Golf, by TourMiss

….. Jumeirah Estates, Dubai Despite a last hole penalty David Law was pretty chuffed in being greeted by a Red Arrows and Emirates Airline flypast moments after his opening round at the season-ending DP World Tour Championship in Dubai. Law, 31, superbly bounced back in sauna-like conditions from being one-over after nine holes and pick-up to late round birdies but then bizarrely take a preferred lie up the 18th, to incur a one-stroke penalty in an eventual two-under par 70 on the Earth course ...

Double Tour winning Ewen Ferguson admits he’s ‘chilled’ at thoughts in making it a season-ending triple winning treat at DP World Tour Championship (DPWTC) final on the Earth course at Jumeirah Estates in Dubai. Ferguson, 26, is among four Tour members to have won twice this year with Scot capturing the CB Qatar Masters and the ISPA Handa World Invitational. Among those double champs this year is Ryan Fox, currently lying No. 2 on the Race to Dubai, and after losing by a shot last week in South ...

…. Jumierah Estates, Dubai  ​​Super Spaniard Jon Rahm has described as ‘laughable’ the new ranking system in place at the Official World Golf Rankings. Last year’s US Open champ had just been awarded Honorary Membership of the DP World Tour in recognition of his achievement last June but Rahm went from smiles and signs of genuine warmth in receiving the award from European Tour CEO Keith Pelley, to straight-faced and far from thrilled in describing the re-worked ranking ...

… Jumeirah Estates, Dubai  With the smoke still settling from Rory McIlroy’s verbal grenade hurled in the direction of LIV Golf CEO Greg Norman, Shane Lowry emerged positive of his chances at this week’s season-ending DP World Tour Championship. Lowry​, who followed Rory McIlroy into the DPWTC press room, ​is currently eighth of the Race to Dubai money-list and having dropped a place with Tommy Fleetwood jumping nine spots to No. 4 following last week’s successful defence of the ...

Scot Richie Ramsay can head to this week’s season-closing DP World Tour Championship full of confidence despite going so close to success at the 40th anniversary Nedbank Challenge in South Africa. Ramsay saw his chance at a second Tour title this season end in finishing bogey, bogey in a closing 69 for fourth place in the thunderstorm-hit Sun City event in South Africa. Earlier this year, the 39-year-old East Lothian golfer ended more than a seven-year winless tournament itch in capturing the Cazoo ...

Ireland’s  John Murphy ​could stand tall in ​clim​bing​ down from the Hills course having posted a three-under 68 ​on​ a brutal​ windswept ​ first day of the torturous six-round final qualifier for a 2023 DP World Tour card in Spain. Gusts of up to 25kph tested the patience of the 156-player field competing on both the par-72 Hills and the par-71 Lakes courses at the Infinitum club in Tarragona. Murphy, and among five Irish looking to be among the leading 25 next Wednesday ...

Lost in the news frenzy surrounding Tiger Woods’ return to competition early next month is confirmation Shane Lowry will join the 15-time major champ in the Hero World Challenge in the Bahamas. It had been rumoured for a few months Lowry may be extended one of three invitations remaining into the elite 20-player field taking place from December 1st to 4th event again at the Albany Golf Club in the Bahamas. However, tournament officials indicated Lowry will now take the place of the ...