Golf, by TourMiss

You could understand if Italy’s first Major Champion celebrated his dramatic two-shot Open Championship triumph by drinking either a Valpolicella or a Chianti from the famed Claret Jug. No, no wine and not even water has been poured into the Claret Jug. Francesco Molinari was naturally asked on his return to competition at this week’s WGC – Bridgestone Invitational how he celebreated his Carnoustie success. And Molinari’s response very much reflects the father of two’s ...

In a very timely move the R&A and the USGA are proposing new regulations to ban the use of the controversial greens reading books. Golf’s ruling bodies are reacting to ever-growing complaints that the greens books are spoiling that part of the game where a player has to display judgement, skill and ability in using the multi-detailed books to read the putting surfaces. As well, the books are also drawing criticism in only adding time to a round of golf. The R & A and USGA indicate ...

Justin Rose will defend his title at the Turkish Airlines Open, the sixth Rolex Series event of the European Tour’s 2018 Race to Dubai, in Antalya in November. Rose, currently second in the Official World Golf Rankings, made three birdies in his last four holes to secure a thrilling victory at last year’s tournament at Regnum Carya Golf and Spa Resort, with the trophy being delivered in spectacular style by a Turkish Airlines drone. Rose was awarded Turkey’s Distinguished Service Award for ...

Miguel Angel Jimenez’s first task in becoming the new Senior Open champion was to rename his victory claret jug the ‘Rioja Jug’. The pony-tailed Malaga golfer denied double Senior Open winning Bernhard Langer and with the German signing for a 68 to finish runner-up in the event for a third time since 2013. Jimenez also not only became the first Spaniard to win the Senior Open since the inaugural event in 1987 but he now joins the late, great Seve Ballesteros as only the second Spaniard to win ...

St. Andrews, Scotland … Miguel Angel Jimenez has joined his late, great compatriot Seve Ballesteros to become only the second Spaniard in the history of the game to win a Major Championship at St. Andrews. Jimenez posted a final round 69 to win by a shot with a 12-under par tally on the Old Course at the Home of Golf. Germany’s Bernhard Langer and defending Senior Open champion signed for a four-under par 68 to finish runner-up on 11-under par to finish second for a third occasion in ...

England’s Richard McEvoy has created a European first in eight years in birding the last to brilliantly capture the Porsche European Open in Hamburg. A week ago, McEvoy won the Challenge Tour’s La Vaudreuil Golf Challenge in France and he’s now captured a maiden main European Tour title a week later in birding the last hole to break clear of a four-way tie for the lead and win by a shot in Germany. It is McEvoy’s first European Tour victory in his 285th appearance He is ...

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 ...