Golf, by TourMiss

There was plenty of spectator support, an abundance of uncharacteristic October sunshine and a golf course where he produced a second in the 2018 Open Championship but then there was little golfing fireworks from World No. 3 Rory McIlroy. McIlroy posted four birdies and also dropped a shot in the definition of a no-frills round and given the fact that so many players went low, and really low. Seventy-two players posted a score lower than McIlroy’s three-under 69 headed by South African Darren ...

…. by Bernie McGuire, Carnoustie The sounds of rifle shots sent a slight scare into the two of the more high-profile golf officials competing on day one of the 2024 Dunhill Links Championship in Carnoustie. PGA Tour Commissioner Jay Monahan and Saudi Arabia’s Yasir Al-Rumayyan, the Governor of the Public Investment Fund that supports the PGA Tour’s rival LIV league were well into their opening round when shots could be heard from the north-end of the famed course. However, there was no ...

Rory McIlroy is no different to all real followers of men’s pro golf in expressing the wish that the presence at this week’s annual Dunhill Links Championship of the two men centrally involved in talks aimed at ending the split in men’s professional golf is a “good sign” progress is being made. This most important pro/amateur fourball since LIV Golf was founded in June 2022 will feature American Billy Horschel who will partner PGA Tour Commissioner Jay Monahan while ...

EXCLUSIVE …. Open Champion and fellow South African Louis Oosthuizen leads the chorus of approval for billionaire businessman Rohann Rupert in achieving a coming together of two golfing figures instrumental to any future calm in men’s pro golf. Rupert, 74, is currently the CEO of Compagnie Financiere Richemonty.  He is the richest person South African born on the 2024 Forbes list, with an estimated net worth of US$12.0 billion and US$14.5 billion according to Bloomberg Billionaires Index. However, ...

EXCLUSIVE ….. Shane Lowry will have played the most tournaments in seven seasons when finally puts away the clubs in some six weeks time after competing in Dubai. Lowry will contest a 25th world-ranked event of his year at this week’s Dunhill Links Championship ahead of completing a 16th pro career season with the back-to-back Abu Dhabi HSBC Championship and season-ending DP World Tour Championship in Dubai. All up, it will be 27 tournaments for the current World No. 28 and the most he ...

In a huge tournament coup for organisers the two persons at the heart of hopefully mending the men’s professional game will play alongside each other for the opening three rounds of this week’s Dunhill Links Championship in Scotland. PGA Tour Commissioner Jay Monahan will make his debut in the pro-team event playing alongside Yasir Al-Rumayyan, the Governor of the Public Investment Fund that supports the PGA Tour’s rival league, who teed-up in the event a year ago. Monahan is paired ...

Tom McKibbin has set his sights on his closing five events left this DP World Tour season to lock-in full PGA Tour membership for next season. McKibbin, 21, tees-up in this week’s Dunhill Links Championship lying 15th on the Race to Dubai money-list, and just five places and half-a-dozen events shy of ending his year inside the top-10 on the DP World Tour money list. And it will those finishing top-10, and not otherwise exempt, who each will be afforded full status on the 2025 PGA Tour.     We ...