Golf, by TourMiss

In what is a totally bizarre decision the UK government has granted approval for the construction of an already controversial championship golf course, luxury hotel and housing estate but only if the developers can deliver either the 2031 or 2035 Ryder Cup. Those campaigning strongly in opposition to the Hulton Park project in the former mill town of Bolton in the greater Manchester region, have been left shocked and appalled by the decision to grant the approval for the construction of over 1,036 ...

Rory McIlroy was wasting little time jetting out and bound for the year’s long overdue first Major Championship in San Francisco at least on a positive note of nil bogeys on his last day in Memphis. McIlroy completed his final round just prior to the leaders teeing-off on day four of the WGC – FedEx St. Jude Invitational with an overall uninspiring week as has been his golf since June’s return to competition. His closing day three-under par 67 for a one-under par tally handed him a then ...

A smiling Russell Knox is quitely confident he’s ready to celebrate ending a horror run of missed cuts with victory in the Barracuda Championship. Knox shares seventh place but just four points off the lead through two rounds in the unique modified stableford event being played in far eastern California and some 30-miles from Reno, Nevada. Knox added 8 points to his opening 10 points to be trailing American Kyle Stanley who leads into the weekend by two points with 22 points in the $US 3.5m event ...

Past PGA Championship winner Padraig Harrington has chosen not to travel to the US for next week’s PGA Championship. Harrington had long ago entered this week’s Barracuda Championship and no doubt as a warm-up for the long overdue and also first Major of this season to be played next week at TPC Harding Park. However, when he withdraw from the Barracuda Championship it clearly meant his place in the PGA Championship was doubtful. And this has now been confirmed by the Dubliner in choosing ...

While Ireland’s top-three world-ranked stars struggled in Memphis, Seamus Power found his way without trouble to the near the  top in the Barracuda Championship. Power, and the lone Irishman in the field, scored 11 points in the modified Stableford scoring format to end his round sharing second place before eventually being officially credited TO BE UNDATED AT PLAY’S END Power is competing some 3,340 kms west of Memphis and on the Tahoe Mountain host course at Truckee in California and ...

Trío español lidera el camino ... Spanish trio lead the way! It was a very much a day for Spanish golfers with three players, including Miguel Angel Jimenez celebrating his 707th Tour event with a share of second place,leading the field on the opening day of Hero Open at the Forest of Arden course near Birmingham. Madrid-born Sebastian Garcia Rodriguez, 31 grabbed two eagles, eight birdies and also two bogeys in a sizzling 10-under par 62 in just his 18th main Tour event.  It was his lowest career ...

David Drysdale reached an historic milestone at this week’s Hero Open, the second event on the European Tour’s UK Swing, as the veteran Scot teed it up in his 500th tournament on the European Tour. The 45-year-old joins an elite club in becoming just the 43rd player in European Tour history and the seventh Scot to reach the milestone figure of 500 appearances. Drysdale, whose wife Vickie travels with him as his caddie, made his debut on the tour in 1999 at the Scottish PGA Championship, and ...