Golf, by TourMiss

Austin, TX … Three days after ending an 18-month winless drought and Rory McIlroy was handed a shock 2 & 1 defeat at the hands American Peter Uihlein on day one of the WGC – Dell Technologies Match-Play Championship in Austin, Texas. McIlroy was never in his match against the current World No. 63 American who was 4up after just nine holes on the Austin County Club course. The American went to 5up at the 10th before a late McIlroy fightback and with the four-time Major champ birding 14, ...

Austin, TX …  PGA Tour boss, Joel Monahan agrees with Rory McIlroy there should be a limit on sale of alcohol at PGA Tour stops but stopped short of limiting the sale of alcohol at Tour stops. As recently reported by www.golfbytourmiss there has been increasing booze-related incidents on the Tour and with McIlroy the subject of a drunken spectator’s attention during the third round of last week’s Arnold Palmer Invitational in Orlando. This came on top to the ugly incident in the ...

Austin, TX … Reigning U.S. Open champion Brooks Koepka has been officially ruled out of next month’s Masters. Koepka has been struggling with a left wrist injury and the Erin Hills winning hero has not competed since the opening event of 2018 in finishing last by six shots in January’s Sentry Tournament of Champions in Hawaii. The West Palm Beach golfer complained of his wrist concern in Hawaii that he picked-up at the end of 2017, and just weeks after finishing T2nd in the WGC ...

Austin, Texas … Dozy Rory McIlroy celebrated ending an 18-month winless drought with two scoops of ice-cream and a glass of red before falling asleep watching video highlights of his Arnold Palmer victory. McIlroy drove the three-hours from Orlando south to his Bear’s Club abode in Jupiter with wife, Erica and caddy Harry Diamond and after a first win since his marriage and also with Diamond, who was his best man, on the bag. But after the excitement of birding five of his closing six holes ...

Austin, TX … Jordan Spieth tees-up in this week’s $10m WGC – Dell Technologies Match-Play Championship still looking for a first taste of success this season. This in contrast to both Rory McIlroy and Phil Mickelson and with all three currently the only ‘active’ players in with a chance of joining the most exclusive club in all of golf. McIlroy ended an 18-month winless drought with his sensational victory last Sunday in the Arnold Palmer Invitational while Mickelson, ...

Austin, TX … Rory McIlroy tees-up over the opening three days of round robin competition in this week’s WGC – Dell Match-Play Technologies championship a likely favourite to win through to the final 16 in Austin, Texas. The new World No. 7, and fresh from a stunning Arnold Palmer Invitational success, has been drawn to first compete on Wednesday against American and World No. 57 Peter Uhlein before then facing another American in Brian Harman (World No. 18) on day two and then ...

Orlando, FL … Rory McIlroy has roared into Masters favouritism ending an 18-month winless drought in spectacular manner birding five of his closing six holes to capture the Arnold Palmer Invitational at Bay Hill in Orlando. McIlroy grabbed eight birdies overall in a sizzling final day 64 to win by three shots at 18-under par and his lowest PGA Tour score since last June. American Bryson DeChambeau, who needed to eagle the last to force a play-off, bogeyed the hole in a round of 68 for a 15-under ...