Golf, by TourMiss

For a first time in 231 years or nearly eight months Russell Knox and colleagues will tee-up in front of spectators at this week’s Bermuda Championship, It’s the first since the March 12th cancellation of the Players Championship, and where with Knox in the Florida field, that fans will be allowed into a PGA Tour event. And the interest has been so strong in the mid-Atlantic island nation for the $35 (£stg 27) a day tickets that the ‘House Full’ sign has gone up for the £stg 3.08m event ...

European Ryder Cup captain Padraig Harrington has been honoured on his return to Bermuda with teeing-up first in the Bermuda Championship. It’s been eight years since Harrington last competed on the Atlantic island nation in capturing the 2012 Grand Slam of Golf, a four-man event featuring the four annual major champions. Harrington had replaced then Open champ Ernie Els who was forced to withdraw and with Harrington taking home a cool $US 600,000. And despite some uncertainty in travelling long-haul ...

It’s customary to keep private and certainly away from the media if a newly-married sports star is having early troubles with an aspect of his or her marriage. One of those is Harold Varner 111 but with the 30-year old PGA Tour pro spilling news of his concern ahead of teeing-up in this week’s $4m Bermuda Championship. Varner 111 married long-time girlfriend Amanda Singleton  in a ceremony on September 26th at Gastonia in suburban Charlotte, North Carolina. It’s not that the newly-married ...

European Ryder Cup captain Padraig Harrington has been honoured on his return to Bermuda in teeing-up first later today (THU) in the Bermuda Championship. It’s been eight years since Harrington last competed on the Atlantic island nation in capturing the 2012 Grand Slam of Golf, a four-man event featuring the four annual major champions. Harrington had replaced then Open champ Ernie Els who was forced to withdraw and with Harrington taking home a cool $US 600,000. And despite some uncertainty ...

The 84th Masters – The confirmed full field of Invitees Byeong Hun An Abraham Ancer John Augenstein Christiaan Bezuidenhout Angel Cabrera Rafa Cabrera-Bello Patrick Cantlay Paul Casey Cameron Champ Corey Conners Fred Couples Jason Day Bryson DeChambeau Tyler Duncan Tony Finau Matthew Fitzpatrick Tommy Fleetwood Rickie Fowler Dylan Frittelli Abel Gallegos Sergio Garcia Lucas Glover Lanto Griffin Adam Hadwin Justin ...

Late June, 2001 and the Murphy’s Irish Open is taking place for a first time in Cork in the very south of Ireland. It’s the eight different host venue since the relaunch in 1975, and after 22-year break, of Ireland’s premier event. The first Irish Open I attended was in 1993 at Mt. Juliet and where Nick Faldo won a third straight Irish Open title after having finished first in both 1991 and 1992 at Killarney Golf and Fishing club. The Fota Island club is to the east to east of Cork ...

As expected, and despite the absence of patrons, the legendary duo of Jack Nicklaus and Gary Player was act as Honorary Starters for the 84th hosting of the Masters. Fred Ridley, Chairman at Augusta National, confirmed the news today. It was in 2012 when Player joined by Nicklaus and the late Arnold Palmer but with the passing of Palmer, and the Sunday prior the 2016 Ryder Cup, it has been Player and Nicklaus since 2017. However, this year will be very strange without any patrons present. Augusta ...