Golf, by TourMiss

Twenty-year old Chinese golfing sensation Wenyi Ding celebrated his South African born caddies birthday, posting a super bogey-free round of a seven-under 63 to share the lead on seven-under with England’s Jordan Smith after the opening day of the co-sanctioned Joburg Open. Ding, a competing in the event as a full DP World Tour member, was very impressive birdieing three of his opening four holes and after five pars he headed into his back-9 with four further birdies. This week’s event ...

Four-time PGA Tour No. 1 Rory McIlroy is undecided if he agrees with talks that the season-ending Tour Championship should change to a match-play format as is being suggested. It was earlier this year when it was reported that the Tour may abandon ‘it’s always been stroke-play’ thinking and go with match-play. If so, the Tour Championship held at the East Lake course to the east of Atlanta would be the only tournament on the schedule to be match-play. McIlroy was asked his thougths ...

Scotland’s West Dumbartonshire Council is facing further backlash after indicating a second ‘budget meeting’ has voted to close Dalmuir Golf Club while all may not be lost. The council had initially voted last year to close the public access golf course, located to the north of Glasgow on Scotland’s west coast however a petition disagreeing with the decision nipped that move in the bud. However with matters seemingly sorted not to close the course and the immediate future ...

Ewen Ferguson’s quietly-confident a nagging neck injury will not hinder him teeing-up in this week’s co-sanctioned Joburg Open. Ferguson, 28, has not competed since withdrawing​ after just six holes in the opening round of last month’s Qatar Masters​ in Doha. The Dubai-based Scot had been struggling with the injury since his solid 16th place in January’s season-opening Hero Dubai Desert Classic but then disappointingly missing the halfway cut in his next two events in Ras Al Khaimah ...

This week’s 2025 Joburg Open being played at the Houghton Club is yet another tournament that brings back fond memories. It was two weeks into 2000 and my first time in South Africa. A fortnight earlier I had stood in darkness, apart from the lights of one or two motor vehicles, on the first tee of the Tonga Golf Club and at the stroke of midnight I super-proudly hit the first shot on a golf course in the new Millennium. Soon after I journeyed from the eastern Pacific Ocean shoreline in Australia, ...

Scott Jamieson surely can’t feel hard done by after heavy rain washed-out the final round of the 114th Investec South African Open in Durban. Jamieson had ended his third round late Saturday sharing ninth place at 10-under but with still a handful of golfers to complete their rounds due to darkness on the host Durban Country Club course. Among those still to complete his third round was South African Dylan Naidoo, 27-year-old, Joburg-born, current World No. 466 who had won twice on the Sunshine ...

Newly-crowned New Zealand Open champion Ryan Peake will be hoping his criminal past will not seriously affect the excitement a new career path. The 31-year-old Aussie stormed home to capture the 104th hosting of the New Zealand Open trophy thanks to a bogey-free final round 66 to win by a shot at 23-under at the stunning Millford Sound Resort course outside of Queenstown on New Zealand’s South Island. Peake was soaked in champers by his good friends and in what now is a remarkable story after ...