Golf, by TourMiss

Double major winning Bubba Watson has ended his season missing the cut in the PIF Saudi International but as a LIV Golf team ‘owner’ he joked he’d love to see Rory McIlroy apply for a spot in his team. Watson, 46 looks likely to be relegated from LIV competition for next year after an indifferent season for the Range Goats team leader though that has yet to be formally confirmed. ​But in a bizarre scenario ​the double major winner is now charged with finding a ‘playing’ replacement “My ...

…… Riyadh, Saudi Arabia Knowing him as well as I do, it was nice to shake the hand of Steve Lewton earlier this week and for a first time since the English-born golfer captured last September’s Mandiri Indonesia Open. It had been 10 years and a month since his inaugural taste of Asian Tour success when he broke through to claim the 2014 Mercuries Taiwan Masters while Lewton’s win in Jakarta was a seventh pro tour triumph since making his pro debut in 2008. And after posting a second ...

… Riyadh, Saudia Arabia The Graeme McDowell Enterprises Christmas Party s had been delayed for 48-Hours declared Graeme McDowel and delighted with efforts on day two in hot conditions on day two of the PIF Saudi International here in Riyad. Unlike a battling first day effort, McDowell very much at ease sensationally capping his round with an eagle ‘2’ in holing a chip shot at the par-4 third hole he was playing as his 12th on the host Riyadh course. When the putter is cold hit it closer!!! ...

Like so many tournament venues there is a ‘Road of Champions’ leading from the main entrance of the host club down to the clubhouse. This week’s host Riyadh Golf Club is no different but presenting a much longer roadway than normal and thus lined with seemingly dozens and dozens of posts sporting photographic banners of all the leading players teeing-up in the PIF Saudi International. Among those banners is Greame McDowell proudly holding the now Asian Tour victory trophy he won back in 2020 ...

Sergio Garcia confirmed after paying a whopping £1m fine he will not make his return to the DP World Tour till the first week of July and the BMW International Open in Munich. Garcia, and speaking exclusively with GolfByTourMiss, indicated it is the added tournaments suspension imposed on him that means he will not be formally eligible to compete to tee-up in a full DP World Tour event until the 26th touranment in the 42-tournament 2024/25 wraparound season. “I’ve paid the fine and happy to ...

Double major winning and five-time Ryder Cup star Dustin Johnson is backing Rory McIlroy by declaring also he would pay to play rather than be paid to represent his country in a Ryder Cup. It was reported earlier last month, the PGA of America as organisers of the Ryder Cup when staged in the States, would and pending board member approval, remunerate all dozen USA team members with $400,000 for teeing-up at Bethpage Park. Talk of the American team being paid to play clearly touched a nerve last ...

Bubba Watson laughed when he remarked he’d love to see an eventual Bubba’s Sweet Spot here in Riyadh. Bubba’s Sweet Spot is located far away in the heart of Pensacola, Florida but it’s not the only sweets shop on South Palafox Street. Of course, being a double Masters champion and the winner of 13 other tournaments in his now 22-year pro career has helped Bubba’s Sweet Shop to be No. 1 in a city boasting 10 sweets shops and just over half-a-million residents. And in ...