Golf, by TourMiss

It was a stunning sunset over the Yas Links and the final day of the 2015 Abu Dhabi Invitational. Here is a couple of shots, including one of a statue of Old Tom Morris, and located at the entrance to the Kyle Phillips designed course, taken at the course before taking the short drive to Dubai and this week’s Omega Dubai Desert Classic.

A speed painting of double Major winning Sandy Lyle was one of the big money-earners at a gala charity auction following the 2015 Abu Dhabi Invitational. Lyle had been among 58 professionals competing in the Pro-Am event at the stunning Yas Links course in the UAE capital. While there was many Ryder Cup theme items up for auction at the gala dinner held at the Viceroy Hotel overlooking the Yas Island Marina F1 circuit, the painting of Lyle, a former Masters and Open Champion, was tops in the bidding ...

Double Major winning Sandy Lyle looks set to take ‘Goliath’ strides in the Seniors game singing on new manager, Gordon Sherry. Sherry, 40 has hung his clubs and formed a new management company ‘Goliath Sports Management’ and with his first client the 56-year old Balquhidder-born Lyle. Kilmarnock born Sherry joked:  “We’ve got Goliath and all we need now is a David”. The six foot eight inch giant had burst onto the golf scene in capturing the 1995 Amateur Championship and with Sherry ...

Four-time Major winning Rory McIlroy intends to involve his father in a quest prepare to capture a career Grand Slam at this year’s Masters. Gerry McIlroy has been to the Masters ever since his only child made his Augusta debut in 2009. And as interest will intensify ahead of McIlroy’s quest to become just six players to have won all four Majors, the current World No. 1 believes the best preparation could be walking the Georgia golfing gem with the person who was instrumental in first ...

It was the next best thing to celebrating Australia Day in Australia and that was sharing Australia’s national day in catching up with Australian cricketing great Shane Warne. Warne was in Abu Dhabi competing in the Abu Dhabi Invitational first on Sunday with Simon Dyson as his pro partner and then teeing up again on Monday in the amateur only event. Warne is widely regarded as one of the best bowlers in the history of cricket. He was named one of the Wisden Cricketers of the Year in the 1994 ...

World No. 1 Rory McIlroy brought a smile to two young England twins during the 2015 Abu Dhabi Invitational at Yas Links on Sunday. Oscar and Owen Dover are 12-year old twins from Middlesbrough and attending the British International School. And after obtaining McIlroy’s autograph on one of the official programs it seemed opportune to ask the four-time Major winner after he had just holed a monster 40-foot birdie putt on the 15th for a photograph with the Dover twins. McIlroy happily agreed ...

For all but one hole Stephen Gallacher clearly upstaged World No. 1 Rory McIlroy at his own game in the 2015 Abu Dhabi Invitational in the UAE capital. Gallacher was four shots ahead of McIlroy at five under par standing on the 16th tee, and after five birdies, including birdies at the first two holes, and just a third hole bogey on the stunning Kyle Phillips designed Yas Links course. But after remarkably out-driving McIlroy on so many occasions, Gallacher leaked a drive right into rough and despite ...