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Scotland’s Connor Syme set about burying the demons of two years ago in posting a four-under 67 to grab a share of the lead on the opening day of the Cazoo Open on the Celtic Manor course in Wales. Syme, 27, kick-started his round from the 11th hole and quickly raced to be three-under through five holes and after a birdie on his ninth, he then birdied his 17th in chipping to just four feet but bogeyed his last, the 10th on the scorecard. He said: “It was a very good round, I played really ...

The world of men’s professional golf just got deeper into controversy with 11 LIV Golf players reportedly filing an antitrust lawsuit against the PGA Tour. This is the news appearing in the Wall Street Journal, indicating LIV Golf players headed by Phil Mickelson, Bryson DeChambeau and Ian Poulter, and including Abraham Ancer, Talor Gooch, Matt Jones, Jason Kokrak, Carlos Ortiz, Pat Perez, Hudson Swafford and Peter Uihlein have joined the intended lawsuit.   The lawsuit follows the ...

The PGA Tour must be reading GolfByTourMiss as no sooner had we ‘posted’ a story highlighting the FedEx Cup standings and the Tour has gone and removed all LIV Golf playings from the 2021/22 money-list. In a pre-Wyndham Championship feature ( http://www.golfbytourmiss.com/2022/08/beach-umbrellas-margaritas-jimmy-buffett-shane-lowry-can-play-it-cool-at-the-wyndham/  ) this website pointed out the various scenarios at this time of a PGA Tour season facing those teeing-up at this week’s host ...

Shane Lowry can really play it cool this week entering the bar of the PGA Tour’s ‘Last Chance Saloon’ at the Wyndham Championship in South Carolina. The Wyndham Championship is once again the final event of the ‘regular’ 2021/22 PGA Tour season and being staged for a 14th straight year at the Sedgefield Country Club course in suburban Greensboro, North Carolina. The event is famous for its margaritas and the sounds of Jimmy Buffett throughout the spectator village and with fans of Buffett ...

“See you in Rome!” was Luke Donald’s defiant response to any suggestions he may face the same fate as Henrik Stenson should the Englishman be a second straight European Team captain to break his Rome contract. Donald fended-off such a question at a Zoom conference he and Ryder Cup Director, Guy Kinnings hosted just hours after being officially confirmed as the new 2023 European captain. “Well, I have signed a contract, and I intend to see that through”, Donald said in response to a London-based ...

The PGA Tour released its schedule for the 2022-23 season and the last wrap-around format before reverting in 2024 to  a straight January to December schedule. The 2022-23 slate features 44 tournaments, in eight different countries, and with the season opener once again in Napa, California and boasting the FedEx Cup Playoffs finale again in Atlanta, the four majors and a Presidents Cup in just a few weeks. The Fortinet Championship kicks things off Sept. 15-18 with the Presidents Cup the very next ...

Luke Donald has been formally confirmed as the replacement European Team Captain for next year’s 44th hosting of the Ryder Cup in Rome. Donald, as GolfByTourMiss had predicted some weeks ago, will now take the place of Sweden’s Henrik Stenson who was unceremoniously stripped earlier last month of the 2023 European Team captaincy after breaking his DP World Tour contract to join the LIV Golf Tour. However In a bizarre twist, Stenson no doubt used the sacking to help inspire him to victory in ...