Golf, by TourMiss

There is far too many scenarios and situations to sort out should Conoravirus fears continue into the ‘business end’ of the professional golfing season. Certainly, the various tour bodies around the globe will be facing an unprecedented rescheduling nightmare. Scotland’s Stephen Gallacher, and not unlike his fellow professionals, is trying to keep himself busy and that was no more evident in proudly posting a photograph on his Twitter page, and also  boasting to European Tour friends ...

Two decades after tragedy saw the Ryder Cup put back a year and history could be set to repeat itself with this year’s biennial showdown moved back  twelve months to 2021. This seems to be the growing call and more especially with September and October 2020 to be jam-packed with the hosting of postponed Majors. First there was Paul Casey, a five-time capped European Team member, suggesting earlier this week he would prefer the 2020 Ryder Cup being put back a year:  “I am never a fan of ...

First it was the Masters being postponed and then the PGA Champioship indicated also it would be postponed. We had the R & A indicating it would be going ‘ahead as planned’ with the hosting of golf’s oldest Open at Royal St. George’s. Now it’s the turn of the US Open and with the USGA being unable to go ahead with massive set-up arrangements at Winged Foot due to an executive order by New York Governor Andrew Cuomo. The ‘order’ has resulted in the indefinite ...

Never before in peacetime have the more than 550 golf courses in Scotland been ask to shut down Golf clubs looked as though they may escape the full Coronavirus ‘social gathering’ guidelines and continue playing golf but despite taking unprecedented measures and also many others presentating petitions to exempt golf, Downing Street and Holyrood ruled the ancient club-and-ball game to be out-of-bounds in staying open. All four UK and Ireland golfing bodies issued statements to clubs under their ...

It is a notice you thought you never read but then the Home of Golf nation – Scotland – is now no different to the rest of the world struggling with the Coronavirus pandemic. While it’s not yet a law, Scottish Golf has released its latest measures (outlined below) to contain the spread of Coronavirus (COVID-19), following the UK Government’s late Monday night that everyone must now stay at home except in exceptional circumstances. “The new measures announced state that ...

Renowned coach and now respected analyst Butch Harmon believes Rory McIlroy will win the Masters whenever the Augusta National organisers decide to reschedule the postponed major. The Masters was set to tee off on April 9th but the Coronavirus pandemic has pushed it back to much later in the year and with the 8th to 11th October being singled out by many observers for the hosting of the 2020 Masters. McIlroy was due to contest the back-to-back WGC – Dell Match-Play Championship and next week’s ...

All major tours around the globe may be lock-down mode but there’s is a handful of mini-tour’s still operating despite the global Coronavirus pandemic. The Cactus Tour is a western USA tour founded in 2005 for women professionals with the charter “to present a competitive environment, as well as an affordable one, for women golf professionals to use in developing or re-developing their game in preparation for competing on the Symetra and LPGA tours. Elite amateur women players are ...