Golf, by TourMiss

Haotong Li’s ‘We Chat’ sponsored cap has everyone talking at the PGA Championship at San Francisco. Li, 25 brilliantly put himself in position to become the first Chinese-born golfer to win a major but it was his cap that was also drawing attention at TPC Harding Park. Li brilliantly leads the way by two shots superbly adding a second day 65 to his opening 67 for an eight-under par total. However in Li’s post round chat with the golfing media he was asked about the sponsor’s ...

Four-time major winning Rory McIlroy set a fine example for golfers around the world when his golf ball was located during the second round of the PGA Championship in San Francisco. McIlroy sent his tee shot at the par-3 third hole well right of the hole landing in rough less than 20-yards from the green. While there were no spectators allowed onto the TPC Harding Park course, a large number of ‘approved’ personnel began helping McIlroy look for his ball. It was located but only after one of ...

China’s Haotong Li was singing the praise of Ireland-born Paul McLoughlin in superbly seizing the PGA Championship lead in adding  a 65 to his opening 67 for a two shot lead at eight-under par in San Francisco. Li was out in the second group on Friday morning and at the end of a long day he was clear of six players in second place at six-under par. They included England’s Tommy Fleetwood (64), Aussie Jason Day (69), Americans Daniel Berger (67), Brooks Koepka (67), Justin Rose (68) and ...

Scot Richie Ramsay knows he need a low ‘moving day’ third round if he to get himself into contention at the English Championship north of London. Ramsay finds himself the joint-leading Scot after two Tartan golfing colleagues in Connor Syme and David Drysdale failed to build on their super opening rounds on the host Hanbury Manor course. The triple Tour winning Ramsay posted a bogey-free three-under par 68 to move to eight under par and tied with Syne and with the pair six adrift of England’s ...

‘Rookie’ Robert MacIntyre confidently headed to the clubhouse delighted having posted a bogey-free 67 on day two of the PGA Championship at TPC Harding Park in San Francisco. MacIntyre is contesting only his second major following a brilliant sixth place finish in last year’s Open Championship and with this week being a maiden major championship on US soil. And the young Scot has shown he’s finally shaken off the injury concerns of earlier this year as evident over his four rounds last week ...

So what did Tiger and Rory and Justin talk about during the opening round of the 2020 PGA Championship? It could not have been about any of the spectators as there is no spectators under COVID-19 rules. Could they have been chatting about the weather or where each was planning to dine after their rounds. No, and as may well have expected, the trio of Tiger Woods, Rory McIlroy and Justin Thomas were chatting about football and baseball during the opening round at TPC Harding Park. In fact, ...

It has been nearly 400-days since Open Champion Shane Lowry won at Royal Portrush but in driving through the front gated of TPC Harding Park the proud Irishman confessed he had the ‘feeling’, and despite the absence of spectators,  he was finally making his way back into the majors. And Lowry continued his recent and welcome return to form with a rousing two-under par 68 on day one of the PGA Championship at San Francisco. Aussie Jason Day, and winner of the 2015 PGA at Whistling Straits, ...