Golf, by TourMiss

Scotland’s David Drysdale had good cause to be singing the praise of his new putting coach after soaring to near the lead with two eagles and three birdies in an impressive round of 68 on day two of the Scandinavian Mixed hosted by Annika and Henrik in Sweden. Drysdale holed a six-footer for eagle at the par-5 fourth hole and brilliantly sent a 40-footer for eagle to the bottom of the cup at the par-5 10th ahead of three birdies in succession from the 11th hole. The Borders star’s effort, ...

Martin Laird insists he’s looking forward to returning to a ‘favourite’ South Course at Torrey Pines and venue for next week’s 121st U.S. Open. The Scot qualified for a seventh appearance in a U.S. Open by bizarrely returning to play just one hole of a rain-affected 36-hole qualifier in Ohio to assure himself a place in next week’s major championship. The effort by Laird has now doubled the number of Scots teeing-up next week at Torrey Pines after Oban lefty Robert MacIntyre ...

An overnight rain delay robbed Ryder Cup captain, Padraig Harrington of a first U.S. Open tee time in eight years. Harrington was lying inside the then top-16 qualifiers and five holes to play on Monday when the heavens opened on the Lakes Golf & Country Club course in suburban Columbus, Ohio. The venue was one of nine across the U.S. playing host to a 36-hole qualifier for next week’s U.S. Open at Torrey Pines. The rain persisted in Columbus and forced officials to call a halt to play ahead ...

Rory McIlroy now has 10 days of certain continued hard work on the range before teeing-up in the U.S. Open and in what will be the 10th anniversary of a maiden major championship victory. It was Father’s Day 2011 when McIlroy brilliantly buried his Masters losing demons to spread eagle the field and break all sorts of records to capture the U.S. Open championship at the Congressional club on the outskirts of the U.S. capital. Ten years ago, McIlroy had also competed in the Memorial in a final ...

The Scottish duo of David Law and Scott Jamieson each birdied their last hole to set-up a hopeful double Tartan celebration for either on the final day of the Porsche European Open in Hamburg. Law and Jameison had been lying two shots off the lead coming to the last and with their respective rounds of 71 and 70 lifting them into a four-way tie for third at four-under par and only one from the front England’s Matthew Southgate (69) along with Aussie Maverick Antcliff (68), sporting a ‘mullet’ ...

Australia’s Maverick Antcliff is seeking a double celebrating with a hopeful victory at the Porsche European Open in Hamburg, Germany. Not only did the 28-year-old go with some six inches of earning a spanking-new Porsche for an ace at his penultimate hole but the Queenslander is just one round shy of a maiden European Tour victory heading to Monday’s last day of the ‘historic’ 54-hole event. The event, and first staged in 1978, was reduced to 54-holes and also a Friday start ...

There was first surprise and then shock for those watching the final moments of the third round coverage of The Memorial at Muirfield Village in Ohio. Spaniard Jon Rahm was all smiles having just matched the tournament 54-hole record with an eight-under par 64 to move to 18-under par and an impressive six shots clear of his nearest rival. The World No. 3, and with an inward nine of six birdies, also brilliantly tied The Memorial record for largest 54-hole lead set by Woods in 2000. Rahm’s 18-under ...