Golf, by TourMiss

Rory McIlroy produced his worst PGA Tour round in 53 weeks and a highest Players Championship score in two years with a horror 76 on the opening day of this year’s event. McIlroy’s 13th appearance at the Tour’s flagship event began horribly in taking a double-bogey ‘6’ after a wild drive down the right side of the 10th hole and ended with a bogey ‘5’ at the ninth and the closing hole of his round, and in between he managed just two birdies and three other bogeys. His score of 76 was ...

It’s always been the scenario when Jack speaks, the golf world sits up to take notice. I mentioned this last week on this website’s coverage of the Honda Classic that Nicklaus will always visit the tournament media centre for a chat with the media, and with no goal posts set in place as to what is discussed. Well, we know Nicklaus has been speaking to fellow Masters champion Nick Faldo, and with the ‘it’s always about me’ Faldo reinventing himself as a podcast host after the teary-eyed ...

….. Dubai Tennis Centre It must be a first in tennis, and maybe a first in sport. If so, the sight of tennis World No. 1 Novak Djokovic complaining to the match referee that there was too much bar-b-que smoke lingering over of the Dubai Tennis Championship centre court has to be a first. Firstly, the centre for world tennis in Dubai is located within the famed Irish Village and close to the ‘older’ part of Dubai. The Irish Village is noted for it’s restaurants and Irish-theme ...

.…. Dubai Tennis Centre World No. 1 Novak Jjokovic has been bundled out, losing his Dubai Duty Free semi-final showdown in straight sets against big-hitting World No.7 Daniil Medvedev. The Russian-born Medvedev handed Djokovic a comprehensive 6-4, 6-4 defeat to set-up a Saturday final showdown against defending Dubai champ and compatriot Audrey Rublev. Medvedev and Rublev being the current World No. 6 and 7 in the world. Medvedev, 27, took it right to his eight years older Serbian rival, breaking ...

World No. 1 Novak Djokovic continues to be unstoppable powering into the final four at the Dubai Duty Free Championships. For a second night running the Serbian was in a class of his own, brushing aside gutsy 25-year-old Monaco-based Polish opponent Hubert Hurkacz with scores of 6-3 and 7-5. The six-and-half-foot tall Hurkacz, and one of the best servers in the men’s game, won the very first point of the match with a screaming ace but was soon cut down to size some 30 minutes later in losing ...

Rory McIlroy reckons major changes proposed for the hosting of PGA Tour tournaments will make for a more ‘compelling product’. In a continuing shake-up of the PGA Tour, and again clearly in a reaction to the impact of LIV Golf, the PGA Tour has announced the following to be in play from the start of the 2023/24 wraparound season. The PGA Tour board, and with McIlroy a member, annoucned they have ratified a number of significant changes to next season’s  schedule, including reduced ...

World No. 1 Novak Djokovic hardly worked-up a sweat breezing into the quarter-finals of the Dubai Tennis Championship with an effortless straight two sets win over Dutchman Tallon Griekspoor. After being seriously tested in Tuesday’s opening match, Djokovic was near his best, crushing the World No. 39 ranked Griekspoor 6-2, 6-and much to the delight of a packed open-air stadium located in the heart of the Irish Village in Dubai. Djokovic, wearing the same green-and-yellow coloured attire as ...