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It was jokingly put to top Springbok golfer Louis Oosthuizen he had been playing too many Tiger Woods computer games ahead of his first-ever golf shot of 2014. The defending Volvo Champions player walked onto the first tee of the Durban Country Club just before noon local time today (Tues). Oosthuizen began warming up swinging an iron and it was then as he looked to take his stance the penny dropped! The 2010 Open Champion turned inquisitively in the direction of his caddy and his caddy looked back ...

Miguel Angel Jimenez has arrived in Durban and just a day after his 50th birthday aiming to become Europe’s oldest-ever Ryder Cup captain but also win the appointment as a European Ryder Cup captain. Jimenez also indicated he will compete in this year’s Senior British Open Championship at Royal Porthcawl while still electing to compete full-time on the main European Tour. Last month, Jimenez extended his ‘oldest-ever European Tour winner’ record in capturing a third Hong ...

Could there be a more appropriate name for a beach than to admire the sunset over the Atlantic Ocean than Sunset Beach in Cape Town, South Africa. As well, you will find on a visit to Cape Town there is also a Sunrise Beach located around 30 kilometers as the crow flies south-east where you can watch the sun rise over False Bay and the Indian Ocean. Hereunder is a collection of photographs taken from Sunset Beach and also nearby Bantry Bay with the sunset lighting up the 669 meter high Lion’s ...

Golfers always come across jokes some good and some bad, and some you just can’t repeat in mixed company. However good friend and colleague Trevor Peake made no mention of the cricket ’cause that’s a good joke! Anyway here’s Trevor’s golfing joke …………………….. Four guys have been going on the same Golfing trip to St Andrews for many years..  Two days before the group is to leave, Jack’s wife puts her foot down and tells ...

If there’s one creature on the planet that I would rather not come face to face with and that is a Saltwater Crocodile. However since being here in Cape Town, and spending a few days before heading to Durban, I’ve noticed crocodile appears on the menu of a number of local restaurants. I stopped by one restaurant close to the shoreline in suburban Sea Point and here on the menu was a number of African theme items including Springbok Pie, Ostrich Kebabs, Warthog Ribs, Kudu (Antelope) Steak ...

Paul Casey has become the latest leading European golfer to become engaged with his TV presenter girlfriend Pollyanna Woodward breaking the news. Casey’s engagement, and what will be a second marriage for both, comes less than a week after fellow European Rory McIlroy and leading tennis girlfriend Caroline Wozniacki announced on New Year’s Day they were to be married. Woodward went onto Tweeter to say: “I’ve some special news @Paul_Casey & I are engaged, we’re so happy & hope that ...

For those supporters of www.golfbytourmiss.com you will be aware I am in South Africa ahead of next week’s 2014 European Tour season-opening Volvo Champions event in Durban. However this weekend is being spent in Cape Town. And like my very distant amphibious cousins the first task after checking into my hotel was to find my way to the ocean – the Atlantic Ocean. Never having previously visited Cape Town the city is awash with beaches and so much like Sydney, the beaches are right on ...