Golf, by TourMiss

The sight these past two weeks in Dubai of a heavily pregnant woman in the company of Martin Kaymer has now lead to news the double major winner will take three months off from January to be with his family. Irene Scholz is Kaymer’s girlfriend and with the champion German golfer indicating to Golf Magazin that she will give birth in Germany before the family looks to live in Florida and once the baby is born, the current World No. 118 will not play again till  March. “Our child will ...

Scotland’s newest Tour stars Liam Johnston and Craig Howie recieved a warm welcome onto the newly-named DP World Tour but it was a rather uninviting start for the pair on day one at the co-sanctioned Joburg Open in the South African capital. Johnston and Howie earned full 2021/22 wraparound Tour status by virtue of recently finishing top-20 on the recently concluded secondary Challenge Tour. Johnston, 25, easily secured his card finishing eighth on the money list whereas the 27-year-old Peebles-based ...

Top-Scot Robert MacIntyre is now confirmed for three of the four 2022 majors following the close of the European Tour’s ‘Race to Dubai’ season. MacIntye’s ended his third year in the pro ranks ninth on the Tour’s money-list and good enough to secure a US Open Championship tee-time while he was already into next April’s Masters by virtue of his T12th finish earlier this year, and will tee-up in the 150th Open at the Home of Golf by sharing eighth in July at Royal St. George’s. The ...

Rory McIlroy’s frustration boiled over in a never seen before manner when he nearly tore the Nike shirt off his shoulders following a dismal final round 74 at the season-ending DP World Tour Championship here in Dubai. McIlro, and in his penultimate event of the year, slumped from the overnight lead at 14-under par to settle for a distant share of sixth place at 12-under par on the Greg Norman-designed Earth Course at Jumeirah Estates. The four-time major champion was looking to become the ...

…. by Fatiha Betscher in Dubai  Collin Morikawa has created history not only capturing the DP World Tour Championship but becoming the first American-born full tour member in the 49-history of the European Tour to be crowned No. 1. Morikawa produced a sizzling closing seven holes coming from near outside the top-10 through 11 holes to produce a round of 66 and in the end comfortable win by three shots at 17-under par in continuing heatwave conditons on the Earth Course at Jumeirah Estates. It ...

Top Scot Robert MacIntyre is out to spoil Rory McIlroy’s historic quest heading to the final round of the season-ending DP World Tour Championship in Dubai. MacIntyre brilliantly holed a 72-footer for birdie at the second and capped his round in draining a 20-footer for an eagle ‘3’ at the seventh before a dropped shot at the last in his round of 67 to be sharing third place on 12-under par. The Oban lefty is just two back of McIlroy, also with a 67, who’s at 14-under par and with McIlroy, ...

.. by Fatiha Betscher in Dubai Rory McIlroy may have left caddy Harry Diamond worried but he clearly impressed certain European No. 1 Collin Morikawa with his second shot at the 17th hole on day two of the DP World Tour Championship. McIlroy’s tee shot at the island green-like hole hit the left side of the green but kicked further left and looked headed for a watery grave before his ball bounced a couple of times on rocks and came to rest on the flat surface of one of the rocks that forms ...