Golf, by TourMiss

Very sad news in learning the passing of double-major winning American John ‘Jack’ Burke Jr, just 10 days shy of his 101st birthday, and a person I had the great pleasure of meeting in his Houston office five years ago just ahead of the 2018 Masters. Burke was the son of a professional golfer, Jack Burke Sr., and capped his career winning two major titles, both in 1956, the Masters and PGA Burke also won 16 PGA Tour events between 1950 and 1963. He won four times in 1950 and five times ...

Very sad news in learning the passing of double-major winning American John ‘Jack’ Burke Jr at the age of 100, and a person I had the great pleasure of meeting in his Houston office five years ago just ahead of the 2018 Masters. Burke was the son of a professional golfer, Jack Burke Sr., and capped his career winning two major titles, both in 1956, the Masters and PGA Burke also won 16 PGA Tour events between 1950 and 1963. He won four times in 1950 and five times in 1952, including ...

There was no 37th birthday gift ruling for Open Champion Brian Harman on day two of the Hero Dubai Desert Classic. Harman found his third shot into the final green obstructed by a floating ‘Hero’ sign that is moored to the left side of the water guarding the par-5 18th on the Majlis course at the famed Emirates Club. The American, and contesing the event for a first time, was initially advised by a female rules official he must play his ball where it lies but responded: “I’m a little surprised ...

Reigning Australian Open champ Joaquin Niemann tees-up in this week’s Hero Dubai Desert Classic looking to make it six victories for LIV golfers in seven DP World Tour events. Winning some six weeks ago in a play-off in Sydney earned Niemann a place in this week’s opening Rolex Series event again being hosted at the Emirates Golf Club. The champion Chilean golfer became the then second LIV golfer to win in the closing five DPWorld Tour events in succession that included South Africans ...

EXCLUSIVE .... Top-Scot Robert MacIntyre has arrived in La Quinta eagerly looking forward to building on last week’s ‘rusty’ PGA Tour career opener in Hawaii. MacIntyre birdied the last in a closing round 67 to finish at seven-under and just outside the top-50 in the event won by American Grayson Murray, who holed a monster birdie at the first play-off to capture a second Tour title and just over six-years after his first. The Oban lefty MacIntyre admitted to be a little rusty following the ...

Rory McIlroy remains one win from 17 first New Year events after virtually handing good friend Tommy Fleetwood victory at the close of the inaugural Dubai Desert Invitational. The World No. 2 ranked McIlroy was leading by a shot heading down the final hole when he terribly hooked his ball well left finding the waters of Dubai Creek. After taking a penalty drop, McIlroy found the green in three but then two-putted for third clumsy bogey of his round and falling shy of finishing tied with Fleetwood, ...

Tommy Fleetwood travelled near 8,700 miles from Hawaii to end a more two year winless drought with victory in the inagural Dubai Invitational in Dubai. And Fleetwood’s seventh DP World Tour victory, and his first since capturing the 2022 Nedbank Challenge in South Africa, comes thanks to a pair of closing birdies in a last round of 67 for a one shot win 19-under-par tally on the host Dubai Creek Golf and Yacht club course. Fleetwood, who turns 33 this coming Saturday, sealed success also in ...