Golf, by TourMiss

Korea’s Younghan Song survived a ‘crazy’ sleepless night by fending off the spirited challenge of world number one Jordan Spieth to win the US$1 million SMBC Singapore Open by one-shot on Monday. Inclement weather had caused multiple delays during the week, forcing the Singapore showpiece into a Monday finish at the Sentosa Golf Club. Song was left to ponder about his crucial par save on 16 overnight as his charge towards the prestigious title was halted there when the sirens blew to signal ...

Rory McIlroy’s hoodoo continued in Abu Dhabi when he posted a second hole double bogey before muscling his way to fourth position in the Abu Dhabi Invitational. McIlroy was partnered by his father, Gerry in the one-day pro-amateur format on the Yas Island Links course in the UAE capital. Reigning US Amateur Bryson Dechambeau posted the lowest score of the day, a seven under par 65, but due his amateur status the first place prize-money was shared four ways between Frenchman Alex Levy, Thailaind’s ...

Back-to-back winning Branden Grace expressed both surprise and sympathy for Paul Lawrie after the Scot crashed out of contention on the final day of the Commercial Bank Qatar Masters in Doha. Lawrie went into the last round leading by two shots and remained two clear when he birdied the first hole in bright but cold and windy conditions on the Doha Golf Club course. However it proved the high-water mark in Lawrie’s challenge to become the first player in the 18-year history of the event to win ...

Forget the well-worn ‘Amazing Grace’ headlines as the new headline should be .. “Grace Makes It Golf’s Big-5′ This is after South African Branden Grace’s back-to-back success in the Commercial Bank Qatar Masters. The 27-year old Grace produced a masterful display to win by two strokes with a 14-under par tally in continuing cold and windy conditions on the Doha Golf Club course. “It’s great. I’m pretty much at a loss for words. It’s a big ...

It has been probably over a dozen years since I last ventured to the Doha Souq or to use its correct term – Souq Waqif that is Arabic for ‘standing market’. So in the company of Sue, our dear friend and landlady for the week, along with leading European Tour photographer, Eoin Clarke, we headed off for a close-up inspection. The souq is located among a wonderful array of streets and back alleys in the old town of Doha and features traditional garments, spices, handicrafts, and ...

If Paul Lawrie were to capture a record three Commercial Bank Qatar Masters he would also become the oldest Scottish-born player to win on the European Tour. Lawrie, who turned 47 on January 1st, holed a 10-foot putt for birdie at the closing hole in a round of 70 for a 13-under par in bright but un-seasonally cold and very windy conditions on day three of the event in Doha. The two-time Qatar champion went into day three leading by one but then proceeded to post 13 straight pars before the first ...

It has been five years since my one and only visit to Bahrain. That was in 2011 for the inaugural Volvo Champions event at the Colin Montgomerie designed Royal Golf Club, and won by England’s Paul Casey. I was fortunate also to play the course on the Monday after the tournament and the striking memory of the course was the site of oil pipelines running through the course, and also in a number of the suburban streets around the city, and such is the nature of the oil-rich nation. However it ...