Golf, by TourMiss

Avonimink GC, PA … Spain’s Rafa Cabrera-Bello admits it has been hard to swallow not being picked for the European Ryder Cup team. European Team captain, Thomas Bjorn said he ‘felt sick’ after having phoned Cabrera-Bello on Tuesday morning US time to advise the 34-year old he was being overlooked for a ‘wildcard’ pick in favour of his compatriot, Sergio Garcia. Cabrera-Bello had finished 10th on the European Team points table and two places from automatically qualifying for Bjorn’s ...

It is not surprising to learn Thomas Bjorn said he “felt sick” when omitting the in-form Rafa Cabrera Bello from his European Ryder Cup squad in favour of selecting an out-of-form Sergio Garcia. Bjorn named Garcia, Paul Casey, Ian Poulter and Henrik Stenson as his four wild cards on Wednesday, completing his 12-strong Europe squad for the Paris showdown between September 28-30. Bjorn hailed Garcia as the man to deliver the Churchillian motivational speeches that can bind the team together ...

Philadelphia, PA … Call it the ‘Playing Alongside Tiger Woods Factor’. Aussie golfer Marc Leishman, and this week’s defending BMW Championship champion, revealed he is now finding it difficult not to go anywhere without being noticed. And this, he says, is all down to having played  lot of golf this year alongside Woods. Indeed, Leishman responded to a Tweet put out by @tourmiss at the start of last week’s Dell Technologies Championship confirming the number of occasions ...

Philadelphia, PA …. Rory McIlroy insists he is prepared to partner any of his 11 colleagues if it means returning the Ryder Cup to European hands. McIlroy remarked also there was no surprises in Captain Thomas Bjorn’s four Versailles ‘wildcard’ picks and despite Bjron overlooking the in-form Rafa Cabrera-Bello for the out-of-form but easily more experienced Sergio Garcia. McIlroy received a phone call from Bjorn on Tuesday morning (US time) advising of his four picks but was competing ...

Philadelphia, PA …. Justin Rose has won 22 tournaments around the globe but there is only one city where he’s won more than once. That city is Philadelphia and venue for this week’s BMW Championship and the third event of the lucrative FedEx Cup ‘Play-Off’ Series. Philadelphia is known affectionately as the ‘City of Brotherly Love’ or ‘The Cradle of Liberty’ and it is where you will find a statue of the fictional Rocky Balboa of Sylvester Stallone’s Rocky movies ...

Aronimink GC, PA … Red hot Bryson DeChambeau tees-up in suburban Philadelphia two days after being picked for a first Ryder Cup looking to become the first play to win three successive FedEx Cup events. DeChambeau’s selection on Tuesday as one of Jim Furyk’s France ‘wildcard’ picks was a mere formality for the Florida-based golfer. What is uncertain is if the new World No. 7 can now create PGA Tour FedEx Cup Play-Off history in winning three Play-Off Series events after capturing the ...

Newton Square, PA …. A  heat-exhausted Tiger Woods opted out of a first Pro-Am event this season while Japan No. 1 Hideki Maysuama withdrew after nine holes due to heat exhaustion in the near 100-degree Philadelphia heat. Woods was perspiring profusely during a nine-hole practice round Tuesday alongside Rory McIlroy and had remarked after signing autographs:“This heat is brutal”. The 14-time Major winner also declined a PGA Tour request to attend the Aronimink GC media centre ahead of ...