Golf, by TourMiss

The decision to fine Tiger Woods for spitting has stirred his USA fan base who’ve labelled the European Tour’s actions as a ‘storm in a tea cup’. European Tour CEO, George O’Grady revealed his offices have been inundated with emails from both sides of the Atlantic following a decision to single out the 14-time Major winning Woods for disciplinary action. Woods was fined under the Tour’s ‘Code of Behaviour’ guidelines after TV coverage showed him spitting just prior to putting ...

Headlines of ‘Ben Who?” adorned the back pages of newspapers around the globe after the 2003 Open Championship. Ben Curtis was ranked 396th in the world, rated 300-1 to win in his very first Major, and also become the first in 90-years to win a Major at his first attempt. In July, Curtis will return to the Sandwich course where he came from one shot back heading to the final day to defeat the hapless Thomas Bjorn. Bjorn was leading by two but came unstuck when he took three shots to get out ...

Struggling England golfer Nick Dougherty will be sidelined for some time with confirmation he has broken his right wrist. Dougherty was forced to withdraw from this week’s Dubai Desert Classic after slipping over in the shower in his Dubai hotel. The newly-married 28-year, who has won three European Tour events, was observed leaving the on-course medical centre with his wrist and hand heavily strapped. Confirmation of the serious of Dougherty’s injury appears on his website – www.nickdougherty.com “The ...

Cricket legend, Brian Lara admitted he put off a return trip home to Trinidad and Tobago just to watch close-up the world’s top-three ranked golfers competing in the Dubai Desert Classic. Lara has been in Dubai for some weeks working as a batting consultant for the Zimbabwe Cricket Team ahead of next week’s start to the World Cup. He’s only one of two players in cricket to score over 10,000 runs in both the Test and One-Day arena. But after seeing off the Zimbabwe Team to Bangladesh and ...