Golf, by TourMiss

The Masters in October? Only twice in the 83 hostings has the Masters not been held entirely in the month of April and that was the first hosting of the Masters from March 22nd to 25th in 1934 and with the 1939 Masters commencing on March 30th and ending April 3rd. But now after fears over the Coronavirus pandemic the 2020 Masters has been postponed and with heavy speculation, and only if the virus fears has eased, the Masters will be held from 8th to 12th October. And if observations in this earlier ...

In a Coronavirus-free world Scotland’s David Drysdale today (Thursday) would be happily celebrating his 45th birthday competing in the opening round of the Hero Indian Open. The New Delhi event also should have been his 499th European Tour event and with the celebration of the Scot’s 500th mid next month in steamy Kuala Lumpur for the Maybank Championship. But the global virus pandemic has hit the sporting world hard with two of the four golfing Majors for 2020 already postponed and the St. Andrews ...

Rory McIlroy is becoming an advisor to the stars. After winning the respect of the PGA Tour Commissioner and also the praise of his fellow colleagues over his Premier Golf League (PGl) stance we are now learning there’s more to the relationship between he and fellow four-time Major winning Brooks Koepka. So much so, it’s come to light Koepka sought the advice of McIlroy before the American joined the current World No. 1 in also bluntly refusing any offer to join the PGL. It was McIlroy ...

Imagine the 2020 Ryder Cup taking place a fortnight prior to the postponed Masters? This question is now being raised as European Ryder Cup Captain Padraig Harrington is staying optimistic in diffusing talk of the 2020 Whistling Straits showdown being put back a year. Harrington’s comments come after both the European Tour and the PGA of America put out a tweet saying:  “Reports that the 2020 @RyderCup is expected to be postponed are inaccurate.” However, with the Ryder Cup scheduled ...

Open Championship winning hero Shane Lowry fears now even more the worldwide Coronavirus pandemic and growing number of cancelled PGA Tour events could strongly lead to the cancellation of his Claret Jug defence at Royal St. George’s in July. The PGA of America, and as was sadly expected, has now postponed the staging from May 14-17 of the 2020 PGA Championship at Harding Park in San Francisco. And then just 30-minutes later the PGA Tour advised a cancellation of a further four events taking ...

No sooner had the PGA of America announce the postponment of the PGA Championship to join the Masters in being postponed due to fears over the Coronavirus pandemic and the PGA Tour followed 30-minutes later to advise the cancellation of a further four regular season events. The year’s second Major was due to be staged from Mary 14-17 on the TPC Harding course in San Francisco. And in the statement released by the PGA of America it is revealed they have been liaising with the PGA Tour for an alternate ...

The PGA Championship has now joined the Masters in being postponed due to fears over the Coronavirus pandemic. The year’s second Major was due to be staged from Mary 14-17 on the TPC Harding course in San Francisco. And in the statement released by the PGA of America it is revealed they have been liaising with the PGA Tour for an alternate venue and that could very well be TPC Sawgrass and host to last week’s cancelled Players Championship. “Throughout our evaluation process, we have been committed ...