Golf, by TourMiss

.… Albany, The Bahamas  It is an old expression, and it was an expression I recall double English-born World 500cc motor-bike champion Barry Sheene once used and that is ‘the people you pass on the way up, you ​​pass on the way back down’. It’s an expression one c​​ould use in all walks of life and Sheene drew on the phrase in describing a rival, who clearly was intent of caring little about those around him and focussed solely on riding his way to a championship title. Of course, ...

It was heartache for crowd favourite Nicolas Colsaerts after missing a closing hole birdie putt that opened victory door for England’s Tyrrell Hatton to secure the Alfred Dunhill Links Championship title for a third time on the Old Course at the Home of Golf. Hatton and Colsaerts had been virtually unseperable for much of the final round and with the 23rd hosting of  the event looking headed for a play-off but only for Colsaerts miss the cup with the 72nd hole birdie attempt and thus leave ...

Rory McIlroy ended a run of three of the DP World Tour’s biggest tournaments labelling them more authentic, pure, and not as corporate that he really liked. McIlroy had gone close to victory both in the BMW PGA Championship and also on home soil at the Irish Open before winding-up at his attempt at a maiden Dunhill Links Championship success with a disappointing no-frills share of 25th at the Dunhill Links Championship. However, this week in the Home of Golf nation was still a special time playing ...

Four-time major winning Rory McIlroy revealed he is heading to New Zealand later this year for a first occasion in his pro golfing career. However, it will not be to tee-up in any New Zealand sanctioned Tour event but with the World No. 3 set to join a handful of close friends travelling to the Land of the Long White Cloud and play a number to the countries golfing gems. “I going to join some good friends playing some of the great golf courses of New Zealand such as Tara Iti, Kauri Cliffs and great ...

BREAKING NEWS …. It’s not the result he sought but PGA Tour Commissioner Jay Monahan would welcome an invitation to return to future Dunhill Links Championships. Monahan made his debut in the $US 5m event teeing-up at Carnoustie on Thursday and paired Billy Horschel however, not all went well for the all-American team with Horschel missing the third round cut by a shot at 8-under while they fell well shy of being inside the top-20 on the team standings. Monahan found his way into this ...

Despite the presence at the Home of Golf this week of the supposed two key ‘fixers’ currently in men’s golf, Rory McIlroy believes it could be at least more three years of ‘cross-overs’ before men’s professional golf is fully mended of the rift that has virtually torn the heart out of the game. McIlroy had just posted a disappointing third round two-under-par 70 but after letting slip a stunning start to his round when he raced to seven-under for his round through ...

Despite unfounded reports of widespread Hurricane destruction to the famed Augusta National course and premises the club’s Chairman Ridley believes golf’s first major of the season will go ahead as planned from 10th to 13th April 2025. It has been just over a week since the southeast of the US was hit by Hurricane Helene sadly resulting the deaths of 95 people, knocking out power to millions and trapping families in floodwaters. In hard-hit North Carolina, days of unrelenting flooding ...

It was Louis Oosthuizen who enlightened me on the speech delivered to Dunhill Links players and guests by tournament chairman Johann Rupert at last Tuesday night’s official first night dinner get-together in St. Andrews. Oosthuizen remarked Rupert’s address to guests was very much to the heart of what should be important to the world at large and that the main concern is not those involved in men’s pro golf being at loggered heads. Rupert spoke with a handful of media earlier today ...