Golf, by TourMiss

Eleven years ago, Graeme McDowell holed an eight-foot birdie putt to capture the 2008 Scottish Open at Loch Lomond and secure his place in a maiden European Ryder Cup team. McDowell tees-up in this week’s Aberdeen Standard Investments Scottish Open on the Renaissance course looking not only to capture a second Scottish title but remind new European Team captain, Padraig Harrington there is Ryder Cup life in the ‘old golfing dog’. G Mac arrived on the very private course to east of Edinburgh ...

Fourteen years after spectacularly shooting the lights out in posting a 61 at Royal Portrush and Rory McIlroy returns next week declaring ‘it’s still the same golf course’. McIlroy visited the 148th Open prepared host venue last Saturday ahead of making his way to the east of Edinburgh on Tuesday to compete in this week’s Aberdeen Standard Investments Scottish Open at The Renaissance club to the east of Edinburgh. While McIlroy drew much controversy in skipping last week’s Dubai Duty Free ...

It’s the week of the Aberdeen Standard Investment Scottish Open and naturally Scotland’s top-ranked Russell Knox is thinking about capturing his ‘home’ Open for a first time in his career. But then the very affable Scot is also concentrating on another event that will not be contested until later next year. Twice in his career, Knox has missed out on European Team Ryder Cup selection firsly in 2016 when was clearly one of the best ‘qualifying period’ performers ...

Fifteen-time Major winning Tiger Woods cannot be accused of suffering from any jet lag when he tees-up in next week’s Open Championship at Royal Portrush. Woods will be celebrating his 21st showing in golf’s oldest major having made his debut as a then 19-year old in 1995 at St. Andrews. Now aged 43, Woods is doing all he can to stay energised and that’s bizarrely involved staying awake in the middle-of-the-night Florida time to be fully acclimatised to a five-hour ahead time zone in arriving ...

Double Dubai Duty Free Irish Open winner Jon Rahm has been cut to odds of 16/1 to capture the Open Championship at Royal Portrush. Rahm was at 18/1 with Paddy Power ahead of Sunday’s two-shot success at Lahinch. The Spaniard’s revised odds to lift the Claret Jug now has the 24-year old just behind the 15-time Major winning Tiger Woods and World No. 2 Dustin Johnson, and with the American duo at 12/1. Rahm will be teeing-up in a fourth Open and a 14th Major in his now eight-time pro winner ...

Russell Knox brilliantly eagled the last to boost chances of becoming the first since Colin Montgomerie 22-years ago to successfully defend the Dubai Duty Free Irish Open at Lahinch. Knox rolled-in a three-footer at the par-five last hole in posting a second round 68 and turn a very indifferent start, when he was struggling at three-over through six holes, to salvage his round with a two-under 68 for a 36-hole five under par total and just four from the front. Scotland’s top-ranked golfer ...

The R & A, and as organisers of golf’s oldest Major, have broken from a 40-year tradition to now adopt a three-hole play-off should one be required at this year’s 148th Open Championship at Royal Portrush. If needed, the play-off will be over par-4 1st hole, the par-3 13th and the par-4 18th. If any players are still level after those three holes, the winner of the Claret Jug will be decided by a sudden death play-off. Since 1989 when American Mark Calcavecchia defeated the Australian ...