Golf, by TourMiss

… Yas Links, Abu Dhabi We all know the sight of one swallow does not make for summer and it’s the same in golf with Italian Francesco Molinari needing no reminder that his good at last week’s Hero Cup does not ensure he will be teeing-up later this year on home soil in the Ryder Cup. Molinari was undefeated in last week’s inaugural team event at the nearby Abu Dhabi Golf Club, and now after two rounds of the Abu Dhabi HSBC Championship he’s put himself in contention ...

.. Yas Links, Abu Dhabi Maybe it was the new emerald green shirt he was wearing that he quizzed ‘Do you like it?’ or the links feel of this week’s host Yas Links course or maybe it was the good vibes in being a past Abu Dhabi HSBC Championship champion? Whatever as Shane Lowry superbly shook off thoughts of a disappointing Hero Cup campaign with an eagle and three birdies in flawless display on the opening day of the $US 9m event here in the UAE capital. For Lowry, it was important in ...

… Yas Links, Abu Dhabi Maybe it was the new emerald green shirt he was wearing that he quizzed ‘Do you like it?’ or the links feel of this week’s host Yas Links course or maybe it was the good vibes in being a past Abu Dhabi HSBC Championship champion? Whatever as Shane Lowry superbly shook off thoughts of a disappointing Hero Cup campaign with an eagle and three birdies in flawless five-under 67 on the opening day of the $US 9m event here in the UAE capital. For Lowry, it was ...

​… Yas Links, Abu Dhabi​​ ​​Seamus Power is quickly turning into a second Padraig Harrington, delighting those journalists primarily reporting on the DP World Tour. Harrington has long been liked ​by the media for​​​ his ‘fireside chats’ with the a​ttending media and a formal transcript of his comments running into pages.  There was even an occasion at the British Masters at The Belfry when ​Harrington was interviewed by the media post his round and one question ...

… Yas Links, Abu Dhabi ​Shane Lowry revealed he consulted fellow Irishman and Committee Chairman Rory McIlroy ahead of agreeing to join the 16-man PGA Tour Players Advisory Committee (PAC). Lowry is among five non-Americans in the 16 announced by the Tour that will take-up seats on the Committee that customarily meet four times a year. The other four being Australia’s Adam Scott, Swede Henrik Norlander and the Canadian duo of Mackenzie Hughes and Corey Conners. Lowry will undoubtedly be ...

… in Abu Dhabi  Continental Europe is celebrating in storming their way to capturing the inaugural Hero Cup in Abu Dhabi. Europe went into the deciding Singles leading by two points at 8 ½ to 6 ½ and inspired by their undefeated captain Francesco Molinari to seal a four point victory by 14 1/2 to 10 1/2. And it was Poland’s Adrian Meronk holing the winning putt for a 1up victory over Callum Shinkin in the sixth match of the day. The Hero Cup was brought back onto the DP World Tour ...

… in Abu Dhabi  Francesco Molinari admitted when he was a young amateur golfer growing up in Italy he was really not a fan of team competition and actually declared he was ‘useless’. Molinari got into golf for the individual aspect of the ancient club-and-ball game. However, looking at his amateur team record and also now his professional team efforts you could be very mistaken with the now 40-year-old enjoying both a fabulous amateur and highly-successful professional team career ...