Golf, by TourMiss

Rory McIlroy epitomised the old footballing adage ‘it was a game of two halves’ dropping from a two-shot first round lead to trail by three heading to the weekend rounds of the WGC – Mexico Championship. The World No. 1 could hardly do wrong at elevation in posting a 66 on day one of the Euro 9.7m event whereas day two produced an indifferent 69 that saw McIlroy drop back to share of sixth place at eight-under par. American Bryson DeChambeau birdied four holes in succession from his ninth hole ...

Sixteen-year old teenage sensation, Casey Jarvis has now joined the greats of South African golf following an emphatic 7 & 6 triumph in capturing the 2020 South African Amateur (Match-Play) Championship in Joburg. Jarvis defeated Scotland’s James Wilson in a very one-sided final. Wilson had been 1up after 11 holes before Jarvis, who had captured earlier this week the South African Amateur (Stroke-Play crown, won the 13th with a birdie and then proceeded to storm his way to 4up after the ...

Rory McIlroy’s decision to return to his ‘old’ putter saw him brush off any lingering L. A., putting blues and brilliantly muscle his way to a two-shot lead on day one of the WGC – Mexico Championship at Mexico City. McIlroy, and dressed all in black, stood tall in a no-cut event boasting 72 players from 19 different countries and in the process signing for a six-under par 65 in the swirling and thin-air conditions on the historic Club de Golf Chapultepec course. The American ...

Rory McIlroy’s decision to return to his ‘old’ putter saw him brush off any lingering L. A putting blues and brilliantly muscle his way to a two-shot lead on day one of the WGC – Mexico Championship at Mexico City. McIlroy, and dressed all in black, stood tall in a no-cut event boasting 72 players from 19 different countries and in the process signing for a six-under par 65 in the swirling and thin-air conditions on the historic Club de Golf Chapultepec course. The American ...

For a first time in four years all three leading Irish golfers – Rory McIlroy, Shane Lowry and Graeme McDowell – will compete in a World Golf Championship. The trio of Major winners, and headed by World No. 1 McIlroy, are contesting this week’s Euro 9.72m WGC – Mexico Championship starting late today (THUR) very high up at altitude in Mexico City. The last occasion McIlroy, Lowry and McDowell were together in the same WGC was the 2016 staging of the WGC -Cadillac Championship at Trump Doral ...

Shane Lowry will now join fellow Irishmen and Major Champions Rory McIlroy and Graeme McDowell teeing-up in this year’s Valero Texas Open to be held April 2-5 in San Antonio. Lowry will be returning to the Valero Texas Open for the first time since 2015 and third time overall and having been affored a sponsor exemption in both 2013 and 2015 when he finished tied for 15th and tied for 58th respectively on the Greg Norman designed TPC San Antonio course. “I am excited to return to San Antonio ...

Six years on from their drama charged ‘Down Under’ showdown lets just say Adam Scott and Rory McIlroy are all-square following the Aussie’s impressive Genesis Invitational success in suburban L A. Scott brilliantly celebrated a 20th year in the pro ranks fighting back from a horror two holes early in his final round and win by two shots in securing a 31st pro career win. McIlroy also faced his own meltdown just five holes into his Riviera last day but unlike his Aussie playing partner ...