Golf, by TourMiss

Akron, Ohio … It was the exact day of the five-year anniversary of his 2013 victory but it was not a day for celebration with Tiger Woods very blunt and to-the-point in summing up his WGC – Bridgestone Invitational third round 73. The effort sent Woods from just five shots from the lead after two rounds to trailing 11 shots behind fellow American Justin Thomas (67) heading to the final round in the last staging of the event at the Firestone Country Club course in Akron, Ohio. “Yeah, ...

Akron, Ohio … Double Major winning Zach Johnson was full of praise for playing partner Paul Dunne despite an eight-shot difference among the pair on day three of the WGC – Bridgestone Invitational in Akon, Ohio. Dunne found himself being asked to attend a random drugs test straight after signing for a disappointing five-over par 75 to drop to four-over in total in his first appearance in the $10m event. In contrast, Johnson made his first appearance in the event in 2009 and has contested ...

Akron, Ohio …  For an Aussie living in Ohio, Jason Day feels right at home. He and Ohio-born wife, Ellie along with their two children live in suburban Columbus and the capital of the State of Ohio. Ohio is the seventh most populated and the 34th largest of the 50 American states and with the state affectionately known as the ‘Buckeye’ State. Since 1962, Ohio has featured on the PGA Tour schedule with the first staging at the Firestone Counry Club of the World Series of Golf that ...

Akron, Ohio … Paul Dunne was delighted to birdie his closing two holes in a round of 68 to move to one-under par and find his way just inside the top-40 in his first appearance in the event. It had the Greystones golfer heading to the weekend 10 shots behind the leading trio of the England duo of Tommy Fleetwood (63) and Ian Poulter (67) and next week’s defending PGA Champion, Justin Thomas (64). Dunne superbly landed his second shot to just two-feet at the par-4 17th and then duplicated ...

Akron, Ohio …. Rory McIlroy confessed he’s close to his 2014 triple tournament winning best after brilliantly birding his closing two holes on day two of the WGC – Bridgestone Invitational in Akron, Ohio. McIlroy posted a three-under par 67 to be trailing just three shots behind the England duo of Tommy Fleetwood (63) and Ian Poulter (67) and next week’s defending PGA Champion, Justin Thomas (64). Fleetwood, and the reigning European No. 1 continues to impress Stateside in a bogey-free ...

PGA Championship organisers have it right in grouping Tiger Woods, Rory McIlroy and defending champion, Justin Thomas together for the opening two rounds of next week’s final major of 2018 at the Bellerive Country Club in St. Louis, Missouri. Woods is a winner of four PGA Chamionships (1999, 2000, 2006 and 2007), McIlroy two (2012 & 2014) while Thomas won brilliantly a year ago at Quail Hollow. It is a decision that is sure to generate huge crowd interest after Open Championship organisers ...

Rory McIlroy may miss the chicken wraps but he’s determined to bring down the curtain on the final WGC – Bridgestone Invitational with a victory toast on the Firestone course in Akron, Ohio. This week’s 20thstaging of the event is the last before the event moves to sweltering Memphis, Tennessee and rebranded as the WGC – FedEx St. Jude Invitational. McIlroy captured the 2014 Bridgestone title in the middle of the greatest run to date in his career having won The Open a fortnight earlier ...