Golf, by TourMiss

The very first time the Presidents Cup travelled outside of the States and that was in 1998 to the famed Royal Melbourne course. I had been present at Manassas in Virginia in 1996 when half the media contingent reporting on the then second Presidents Cup left the tournament on Friday night and headed north-east to Illinois after Tiger Woods, and competing in just his third event as a pro, shot a second round 64 on route to a sharing 5th place at the Quads City Classic. Woods eventually single-handedly ...

Seeing Tiger Woods enthusistically interact with his Presidents Cup captain, Steve Stricker and fellow USA vice-captains in front of the assembled media at the selection of the opening foursome matches was a side of the 14-time Major winner we have not seen before. Usually, and as it very much the case with both Ryder Cup sides, everything such as pairings and singles teeing-off order is always done behind closed doors. However, the manner Woods was involved working with Stricker, Fred Couples, ...

South African sensation Kyle Barker made it three MENA Tour wins in succession for the ‘Rainbow Nation’ managing a hole-in-one and sinking a 50-foot birdie at the 17th on route to an impressive two-shot wire-to-wire victory in the Golf Citizen Abu Dhabi Open at Yas Links, Abu Dhabi, on Wednesday. Barker, 19 went into the third and final day comfortably leading by four shots and in acing the par three, 14th he went onto to shoot a closing 68 for a 14-under par victory tally on the Kyle ...

Six months after slumping to his poorest World Ranking in 17-years, and then soon after  losing his PGA Tour card, Ian Poulter says ‘all the ‘moving parts in my life have been simplified’ as the rejuvenated Brit nears breaking back into the game’s elite top-50. Poulter will contest this week’s British Masters currently ranked No. 55 in the world and in sharp contrast to March when he dropped outside the top-200 in the world and his poorest ranking since a maiden pro season ...

As he first hinted late last month in Boston, Rory McIlroy has formally revealed the pressure he was under from the European Tour to add this week’s British Masters to his injury-reduced schedule this season. It was just 10 days ago McIlroy surprised many in confirming he would contest just a second British Masters in his career and also 10 years to the month after the fanfare of turning professional in the same event in 2007. In doing so, McIlroy required an invitation to tee-up on the host Close ...

The late withdrawal of injured Thomas Bjorn has somewhat robbed Russell Knox to impress the Dane ‘close-up’ with his commitment to qualify for Bjorn’s European Ryder Cup team. Knox, along with Northern Ireland’s Graeme McDowell, were drawn together with Bjorn for the opening two rounds of the STG 3m event being hosted by Lee Westwood on his Close House course near Newcastle. Instead, Bjorn’s place has been taken by England’s 27-year old Laurie Canter. It would have been Knox’s ...

It is amazing how the simple task of taking a break from the mundaness of driving long hours on the freeway can lead to such a fascinating golfing experience. In heading south on the I-95 from TPC Boston, and venue for the Dell Technologies Championship, we stopped for a break in Aberdeen, Maryland. I have played many games of golf in and around Aberdeen in Scotland but never in Aberdeen, Maryland. And it came as no surprise to learn Aberdeen, Maryland was named after its mother namesake in Scotland ...