Golf, by TourMiss

Lee Westwood and Luke Donald sent the England flag to the top the mast to be sharing the clubhouse lead late on day two of the Honda Classic at Palm Beach Gardens, Florida. The former back-to-back World No.1s grabbed 11 birdies between with Westwood three birdies in a one-under par 69 and Donald eight birdies in his 66 to share the lead on four-under with American J T Post (69). It was last month Westwood became just the third player in European Tour history to win over four decades in capturing ...

Palm Beach Gardens, FL …. Shane Lowry has his Royal Portrush Open Championship winning putter into overdrive taming the Bear Trap and getting himself into contention at the Honda Classic in Honda Classic at Palm Beach Gardens in Florida. Lowry added a second straight one-under par 69 in bright but continuing cool conditions to move to two-under par and just two shots off the clubhouse lead midway on day two of the Euro 6.36m event. The England duo of Luke Donald (66) and Lee Westwood (69) along ...

Palm Beach Gardens, FL …. Open Champion, Shane Lowry received a rousing return to the ‘Bear Trap’ on day one of the Honda Classic at PGA National. Lowry’s first event in the States this year, and as the 148th Open Champion, was a mix of three great birdies in his opening four holes that help propel him just a shot from the lead before letting slip the initiative in dropping three shots in three holes from the 11th and then managing a fourth birdie at 15 on route to a one-under ...

Palm Beach Gardens, FL …  Padraig Harrington was laughing and rubbing his hands together at the thought of competing on a $US 2 billion tour. Harrington had just posted a two-over par 72 on the opening day of the Honda Classic, and one of three events he’s captured twice in his career, to be trailing six shots behind leading duo of England’s Tom Lewis and American Harris English at four-under par on the PGA National course. After speaking of his disappointment in managing just two birdies ...

Palm Beach Gardens, FL …. Russel Knox has a ‘new club’ in his bag and he’s the Long-Distance Driving World No. 1. Knox begun working at the start of the New Year with Justin James and a fellow Jacksonville resident. James, 29 captured the 2017 World Long Drive Championship with a booming drive of 435-yards in Oklahoma, and as world’s longest he currently competes in events sanctioned by the World Long Drive Association. James said:  “My longest drive was 458-yards out in Arizona ...

Palm Beach Gardens, FL …… European Ryder Cup Captain, Padraig Harrington had travelled from Ireland via New York into nearby Fort Lauderdale Airport ahead of making his way to this week’s Honda Classic at Palm Beach Gardens. The Honda Classic is one of three events the proud Irishman has won twice in a 31-tournament winning career. He arrived at PGA National around 1pm local time behind the wheel of his tournament courtesy car accompanied by wife, Caroline and long-time caddy, Ronan ...

England No. 1 Tommy Fleetwood has now joined World No. 1 Rory McIlroy declaring he’s not interested in joining any breakaway tour. The Premier Golf League (PGL) finally showed its hand last week with further details of a proposed 18 tournaments of 54-holes featuring 48 players in a four a team format boasting $10m prize purse for each event and hopefully commencing in 2022. And while PGL CEO, Andy Gardiner gave insight into the breakaway tour’s goals and aspirations, far too many questions remain ...