Golf, by TourMiss

Despite the lure of competing next year on the lucrative Champions Tour in the U.S., Barry Lane has promised to return to the Home of Golf in 2012 and seek to capture the Scottish Senior title for a third straight occasion. The 51-year old Englishman eagled the last to retain his title with a final round 66 and win by two strokes with a 14-under par tally. Lane managed to hold off American Gary Koch who posted a 67 in bright and slightly windy conditions on the Torrance course at St. Andrews Bay. Lane, ...

Oil rich Abu Dhabi is a gushing new golf destination for those travelling to the capital of the United Arab Emirates. Formula One roared off  the starting grid in Abu Dhabi. And as Bernie McGuire discovers for www.golfbytourmiss golfers are making sure they’re not being left behind.  For near on two decades, Dubai has been the Middle East golfing ‘mecca’. However there’s a new player on the scene and it’s just a 90-minute drive down the freeway from struggling Dubai. Abu Dhabi is ...

It seems there’s hardly a day goes by when Afghanistan is not in the news. Here is a nation that’s been gripped by the fear of war for more than a decade. But lying right on the back door step of the country’s capital is the Kabul Golf Club. And as www.golfbytourmiss.com discovered when three representatives of the club visited the recent Omega Dubai Desert Club, Kabul Golf Club is striving hard like any other golf club to continue as best it can to promulgate the ancient game. There’s ...

You have to admire Barry Lane as he turned down a shot at a £245,000 first prize cheque in the States in the hope of successfully defending his Scottish Seniors title and pick up just a £37,500 winning pay day. Lane, 51 captured a maiden Seniors title last year at St. Andrews Bay and he set about holding onto his title with an opening five under par 67. Australia’s Peter Fowler, who currently leads the Order of Merit, heads the field after carding a 65 Fowler capped his round holing a 55-foot ...

In the wake of wins by Adam Scott and Keegan Bradley there is renewed scrutiny over the validity of using long-handled or belly putters. Scott wielded a ‘broomstick’ putter in capturing the biggest tournament in his career, WGC – Bridgestone Invitational in Akron, and a week before Bradley tucked an Odyssey ‘Sabertooth’ putter into his belly to capture the PGA Championship in Atlanta. Bradley was competing in his fist Major Championship and also became the first player in the ...

Irish golfing legend Eamonn Darcy returns to competition at today’s (FRID) starting Scottish Seniors at St. Andrews knowing he’s facing keyhole surgery later this year on his injured shoulder. Darcy, who turned 58 earlier this month, has played just events this year since injuring his left shoulder while practicing last March at Druids Glen. The 15-times winning Darcy had a cortisone injection in Dublin on Monday and is taking pain-killers and anti-inflammatories in order to take his place in ...

Alice Springs lies at the heart of Australia’s red-centre.  It’s a modern-day town boasting a proud Aboriginal culture along with a rich pioneering history from where you can set off to explore some of the country’s oldest natural landmarks. But there’s a relatively new lush green landmark in the Outback awaiting any spirited golfer. ‘Tour Miss’ and I had had just arrived on a direct flight from Sydney when a police officer at Alice Springs Airport casually asked me the ...