Golf, by TourMiss

St. Andrews, Scotland …. Reigning Irish Amateur Open champion Robin Dawson was delighted to taming a fiery New Course with a level par 71 on day one of the prestigious St. Andrews Links Trophy at the Home of Golf. Dawson, 22 joined 143 fellow amateurs from as far as Argentina, New Zealand, Australia as well as South Africa and India along with golfers from the USA and Canada and one player each from Morocco, Egypt and `Slovenia in bright but increasingly windy conditions on the New Course ...

Memphis, TN …. Dustin Johnson brillaintly warmed-up for next week’s U.S. Open with his lowest score all year on day two of the FedEx Cup St. Jude Classic of a sizzling 63 and then was going for a dip with his kids in their Memphis hotel pool. After an opening hole birdie ‘DJ’ was one-over par after back-to-back bogeys at three and four before playing his next 13 holes in eight-under par for an eventual score of a seven-under par 63 and a one-shot 10-under paer clubhouse lead ...

Memphis, TN … Seamus Power superbly regrouped after his long-time being forced to withdraw before tee-off to brilliantly grab the clubhouse lead early on day one of the FedEx St. Jude Classic in Memphis, Tennessee. Power posted six birdies, including a six-foot gem at the last, in a sizzling five-under par 65 in heatwave conditions on the TPC Southwind course. The West Waterford golfer, and contesting the event just for a second, broke free of some seven players in the clubhouse with four-under ...

The three players – Rory McIlroy, Jordan Spieth and Phil Mickelson – who have the best chance of joining golf’s ultra exclusive ‘Grand Slam Club’ have been drawn together for the opening two rounds of next week’s U.S. Open. McIlroy still needs a Masters victory to join only five players to be have won a Grand Slam while Spieth needs to capture the PGA Championship whereas Mickelson will tee-up next week in his 27th U.S. Open and needing a victory, and after being ...

American golfing heartthrob Rickie Fowler will return to the scene of his 2015 victory when he tees it up in the Aberdeen Standard Investments Scottish Open, a Rolex Series event, at Gullane Golf Club on July 12-15, 2018. Fowler captured a maiden European Tour win with scores of 66, 68, 66 and a closing 68 the last time Gullane hosted the event, birdieing the 18th hole on Sunday to deny compatriot Matt Kuchar, who is also part of the world class field gathering on Scotland’s Golf Coast this ...

The US state of Minnesota , and known as the Land of 10,000 lakes, is about to be granted a first PGA Tour event in some 60-years. Good friend and colleague, Will Gray of the Golf Channel, reports Minnesota has hosted numerous marquee tournaments, including the 2009 PGA Championship and 2016 Ryder Cup but with the TPC Twin Cities course in line for an upgrade beginning in 2019 that could lead the way to a Tour stop. There is strong suggestions the 3M Championship is poised for an upgrade, which ...

Memphis, TN ….. There is pretty much one main reason why tourists from around the globe flock to Memphis, Tennessee. Top of the sight-seeing priorities is Graceland and the former home and also now the resting place of Elvis Presley. You can also visit the Birthplace of Rock & Roll museum, Sun Studio, lively Beale Street, get a close-uip look of the mighty Mississippi River and there’s a very moving vist to the Lorraine Motel, and now the U.S. Civil Rights Museum, and where 50-years ...