Golf, by TourMiss

St. Andrews, Scotland … Miguel Angel Jimenez is determined to become just a second Spaniard since the late, great Seve Ballasteros to win a Major Championship at St. Andrews. Jimenez, 54 battled the bright but very windy conditions in posting a third-round level par 72 and to a two-stroke nine-under par lead into the final round of the Senior Open. Ballesteros is the only Spanish-born golfer to have won golf’s oldest Major, in capturing the 1979 Open at Royal Lytham and St. Annes before his ...

St. Andrews, Scotland … Paul McGinley insists his golf game will need to be better than just ‘okay’ if he is to win the Senior Open championship at St. Andrews. McGinley posted a third round 72 for a five-under par tally but trail just four shots behind Spain’s Miguel Angel Jimenez into the final round of the Senior Open at St. Andrews. McGinley had been well in contention late in Friday’s second round only to come unstuck with bogeys at 15, 16 and the last in a 73 for a five-under ...

St. Andrews, Scotland …. Miguel Angel Jiménez  now looks to follow in the footsteps of the late, great Seve Ballesteros after moving into the clubhouse lead late on day two of the Senior Open Championship at St. Andrews. Jimenez ended his round near 9pm enjoying a one shot lead at nine-under par and thanks to a three-hole stretch where the golfer known as ‘The Mechanic’ eagled the 14th and then birdied the next two holes in a round of a five-under par 67. Three players – ...

St. Andrews, Scotland … Paul McGinley rolled back the years posting a ‘magical and mystical’ 66 for his lowest Old Course score and a best round in five years on day one of the Senior Open championship at St. Andrews. McGinley, 51 grabbed eight birdies and dropped just one shot to be among two others, Canadian Stephen Ames sharing third place and just one shot off the lead in the $US 2m Home of Golf event. American Kirk Triplett  and Thailand’s Thaworn Wiratchant head the over-50s ...

St. Andrews, Scotland … Some two months out from the Ryder Cup and Paul McGinley reckons European Ryder Cup Captain Thomas Bjorn should be rubbing his hands with glee. Francesco Molinari’s victory in The Open not only broke an American stranglehold on the Majors, and dating back to last year’s U.S. Open, but has given Bjorn three Major Champions in his top eight qualifiers. “This is the best list of leading qualifiers I have seen in my lifetime of playing on the European Tour,” said ...

St. Andrews,  Scotland … Eight-time Major winning Tom Watson will tee-up this week in the Senior Open Championship and in what will more than likely be a last opportunity to win at St. Andrews. The Senior Open is being played for a first time on the famed Old Course at the Home of Golf and where Watson has contested the (British) Open Championship on seven occasions. Watson, and now aged 68, made his Open Championship debut in winning the 1975 championship at Carnoustie before his emotional ...

Crail, Scotland …. Double Major winning John Daly has warmed-up for this week’s first Senior Open Championship at St. Andrews playing bare feet on the closeby Balcomie Links at Crail. Daly recently underwent surgery on his injured right knee and despite missing both the U.S. Senior Open and last week’s Open Championship at Carnoustie, Daly has declared himself fit to take his place in Thursday’s start to the Senior Open. In fact, the 52-year old Daly’s surgery involved taking bone ...