Golf, by TourMiss

If the explosive reaction on the Abu Dhabi practice range is an indication then TaylorMade’s new RocketBallz range of clubs are headed for outer space. TaylorMade staff working the range, and venue for this week’s Abu Dhabi HSBC Championship, looked to have been overwhelmed with the enormous interest in the range of 3-wood and drivers set to be officially launched next Monday. Those European Tour players on the range Monday were showning real interest particularly in the RBZ Tour ...

Has Rory McIlroy been stripped clean of sponsors? That could appear to be the scenario after viewing a tweeter pic of the reigning U.S. Open champion taken recently in Dubai. McIlroy was photographed wearing a shirt bearing just the Oakey name during a TPI 3D photo session in the UAE. There had been suggestions last June by former ISM manager, Chubby Chandler and straight after McIlroy’s Congressional command performance that they were working on stripping McIlroy clean of a number of sponsor ...

After undergoing keyhole surgery last month Swedish tennis ace Henrik Stenson is reluctant to rush back into competition at this week’s Abu Dhabi HSBC Championship. The 36-year old Stenson had his left knee operated on early in December in Stockholm and has been slowly working his way back into golf practicing at the Emirates Club in Dubai. “The knee seems to be okay but then there is a few things I still can’t do like squatting down, so I can only do half squats in reading putts,” he ...

Organisers of the Omega Dubai Desert Classic are hoping to woo Alexis Thompson, the younger sister to Nicolas Thompson back to Dubai next month. Nicolas, who turned 29 on Christmas Day, has been affored an invitation by event organisers to compete in Dubai where his sister captured last month’s Dubai Ladies Classic. The 16-year old Alexis created golfing history last September in becoming the youngest ever winning of an LPGA event in capturing the Navistar LPGA Classic. Then in December she ...

The Emirates Club, and host to next month’s Omega Dubai Desert Classic, resembled a mini European Tour event as players arrived in the UAE ahead of next week’s first event on the Race to Dubai Desert Swing. Heading those practicing at the Emirates Club was World No. 2, Lee Westwood who was working on his game under the watchful eye of long-time coach, Peter Cowan. Henrik Stenson also works with Cowan and the Dubai-based Swede played nine holes on Saturday afternoon in the company of ...

It’s not surprising former long-time World No. 1 Tiger Woods has slammed former coach, Hank Haney. In an interview with ESPN, Woods said he would not be reading The Big Miss: My Years Coaching Tiger Woods when it becomes available on March 27, the week before the Masters. “I think it’s unprofessional and very disappointing, especially because it’s someone I worked with and trusted as a friend,” Woods said. “There have been other one-sided books about me and ...

It’s only been a month since Open Champion, Darren Clarke half recognised a ‘Merry Christmas and enjoy the break’ gesture after finishing well down the field in the Asian Tour season-ending Thailand Golf Championship. However Clarke returns to competition at this week’s European Tour Volvo Champions at Fancourt in South Africa admitting he’s a changed man. In fact, on his website Clarke boldly has annouced:  He’s a “Lean Mean Fighting Machine”. The ...