Golf, by TourMiss

Adelaide, the capital of the Australian state of South Australia, and lovingly known as the City of Churches … 529 christian churches. The city was founded in 1836 and named in honour of Queen Adelaide who was the wife at the time of the British monarch King William IV. It was the only freely-settled British province in Australia which, I guess, it’s a nice way of saying no ships sailed up the Torrens River laden with British-born convicts. However unlike its Sydney and Melbourne ...

Let me start by asking a question.  How many 12-holes golf courses have you played? While 12-hole golf courses are pretty rare, some of the famous courses in golf started off being a dozen holes, including Prestwick that from 1860 hosted the first dozen Open Championships. More recently, legendary Jack Nicklaus opened a 12-hole course back in 2007 he named ‘Red Ledges’ located to the east of Salt Lake City in Utah. Going onto the club’s website the course is described as: “One ...

  Scot David Drysdale has taken a first big stride in superbly qualifying for the big-money Asian Tour events in coming months by muscling his way inside the top-10 on the 2023 season re-ranking table of those earning full Tour status earlier this year. Drysdale’s share of 16th in the International Series Vietnam saw him jump 31 spots to seventh on this first re-rank list for the new season, and thus rubber stamping his place in such events as the International Series England in the third ...

This week’s hosting of the RBC Heritage Classic reminds me of many incidents that took place in the days before and during the tournament held annually in the week following the Masters. It’s a easy 3-hour drive south-east from Augusta, Georgia to Hilton Head Island in South Carolina however, as I have reported before, you have got to stick to the speed limit driving through a number of these sleepy ‘one-horse’ towns. Just ask Jose Maria Olazabal, who was nabbed the day ...

The 1996 Masters was just my second appearance at Augusta National and with a round remaining, what an occasion it promised to be for this Australian-born reporter. Greg Norman leading the 60th hosting of the Masters by six shots and looking to become the first Australian golfer to win at Augusta National. As Sunday morning dawned, I was not alone in having put a skelton copy together featuring all sorts of record-breaking Norman and Australian golfing achievements, and thinking to myself all we ...

  Scotland’s David Drysdale is delighted with news the Asian Tour will create golfing history with the staging late August of the inaugural St. Andrews Bay Championship at the Fairmont Resort in the Home of Golf nation. The Asian Tour event, and this newest tournament on the lucrative International Series, will not only feature the best on the Asian Tour but surely feature a sprinkling of LIV players when staged from 24th to 27th August on the Torrance Course. News of the Asian Tour hosting ...

  In a history-making first the Asian Tour will play host to the inaugural St. Andrews Bay Championship at the Fairmont Resort on the outskirts of the Home of Golf in St. Andrews The event will be staged from 24th to 27th August and week following the International Series England event at Close House in England. The Fairmont Resort has been the focus for international golf for the past two years thanks to the hosting of the DP World Tour’s Hero Open, and with Scot Grant Forrest capturing the ...