Shane Lowry Tops U.S. Open Qualifying At Walton Heath.
Ireland’s Shane Lowry has topped the list of U.S. Open qualifiers a day after missing out by a shot in qualifying automatically for next month’s championship. Lowry shot rounds of a three under par 69...
View ArticleChris Doak Considers Dancing In Circles After Qualifying For 2nd Straight...
Scotland’s Chris Doak is considering getting dizzy more often after doubling Scotland’s U.S. Open hopes by winning through for a second year in succession at yesterday’s (MON) wet and miserable 36-hole...
View ArticleGleaming Black Chevy Camaro No More – Five Weeks Of Sheer Driving Pleasure.
It’s now been a few weeks since we left the States after we reported on 10 PGA tournaments in succession but memories of driving our Chevy Camaro for five of those weeks lives on. We had arrived in...
View ArticleRory McIlroy – 15 Pre-Memorial Questions … Wentworth, Pinehurst, Australian...
After facing the European Tour media a week ago it was now the PGA Tour based golfing media to try and pick Rory McIlroy’s brains. They tried hard bouncing questions off McIlroy covering a variety of...
View ArticleAdam Scott Trying To Embrace Being Golf’s World No. 1.
It’s been just two weeks since Adam Scott became only the second Australian to become World No. 1. And while there was some controversy when Scott went to No. 1 in the world by not even picking up a...
View ArticleIt’s Official – Tiger Woods Will NOT Tee-Up In 2014 U.S. Open … 1st & 2nd...
It’s official – Tiger Woods will not tee-up in the up-coming U.S. Open at Pinehurst. It now means the first and second place finishers from the 2005 U.S. Open, and the last time the championship was...
View ArticleMcIlroy Staring At Another ‘Backdoor’ Top-10 As Bubba Heads Memorial.
Rory McIlroy is staring at yet another ‘backdoor’ top-10 this season as double Masters winner Bubba Watson leads the way into the final round of the Memorial. McIlroy had the chance to shut the door...
View Article2014 U.S. Open Field Takes Shape … Only 5 Spots Remaining.
This year’s U.S. Open is taking shape with just five spots remaining into the event being staged from June 12th to 15th at Pinehurst No. 2. The five spots will come from either players inside the...
View ArticleEuropean Tour Bow To ‘Tweaking’ Race To Dubai Final Series.
* Leading 15 players in Race to Dubai now eligible for enhanced US$5 million Bonus Pool * Requirement to play two out of three tournaments prior to Dubai removed * Field for DP World Tour Championship...
View ArticleU.S. Open Groupings – USGA Add Spice To Three-Balls.
The USGA have once again had fun in arranging the groupings for the opening two rounds of the 2014 US Open. For starters the former US Open winning duo of Rory McIlroy and Graeme McDowell find...
View ArticleRory McIlroy Bizarrely Hitting Out Of A Coleslaw Filled Bunker …. See The Video.
It has to be one of the most bizarre episodes in golf – double Major winning Rory McIlroy hitting out of a coleslaw filled bunker. McIlroy found himself agreeing to the stunt for ESPN’s ‘Sports...
View ArticleJordan Spieth Two Years On Not Concerned By 30,000 Screaming U.S. Open Fans.
It’s two years since new American sensation Jordan Spieth contested his very first Major – the 2012 U.S. Open. Back then the Dallas-born golfer was an amateur and it was a last minute call-up to...
View ArticleRoyal Portrush To Be Awarded 2019 Open Championship.
The R & A along with the Northern Ireland Executive will announce next Monday that the Royal Portrush Club will be invited to host the 2019 Open Championship. While www.golfbytourmiss.com reported...
View ArticlePeter Thomson Welcomes 2019 Open Championship Returning To Royal Portrush.
Five-time Open Champion Peter Thomson has welcomed news golf’s oldest Major is returning in 2019 to Royal Portrush in Northern Ireland. The R & A along with the Northern Ireland Executive and...
View ArticleKing Kaymer Plunders Pinehurst For Second Major Success.
Martin Kaymer plundered Pinehurst for a second Major Championship success in capturing the U.S. Open. For four days of the year’s second Major Kaymer was untouchable setting a 36-hole tournament...
View ArticleScottish Caddy Gets It Spot On As Martin Kaymer Wins U.S. Open
Glasgow-born caddy Craig Connelly was spot on with his prediction for new U.S. Open champion Martin Kaymer. Connelly predicted after Kaymer captured last month’s Players Championship he would win a...
View ArticleMartin Kaymer – With His Stunning U.S. Open Victory
Martin Kaymer – With his 2014 U.S. Open success. • It is Kaymer’s 11th European Tour International Schedule victory in his 171st European Tour event.• He moves to just outside the top ten of the...
View ArticleOmega Hands Dubai Desert Classic & Dubai Ladies Masters Timely Boost.
Luxury Swiss watchmaker OMEGA has handed the Dubai Desert Classic and the Dubai Ladies Masters a timely boost. OMEGA has agreed to continue sponsoring both events for a further three years through to...
View ArticlePadraig Harrington …. 2019 Open Will Be Second In Popularity Only To St....
Double Open Champion Padraig Harrington has joined the chorus praising the decision to take the 2019 Open to Royal Portrush. And while Harrington will be 47 years at the time, he’s already looking...
View ArticleShane Lowry Likens Irish Open As Fifth Major For Irish-Born Stars.
Double European Tour winning Shane Lowry has likened this week’s Irish Open as a fifth Major for the big contingent of Irish competing this week at Fota Island in Cork. Lowry and fellow former Irish...
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