Golf, by TourMiss

Legendary golf coach Pete Cowen has remarkably gone public in a UAE newspaper addressing rumours he has been sacked by Rory McIlroy. The normally quietly-spoken Cowen says he’s taken the very unusual step of writing for the Dubai-based Gulf News after revealing he is being hounded by journalists in the UK asking where ‘he stands’ with his relationship with McIlroy and this simply after not being spotted last week in Las Vegas when McIlroy won for a second time this season In the ...

Dane Jeff Winther and his wife spent an anxious 45-mins locked in their hotel bathroom before managing to get to the course and capture a maiden Tour win at the Mallorca Open. Winther, 33, and his wife, Amelie found themselves locked-in the bathroom of their hotel, without their mobile phones, leaving their two young children alone in the main room of their hotel as the couple fought to pry open the bathroom door.  Fortunately time was on his side with hotel staff later breaking in to allow the ...

Hideki Matsuyama added to a unique PGA Tour statistic with his convincing five shot success at the ZoZo Championship in his native Japan. Matsuyama was never really challenged, taking the lead on day two and rounding off his seventh PGA Tour success in brilliant manner by eagling the closing hole on the host Accordia Golf Narashino Country Club layout. The 72nd hole eagle, and after eagling the par-5 sixth hole, handed Matsuyama a closing five-under par to win by five shots at 15-under par. The ...

Scotland’s Connor Syme is predicting tougher course conditions after a scoring spree on the opening day of the Mallorca Open. Syme, 31, was proud to post a bogey-three four-under par 66 in bright but windy conditions on the host Santa Ponsa course located on the somewhat exposed south-western tip of the holiday island. Dane Jeff Winther muscled his way to an eight-under par 62 that included eight birdies, and two lots of four birdies in succession on each nine. Swede Niklas Lemke and South ...

Rory McIlroy spoke on the eve of the CJ Cup that when he was on his game, he was the best player in the world. Four days later he lived-up to that statement in capturing a 20th PGA Tour title with a stunning one-shot success thanks to closing 66 for a record-setting 25-under par on the host Summit course in Las Vegas. McIlroy brushed aside third round leader Rickie Fowler and kept Open Champion Colin Morikawa at bay to earn PGA Tour ‘Lifetime’ membership at the start of his 15th season on golf’s ...

In my long years travelling the world reporting on golf, I can honestly say there have been just a handful who I looked-up to who really went out of their way to make me feel welcome among the ranks of the European Tour golf writers. One of those sadly passed away early on Tuesday evening. The Association of Golf Writers were fortunate to be teeing-up at Delamere Forest and also Royal Liverpool in our final two matches of an extended Covid-19 affected 2020/21 AGW ‘Race to Hoylake’ golfing season. One ...

David ‘Double D’ Drysdale fought back from a double dose of bad luck with the double delight of two eagles on day three of the Acciona Spanish Open in Madrid. Drysdale posted a ‘moving day’ three-under par 68 to be tied ninth at 11-under par on the Club de Campo course in the Spanish capital. Local hero Rafa Cabrera-Bello snatched seven birdies in a 64 to lead the field by two shots at 17-under par as the former 2017 Scottish Open winner looks to win his own national open for a first time ...