Golf, by TourMiss

Palm Harbor, FL … Graeme McDowell holed a brilliant 30-foot par from off the green at the final hole of the three-hole famed ‘Snake Pit’ before then covering his head with both arms in embarrassment to make the cut in the Valspar Championship in Florida. After a shock first round 75 that included three double bogeys, McDowell dug deep on day two birding his three opening holes ahead of three-putting for bogey the par three 17th on the Copperhead course. ‘G Mac’ then needed a ...

Palm Harbor, Florida  … Ian Poulter has superbly drawn on the caddy to two former women World No. 1s to put himself into contention after two rounds of the Valspar Championship at Palm Harbor on Florida’s west coast. Poulter bounced back from a one-over par 72 first round to add a second day four-under par 67 and a three under par tally in continuing glorious conditions on the Copperhead course at the Innisbrook Resort. The Englishman’s only disappointment on day two of the £STG 5.17m ...

Scotland’s pioneering golf course architects, including Old Tom Morris and designed of the Balcomie Links at Crail Golfing Society, and the lasting impact they have had on the game across the world have been celebrated at this week’s ‘Design Masters: The Scottish International Golf Course Architects Conference’. Events began with a tour of the University of the Highlands and Islands’ campus in Dornoch which runs a BA (Hons) Golf Management course, the first honours degree of its ...

Palm Harbor, FL … Russell Knox and his caddy were headed straight for the Copperhead driving range after posting a one under par 70 on the opening day of the Valspar Championship here at Palm Harbor, Florida. Knox brilliantly split both opening fairways on route to back-to-back birdies to be two-under par after just two holes but it then came unstuck for Scotland’s leading golfer completing the next 10 holes in two over par after bogeys at his ninth and 11th holes. At his ninth, or the ...

Former European Tour champion and now Chairman of the PGA of Australia Board of Directors Peter O’Malley has praised the appointment of Gavin Kirkman as the new Chief Executive Officer of the PGA of Australia.  Kirkman is a long serving PGA employee having been CEO of PGA Queensland from 2002 – 2007 and the PGA’s National Chief Membership Officer for the past six years. O’Malley said: “Gavin is a long-term, dedicated and highly regarded PGA executive who understands all aspects ...

Palm Harbor, FL … Tiger Woods has confirmed, and as many observers expected, he will not return to competition at next week’s Arnold Palmer Invitational and on the occasion of the PGA Tour returning to Bay Hill since the passing last last year of ‘The King’. Woods, who won a remarkable eight Arnold Palmer Invitationals between 2000 and 2013, released a statement and again via his website just a day before the cut-off point for entries into the Arnold Palmer. “Unfortunately, ...

Palm Harbor, FL … Open Champion Henrik Stenson bounced back from illness last week in Mexico to grab a share of second place on day one the Valspar Championship at Palm Harbor. Stenson didn’t drop in glorious scoring conditions on the Copperhead course and capping his round with three straight birdies from his fourth to sixth holes in a seven under par 64. The effort is reported to be Stenson’s lowest score in any Florida tournament he’s contested. It left the affable Swede tied ...