Golf, by TourMiss

It surely has to be a first in the world of golf winners trophies – the Truist Championship ‘cricket bat’ trophy. US-based Austrian Sepp Straka is the now the proud maiden winner of the PGA Tour’s inaugural $20m tournament after denying Ireland’s Shane Lowry with victory at the Cricketer’s club in suburban Philedelphia. Straka’s win was a second this year and he now joins Rory McIlroy as the only repeat champion on this year’s 2025 PGA Tour schedule. Indeed ...

Ryan Fox is the toast of New Zealand golf after brilliantly shaking off what he described as a ‘monkey off my back’ in winning the PGAs ONE Flight Myrtle Beach Classic. Fox’s decision to move his family the US has paid a $US 720,000 winning bonus after posting a superb closing round of 66 to finish tied for the lead on 15-under and then deny Canadian MacKenzie Hughes and American Harry Higgs the title with super chip-in birdie at the first extra play-off hole on the Dunes Golf and ...

After so long in the golfing darkness, Chris Wood has finally attracted the DP World Tour limelight and thanks to those admistering the Turkish Airlines Open. If not for their generatous invitation, Wood would probably be back home in Bristol wondering where he will be competing next but now after a closing round 64 for a hard-earning top-10 finish (fingers crossed) in Antalya Wood could be headed to next fortnight’s Soudal Open at Anterp in Belgium. Wood’s effort of 64 was a his lowest ...

Aussie rules as Lucas Herbert sensationally eagled the closing hole for a second day running and storm to a five shot success in the US$2 million International Series Japan presented by Moutai. Herbert, 29, posted a final round 64 for a 20-under victory total on the host Caledonian Golf Club in Chiba, five ahead of his playing partners Yuta Sugiura and Younghan Song. Sugiura played solid golf and was bogey-free for the third time in four days, but his putter let him down in a round of 69. He was ...

Victory trophies! It’s the reason sports stars compete and Shane Lowry is no different as he seeks an eighth pro career victory later today at the Truist Championship at the Cricketers Golf Club in suburban Philadelphia. Lowry heads into the closing round of the $20m championship tied at the top on 14-under with fellow victorious 2023 Ryder Cup winning colleague Sepp Straka. The Rome winning duo are at 14-under on the host Cricketer’s Club course with Americans Kevin Mitchell and Justin ...

It’s nearly six years since this journalist walked the final 18 holes of the 2019 Open Championship in the company of Shane Lowry’s proud father at Royal Portrush. Brendan Lowry is an Irish sporting legend in his own right but on this day he admitted to me he was a little shy to been seen inside the ropes following his son to victory in golf’s oldest major. I was working with the R & As media team and having met Brendan on a number of occasions, I encouraged him to forget any ...

Second-Round Notes – 2025 Truist Championship Weather: Moderate to heavy rain. High of 60. Wind NNW 10-15 mph. Second-Round Leaderboard Pos. Player R1 R2 Total 1 Keith Mitchell 61 67 128 (-12) 2 Shane Lowry 64 65 129 (-11) 3 Sepp Straka 63 67 130 (-10) T4 Justin Thomas 66 67 133 (-7) T4 Rory McIlroy 66 67 133 (-7) T4 Collin Morikawa 63 70 133 (-7) T4 Akshay Bhatia 63 70 133 (-7) T4 Si Woo Kim 65 68 133 (-7) T4 Patrick Cantlay 65 68 133 (-7) Keith Mitchell (1st/-12) After ...