Golf, by TourMiss

It was a special occasion last night at the Australian Golf Writers Association (AGWA) annual dinner. Present as guest of honour was Australia’s first-ever Masters champion Adam Scott. I had shaken hands with Adam soon after he won this year’s Masters at Augusta National and last night was extra special as Adam arrived at The Lakes Golf Club wearing the most famous item of clothing in golf – the Augusta members green jacket. As I have previously pointed out being present to report ...

Rory McIlroy may have no concern for some time in being exempt into golf’s oldest major but it hasn’t stopped the double Major winning lending his support to the new Open Championship Qualifying Series. The R & A’s Mike Woodcock arrived in Sydney earlier this week carrying the famed Claret Jug that has been on show all week on the first tee of this week’s Australian Open host course at Royal Sydney. The R & A has done away with the 36-hole International Final Qualifiers ...

The immediate playing future of American golfer Kevin Streelman is in doubt after a serious eye injury forced him out early on day two of the Australian Open in Sydney. The 35-year old Illinois born Streelman withdrew after just four holes of the Royal Sydney course complaining ‘something is not right with my eye’. This year’s rookie winner of the PGA Tour’s Tampa Bay Championship had been observed in discussion over his eye with Australasian Tour officials a day earlier and immediately ...

Augusta National winning hero Adam Scott fought back from dropping three shots in two holes early in his round to maintain his lead despite Rory McIlroy storming his way into contention after two rounds of the Australian Open at Royal Sydney. Scott as the reigning Masters champion shot a round of a two under par 70 to move to 12-under par and two strokes clear of McIlroy who was out earlier in the day to post a seven under par 65 and finish on 10-under par. McIlroy’s effort was the fourth occasion ...

Europe’s leading golf club rental company expands operations into Africa –ClubstoHire.com, Europe’s leading golf club rental company, has extended its award-winning service to the African Continent with the introduction of a pick-up service in the increasingly popular tourist destination of South Africa. Cape Town becomes ClubstoHire’s 17th partnership has been formed with well-established Neil’s Transfer Services based at Cape Town International airport – Africa’s third busiest ...

Rory McIlory displayed the form that has been lacking this year to snatch the clubhouse lead on day two of the Australian Open at Royal Sydney. McIlroy grabbed nine birdies in a seven under par 65 to end his round tied on 10-under par with Australia’s Adam Scott. The World No. 6 ranked McIlroy birdied his opening two holes and also his last to end his round some 30 minutes before Scott commenced his second round. “It felt good out there this morning and we got a little lucky with the weather ...

It was the day after the 2013 World Cup of Golf and a lovely cloudless Monday morning as we headed north from Melbourne bound for Sydney and the Australian Open. We were staring at a near 800 kilometre drive but were only about two hours into the journey when we decided to get off the Hume Highway to visit the Victorian rural town of Euroa. The town was made famous by legendary Australian bush ranger Ned Kelly and the Kelly Gang when on 10th December, 1878 they head up the staff of the National Bank ...