Golf, by TourMiss

TPC Boston, MA… Rory McIlroy revealed he and coach, Michael Bannon delved back 15-years to videos of McIlroy as a then 16-year old at the Bangor Golf Club in suburban Belfast to bring victory in the three remaining events of the FedEx Cup ‘Play-Off’ series. McIlroy reckon he’s got over 1,000 videos since he first swang a golf club soon after he began to walk. But after going so close to a second success this year in finishing joint runner-up at Carnoustie and sixth a fortnight ...

TPC Boston, MA …. Russell Knox has promised Scotland will have their two strongest World Ranked golfers flying the Tartan colours in this year’s ISPS Handa World Cup of Golf in Australia. Knox took some criticism two years ago in selecting good friend, Duncan Stewart and then ranked No. 324 in the world and this despite the duo combing well to shoot a final round 65 and share eighth place. But there will be no arguments this year with the World No. 57 ranked Knox, and as Scotland’s highest ...

TPC Boston, MA … Tiger Woods will look to end his on-course putting woes packing a TaylorMade ‘Juno’ prototype putter not yet on the market into his ‘Monster Energy’ bag heading into this week’s Dell Technologies Championship near Boston. Woods is currently ranked the 26th best putter on the Tour averaging 28.52 putts for each of the 54 rounds he has contested this year. But in breaking down the stats to look at a player’s round-by-round statistics Woods ...

TPC Boston … The golf world will learn next Tuesday whether Woods will be afforded a Jim Furyk USA Team ‘captain’s’ pick and with not many better against Woods earning what would be an eighth USA team cap. Also expected to be handed a Versailles cap is 24-year old Bryson DeChambea and with Woods expressing his delight should he be drawn in the Ryder Cup with a play 18-years his junior. “Well, I don’t remember the first time I met him, but we’ve played a number of practice ...

TPC Boston, MA … Tiger Woods insists the only way he can rekindle the dominance of his 14-Majors winning career is to keep putting him ‘in the mix’. Woods arrived into Boston late Wednesday night ahead of teeing-up tomorrow (Friday) in the opening round of the $US 9m Dell Technologies Championship. It is the first time he has competed at TPC Boston, and just to the south of the city, since a bottom of the board result in 2013 and with his best finish a share of second in 2007 behind Phil ...

TPC Boston, MA …. There’s a calmness in Cameron Smith as he heads into the remaining three events of the PGA Tour’s lucrative FedEx Cup Play-Offs. This is after the quietly-spoken Australian last week made one of the biggest noises of his career in securing third place in the Northern Trust in New Jersey. It was the 25-year old’s equal-highest result in 93 PGA Tour events since making his Tour debut with a share of fifth in the 2014/15 season CIMB Classic in Malaysia. Seven months later ...

TPC Boston, MA …. When three-time Tour winner Bryson DeChambeau visits the media centre to speak to the golfing media it is never a dull conversation. Take Wednesday’s conference ahead of this week’s Dell Technologies Championship at TPC  Boston in Norton. Last week’s brilliant Northern Trust winner first revealed he attended Yankee Stadium on Monday night and was invited to throw the opening pitch in the Yankees game against the visiting White Sox. DeChambeau was aksed if ...