Golf, by TourMiss

“It doesn’t mean diddly squat,” was Rory McIlroy’s answer to the American-based The Golf Channel when asked his reaction to losing to Justin Thomas in the opening match of the of the Ryder Cup Sunday Singles encounters at Le National in Versailles. Thomas had won the first with a birdie but was quickly 2 down after McIlroy birdies at two, three and four before a birdie at eight and a birdie also at 10 had the 2017 PGA Champion back to all-square with his Irish rival. McIlroy ...

“Magnifique Molinari’ Francesco Molinari is Europe’s victory hero after securing the winning point in his team’s stunning 17 1/2 to 10 1/2 0.5 Ryder Cup success at Le Golf National in Versailles. The Open Champion created European Ryder Cup history becoming the first player to win five of five matches thanks to his stunning 4 & 2 demolition of Phil Mickeslon. The US had won three of the top five singles matches on Sunday to close the gap on Europe to just one point, but ...

Tiger Woods paid one of his European opening match rival, Tommy Fleetwood a huge compliment on the eve of the much-anticipated showdown at Le Golf National in Versailles. Woods and fellow Masters winner, Patrick Reed are up against Fleetwood and reigning Open Champion, Francesco Molinari in the last match of four in tomorrow’s opening Fourball encounter. While it is team format, it will be the fifth occasion this year and also the second in eight days Woods and Fleetwood will be out together. Woods ...

Rory McIlroy is hoping a friendship that began eight years ago in Egypt will see he and Dane Thorbjorn Olesen gel successfully in their opening Ryder Cup ‘Fourball’ showing. Ryder Cup captain, Thomas Bjorn surprised many in selecting McIlroy and Olesen, who is making his European Team debut, as the second pairing of the first day at Golf le National. McIlroy and Olsen will tackle the USA duo of World No. 1 Dustin Johnson and Rickie Fowler at teeing-off at 7.25am Irish time. “Looking at ...

If course knowledge counts for anything Europe is 4up over their USA rivals well before tee-off at this week’s Ryder Cup at Le National in Versailles. European’s Tommy Fleetwood and Alex Noren are the back-to-back French Open champions while it came as no surprise when Captain Thomas Bjorn chose Graeme McDowell as one of his vice-captain’s. McDowell brilliantly won the French Open in 2013 and 2014. Fleetwood had been one off the lead heading to the final round of the 2017 French Open but ...

The five-star Onyria Palmares Beach & Golf Resort, in the Algarve, has been named the best golf course in Portugal, in the country’s ‘national tourism Oscars’, for an astonishing seventh successive year. Indeed, Palmares has won the award every year since it reopened following an extensive redesign by Robert Trent Jones Jnr, in 2011. The stunning 27-hole complex, in Lagos – which now boasts a five-star boutique hotel – landed the title at the much-vaunted Publituris ...

Rory McIlroy insists that while the golf world remains abuzz after Tiger Woods’ stunning and emotional triumph last Sunday it would be ‘silly’ to single out Woods for focus at this week’s Ryder Cup in Versailles. With many expecting someone of the stature of McIlroy to emerge from the Atlanta final round pack, it turned into a walk in the park for Woods on route to his 80th PGA victory title and a 107th success worldwide. Many times before, including their ‘head-to-head’ ...