Golf, by TourMiss

Scotland’s Russell Knox has labelled the present landscape the men’s pro golf a ‘bit of joke’ following on the latest news Joh Rahm has formally signed with LIV Golf. Formal confirmation of Rahm’s reputed £550m deal is a massive boost for the Saudi-back league and now sees three of the last five major winners playing the rival LIV tour. As well, we’ve had two of Rahm’s Rome Ryder Cup winning team-mates, firstly in Rory McIlroy sounding off at the DP World Tour that needs ...

Affable Scot Ewen Ferguson had ended his year on a double disappointing note with migraines forcing him out ahead of the second round of the year-ending Alfred Dunhill Championship in South Africa. Ferguson, 27, had battled his way through an opening 78 but still didn’t feel well ahead of his early morning second day tee-off on the Leopard Creek course at Malelane. It’s a second time this year migraines has forced the Scot out of an event while adding to Ferguson’s poor South ...

Justin Rose could not have put in more bluntly declaring: “Jon’s a huge coup for LIV, a big blow for the PGA Tour”. Rose was speaking amid almost certain assurance late afternoon US Eastern time that double major winning Jon Rahm has officially signed with LIV Golf. There has been rumours for months the super Spaniard would be leaving to join good friend and fellow Masters winner Sergio Garcia at LIV, and the news is all but official. The deal is believed to be worth around $560m ...

Scott Jamieson continues to enjoy what he describs as the ‘marriage’ between golf and the local wildlife to be just two shots from the lead on the opening day of the Arnold Dunhill Championship in South Africa. The Florida-based Scot posted a five-under 67 that included seven birdies to be just two shots off the lead held by South African Robin Williams on the host Leopard Creek course at Malelane, to the east of Joburg. Though sticking out like the proverbial on Jamieson’s scorecard is a 15th ...

It was close enough to exactly 24-hours to the hour since news of the joint USGA/R&A announcement and the 2028 start to ‘reeling-in’ the golf ball that reigning Amateur Champion and the No. 1 world-ranked amateur Christo Lamprecht launched a 418-yard down the last hole on day one of the Alfred Dunhill Championship in South Africa. The 22-year-old South African then had just 126-yards to the pin though he took three shots for his birdie ‘4’ in his eventual round of a five-under-par 67 ...

The R&A and USGA will update the testing conditions used for golf ball conformance under the Overall Distance Standard (ODS), which will take effect from January 2028. The decision aims to reduce the impact increased hitting distances have on golf’s long-term sustainability while minimizing the impact on the recreational game. The revised ball testing conditions will be as follows: 125-mph clubhead speed (equivalent to 183 mph ball speed); spin rate of 2200 rpm and launch angle of 11 degrees. ...

I guess it comes as a surprise that a professional golfer at the ‘young’ age of 33-years, and has competed at the game’s highest level, should announce his retirement. This is the news appearing in the leading French newspaper L’Equipe with the 33-year-old Victor Dubuisson indicating he is stepping down from formal competition. It can’t be because Dubuisson may be akin to Tiger Woods and fighting what could also be a career-threatening injury. No, the French newspaper ...