Golf, by TourMiss

Birthday boy Danny Willett buried a golf bag full of off-course heath issues to pocket a cool £578,000 first prize cheque in brilliantly capturing the 20th anniversary Alfred Dunhill Links Championship at St. Andrews. A packed crowd gathered around the 18th green and spilled onto the last fairway of the famed Old Course to sing ‘Happy Birthday’ to the 34-year-old Englishman who won by two shots with a closing 68 for an 18-under par tally. It is Willett’s eighth European Tour success and ...

Rookie pro John Murphy is staring at the real likelihood of victory heading to the final round of the 20th anniversary Alfred Dunhill Links Championship. Murphy, 23, didn’t drop a shot in an impressive five-under par 67 on the famed Old Course at St. Andrews and to now head to the last day to be brilliantly lying in a four-way share of second place at 11-under par. Masters champion Danny Willett (66) leads the way by three shots at 14-under par with double Dunhill winning Tyrrell Hatton (71), ...

Shane Lowry showed his mettle battling his way through quintessentially difficult Alfred Dunhill Links championship conditions and also post Ryder Cup fatigue to be just three shots from the lead heading to the final round in the 20th anniversary hosting of the event. Lowry let slip, ending the day second on his own in missing a short birdie putt at the last, in what was still an impressive five-under par 67 for an 11-under par tally in wet, windy and cold conditions at the Home of Golf. Lowry, ...

Irish rookie pro John Murphy has a real spring in his step heading to the all-important third round of the Alfred Dunhill Links at St. Andrews. Murphy shares the leading Irish honours after a gutsy round of a three-under par 69 in cold and very windy conditions on the Kingsbarns Links course and move into a share of seventh place in the Euro 4.31 event Joining Murphy just three shots from the lead is Shane Lowry who was also at Kingsbarns Links where he birdied three of his closing four holes in ...

Glasgow’s Ewen Ferguson remains ‘on song’ as the leading Scot heading to the third round of the Alfred Dunhill Championship. Ferguson, and with The Vamps lead singer Brad Simpson as his partner, capped his round with a 14th hole eagle ‘3’ in posting a gutsy 73 at Carnoustie to be just four off the lead at six-under par. Both Ferguson and Simpson are managed by Niall Horan’s Modest Golf and at 25-years (Ferguson) and 26-years of age respectively, Ferguson is loving teaming with Simpson. He ...

Ryder Cup stars Tyrrell Hatton and Tommy Fleetwood clearly are revelling in a home crowd environment to be in contention at the Alfred Dunhill Links Championship. Hatton, winner of the event back-to-back in 2016 and ’17, toughed-out a round of 70 in very windy conditions at Kingsbarns Links to move to 10-under par and one clear of fellow Englishman Daniel Gavins who signed for a 68 at Carnoustie. Danny Willett grabbed a 12th hole eagle at Kingsbarns Links in a score of 69 to be tied in ...

Crestfallen captain Padraig Harrington reckons his European Team team were beaten at their own-game by a copy-cat Stars and Stripes winning side. Harrington has returned to regular competition fighting wind and rain in shooting a three-over 75 at Carnoustie Links on day one of the 20th anniversary Alfred Dunhill Links Championship. Europe’s captain however found himself being warmed at every turn of the Scottish course where in 2007 he captured the first of back-to-back Open Championship titles ...