Golf, by TourMiss

Rory McIlroy has turned on golf’s ruling bodies declaring their focus pro golfers at the highest level is a total waste of money and they should be focussing to develop grassroots levels of the ancient club-and-ball game, In one of his most outspoken comments since turning professional over 13-years ago, McIlroy has called on the St. Andrews-based R & A and sister body, the USGA, to better turn their attention on other matters within golf and not seem to be so determined in wishing to penalise ...

Shane Lowry is strongly opposed to renewed calls for curbing driver length & golf ball distances declaring golf’s ruling bodies are simply listening to the voice of one player – Bryson DeChambeau. Both the USGA & R & A that jointly administered golf have formally advised leading manufacturers they have to early March to express their formal views again in a move that could see a special ‘local’ rule introduced that would ban any driver over 46-inches and curb golf ball ...

For the very close observers of the game your eyebrows may have been raised in reading Davis Love 111 had been appointed the next USA Presidents Cup Captain. Love 111 replaces Tiger Woods who led the Americans to victory in late 2019 at Royal Melbourne in Australia. The appointment of Love 111 seemed strange as he’s a winning USA Ryder Cup captain, and what the PGA Tour has done is seemingly take a backward step in appointing Love 111 when, and for all intents and purposes, the 2022 USA Presidents ...

Golf’s ruling bodies seem to have won over a ‘friend’ in a move that could see the R & A and USGA bring in a ruling that will stop the use of a 48-inch or longer driver in professional and elite amateur competition. The R & As CEO Martin Slumbers indicated any proposed new rules was not being directed at a ‘specific person’ but for those who follow the spore there is really just one person and that is Bryson DeChambeau. And when the reigning US Open champion ...

When Dustin Johnson tees-up in the defence of his Master’s next April it will have been only five months that he’s been officially allowed to wear the famed members green jacket away from Augusta National. It will mean one of the shortest-ever periods between Masters given last year’s tournament was rescheduled from the now regular April date to November due to the worldwide coronavirus pandemic. In a normal golfing season, the winner of the Masters gets to wear the famed member’s ...

Justin Thomas has slammed fresh R&A and USGA talk of bifurcation rule changes that would see professionals along with elite amateurs ruled to use distance-controlling equipment as ‘extremely selfish’. The R & A and sister ruling body the USGA announced late Tuesday proposed equipment standard changes including a limit of the driver being 46-inches and also changes with regards to the golf ball. And in addressing the effectiveness of current equipment testing processes, protocols ...

British No.1 Tyrrell Hatton handed Robert MacIntyre a ringing Ryder Cup endorsement following last week’s gallant Dubai showing. MacIntyre has jointed Hatton in this week’s third edition of the Saudi International on the Royal Greens course overlooking the Red Sea. Hatton was five days shy of his 25th birthday in moving inside the top-50 on the rankings for a first time thanks to his 2016 Alfred Dunhill Links victory at St. Andrews. It also had taken Hatton 98 World Ranking counting events to ...