Golf, by TourMiss

Rory McIlroy has not been immune to unruly fan behaviour and it’s why he sympathises with Bryson DeChambeau following the unsavoury incidents at last week’s BMW Championship. Much has already been written in the two days since last Sunday’s final round on the outskirts of Baltimore and the incident that took place as DeChambeau was abused by a fan as he made his way from the 18th green in the moments after losing a six-hole play-off to Patrick Cantlay. McIlroy along with Cantlay ...

When it comes to statistics the PGA Tour is tops in world golf. From how many different countries have been represented in events this 2021/21 PGA Tour year to how many holes-in-one has there been up to this week’s season-ending Tour Championship while you may be you are asking how many suspensions to play the Tour experienced since the opening event just short of a year ago in California?  The PGA has it all recorded. So, ahead of East Lake let’s start with a few stats from a season that ...

PGA Tour Commissioner Jay Monahan believes the PGA Tour has the best fans in the world but in reality, the Tour boasts some of the loudest, most obnoxious and odious golf fans on the planet. You only had to sit through last week’s thrilling final round at the BMW Championship and hear the piercing sounds of beer-fuelled imbeciles to realise how much an issue fan behaviour has become on golf’s greatest stage. We’re not for a moment saying all PGA Tour fans are unruly as they have cousins ...

PGA Tour Commissioner Jay Monahan is prepared to cut embattled Bryson DeChambeau some slack despite continuing controvery surrounding golf’s ‘Mad Scientist’. Monahan hosted his now annual ‘State of the PGA Tour’ address to the media ahead of this week’s 2021/22 season-ending Tour Championship in Atlanta. No sooner had Monahan spoke at length on the work of the Tour this past season and also what golf fans the world over can look forward heading into a new season, and he faced questions ...

For those of us on the opposite side of ‘The Pond’ there was an enormous reward for all those who sat-up into the early hours of Monday morning watching TV coverage of the final round of the BMW Championship from the outskirts of Baltimore. The sight of Patrick Cantlay going head-to-head with Bryson DeChambeau was simply riveting and watching the two Americans fight it out for the title not just over 18 holes but then six extra holes meant there was no way you could surely hit the ...

A fourth place in a prestigious event such as the BMW Championship is a fanastic achievement for any golfer. It’s a great result for Rory McIlroy and his second-best finish in his 20 events on the 2020/21 PGA Tour season and good enough to see the Irishman head to this coming week’s Tour Championship now lying 16th on the FedEx Cup standings. That’s up a dozen places at the start of his week and comes on the back of McIlroy’s closing round of 67 on the Caves Valley course to the north-west ...

Henrik Stenson is making European Ryder Cup captain Padraig Harrington’s selection task seemingly a little easier with a second top-of-the-board finish in successive weeks. Stenson stormed his way first to the clubhouse lead before eventually grabbing a timely third place with an avalanche of birdies in his final round of 63 for an 11-under par tally at the Omega European Masters at Crans-Montana, Switzerland. Stenson, and a veteran of five Ryder Cup’s, was without a top-10 finish this year but ...