attending the maiden DP World Tour event in South Korea, and I somehow find myself asking what has changed? Back in 2008, I had travelled from a European Tour co-sanctioned event in Malaysia north for the staging of the inaugural Ballantine’s Championship on the island of Jeju, located about 80 kms off the southern tip of the Korean peninsula. There had been an outcry some nine months earlier in March 2007 when the European Tour announced it had signed an agreement with ...

  ‘How A Short Par-3 Near The End Of A Golf Course, Research Reveals Can Bring Hope To A Broken Round’ with thanks to Stephen Smith, The Fairway Physician Strokeplay golf is tough. It is incredibly easy for the wheels to come off early and then it is going to be a long day. The golfer has nothing left to play for but pride, but will their golf course design allow them to enjoy it? Will it give them hope? PSYenz, a specialist division of Sport Psychology Ltd has been researching the ...