Golf, by TourMiss

It was around 4pm on the eve of the 2014 Masters and the final preview pieces had been filed. Those afforded invitations to tee-up in the next day’s first round of the opening Major of the year were away either competing in the Par-3 Contest or elsewhere doing what they had to do to prepare themselves for the tournament proper. Golf’s ‘Cathedral in the Pines’, as Augusta National is fondly called, was now closed to any further practice rounds and aside for a few green-staff ...

Graeme McDowell’s young children are delighted with official confirmation their father will now contest November’s rescheduled Masters. Four players – McDowell, South African Christiaan Bezuidenhout and the American duo of Scotty Scheffler and Collin Morikawa – have now been added to the field for the 43rd hosting of the Masters and qualifying by virtue of being inside the top-50 on the World Rankings as at Monday, 30th March. The four were contacted by Augusta National shortly after ...

It was as though we’d been let out of primary school for a first day of summer holidays. Golf journalists the world over, and I include myself, could not get the news out quick enough. No matter what time it was or where you were in the world, we rushed to the normal social media sites before cut-and-pasting statements into our written stories heralding the sad news eminating from the Home of Golf at St. Andrews. First it was golf’s oldest Major being cancelled to next year and thus totally ...

“On the road to Augusta” is the caption on the side of the club cap at Cherokee Run Golf Club near Conyers, Georgia. The caption is correct as Cherokee Run is around a 35-mile drive from Atlanta’s Hartsfield International Airport and located off the I-20 that links the Georgia capital with Augusta, and from Cherokee Run it is a 120-mile drive to the front gates at Augusta National. The I-20 is an interstate my colleagues and I have plied many, many times and too many occasions to ...

In a rare joint statement all major golf organising bodies have released details of their rescheduled events. The statement was released by the PGA Tour on behalf of all bodies and stated: United by what may still be possible this year for the world of professional golf, and with a goal to serve all who love and play the game, Augusta National Golf Club, European Tour, LPGA, PGA of America, PGA TOUR, The R&A and USGA have issued the following joint statement: “This is a difficult and challenging ...

Open Championship winning hero Shane Lowry fears have been realised with confirmation his defence of the 149th Open Championship at Royal St. George’s will now not take place to 2021. This is following news the R & A, as organisers of golf’s oldest Major, have decided to cancel the hosting in July of golf’s oldest major. Lowry and his young family have been residing in Florida since the cancellation of last month’s Players Championship and the news was not unexpected The R ...

For a first time in 75-years golf’s oldest Major will not take place in 2020. Instead, the R & A advise the 149th Open, set to take place in July at Royal St. George’s will now be held on the Kent course in 2021 and with the 150th anniversary Open at St. Andrews to move back a year to 2022. The R & A released a statement saying: The R&A has decided to cancel The Open in 2020 due to the current Covid-19 pandemic and the Championship will next be played at Royal St George’s ...