Golf, by TourMiss

…. Muscat, Oman Today Friday 10th of February 2023 is the final day of a five-day arbitration panel hearing in London that will decide whether the European Tour was right to suspend LIV golfers from competing on the Tour. A three-man panel headed by retired High Court Judge, His Honour Judge Phillip Sycamore, CBE and two Kings Council (KC) members have been hearing both sides to the argument within the walls of the Sport Resolution Centre in London. At the outset 16 LIV Golf players signed ...

… Muscat, Oman Graeme McDowell admits he would be ‘disappointed’ should he never captain a European Ryder Cup team. McDowell is a veteran of four European Ryder Cup teams including 2008, 2010, 2012 and 2014. He played in 15 matches earning nine points and will be always remembered being out in the last match an holing the winning putt over American Hunter Mahan to deliver Europe victory in 2010 at Celtic Manor in Wales. Rewind also to late 2019 when Adare Manor was announced as venue for ...

…. Saudi Arabia You would feel that if you’re planning to play in someone’s front yard, it be common courtesy beforehand to advise the owner. So, why is the DP World Tour going ahead in arranging back-to-back tournaments, firstly this week’s inaugural Singapore Classic and also next week’s first hosting of the Thailand Classic, without a word of professional courtesy to the Asian Tour? The Asian Tour is headquartered in Singapore and they’ve long enjoyed hosting co-sanctioned ...

….. Royal Greens GC, Saudi Arabia Asian Tour Commissioner Cho Minn Thant sits on the Official Golf World Rankings (OWGR) committee but he admits it comes as a ‘shock’ to him that this week’s Asian Tour Saudi International attracts less World Ranking points than the PGA Tour’s AT & T Pebble Beach Pro-Am. The inaugural 2023 Asian Tour event boasts the strongest field of any tournament this New Year with 12 major champions initially in the field ahead of the withdrawal, due ...

…. Royal Greens GC, Saudi Arabia Past champion Dustin Johnson is the latest to step forward insisting there will be no tension at the Masters Champions Dinner next April at Augusta National. It was Spaniard Jon Rahm’s reaction to news late last year from the green jacket members club in Augusta club that all eligible LIV golfers would be free to tee-up on the Georgia golfing gem while past winners of the Masters, including Johnson, would not be denied from attending the dinner. Rahm believed ...

…. Royal Greens GC, Saudi Arabia Dustin Johnson’s quitely confident he will be fit for the opening event later this month of the 14-tournament 2023 LIV Golf series in Mexico. Johnson arrived in Saudi Arabia with a lower right back strain forcing him out of Wednesday’s Pro-Am and also to withdraw from the now $US 5m Asian Tour event he won both in 2019 and 2021 on the Royal Greens course. However the former World No. 1 chose to remain in Saudi Arabia mingling with VIP guests and also delighting ...

….. Royal Greens GC, Saudi Arabia Being a caddy to a professional golfer whether male or female is not an easy job as it’s widely known in the trade that if a player is not competing at their best the first to be sacked is the caddy. Just ask Bo Martin, who has just been recently sacked by Open Championship winning Shane Lowry. Well there is a new player/caddy partnership clearly hitting it off at this week’s opening event on the Asian Tour’s Saudi Invitational. Paul and Pollyanna ...