Golf, by TourMiss

​​ There is certain to be three Irish in Tommy Fleetwood’s GB & I team for next January’s inaugural Hero Cup in Abu Dhabi. Fleetwood has been named as one captain and with Francesco Molinari to captain a 10-man European Team ​and with the team event ​taking early January on the National course at the Abu Dhabi Golf Club. Of course, it was Fleetwood and Molinari who came together so sensationally​ ​forming their now famed ​unbeaten ​‘Moliwood’ partnership at the 2018 Ryder ...

The R&A and the USGA have unveiled a regular update to the Rules of Golf as they seek to make the Rules easier to understand and apply. The new Rules will go into effect on 1 January 2023. And one of the major changes announced is that you can replace a broken club during the course of competition, but only if the club was broken in the course of playing a shot. It does not include breaking a club through anger etc. The 2023 edition continues the modernisation process, with an emphasis on both ...

​Seamus Power has bumped Rory McIlroy off his No. 1 spot on the FedEx Cup standings with another impressive showing in finishing in a five-way share of third place at the World Wide Technologies Mayakoba Championship in Mexico. Power posted a closing three-under-par 68 for an 18-under-par total at Riviera Maya on Mexico’s north-east Caribbean shoreline. American Russell Henley strolled his way seemingly at ease to his fourth PGA Tour triumph, signing for a one-under 70 to win by four shots at ...

Irish teen sensation Tom McKibbin now joins fellow Holywood golfing starlet Rory McIlroy as one of the newest full members of the DP World Tour. McKibbin, 19, wrapped-up full 2022/23 main tour membership, ending 10th overall among the top-20 on the money list who secured their cards at the season-ending Challenge Tour in Mallorca.   The Galgorm-attached McKibbin grabbed seven birdies, including a great stretch of four birdies from the third to eighth holes, in a closing round 66 to grab the ...

The golf ball used by Tiger Woods to record his first ace as a professional at the December 1996 Greater Milwaukee Open is up for auction. Woods was aged 20 and he had turned pro four days after winning his third consecutive US Amateur title. He shot a seven tally (67-69-73-68), including the hole-in-one as a professional on the 14th hole during his final round, to finish tied for 60th and earn $2,544. A spectator named Bob Gustin was fortunate enough to have the signed ball ricochet into hand and ...

World No. 1 Rory McIlroy has given us a sneak peak of a section of what is an impressive trophy showroom within his palatial Bears Club abode in Florida. McIlroy used the occasion of the receipt of a third FedEx Cup trophy to post a snap on his Twitter account​. Dearly 🤩 to see @McIlroyRory a @TheMasters ‘clubhouse’ 🏆 up there among that stunning collection 👍👏 It will happen!@TOURMISS @IrishGolferMag https://t.co/x2UKtFbSRU — Fatiha Sahnoune & ...

  With the announcement of the 2022/23 DP World Tour schedule there is also news of a first on the Tour – an  Earnings Assurance Programme You would have thought with a record $144,2m in prizemoney (Up %$50m on this year) on offer in the 39 events, to be played in 26 countries in the up-coming new seasons that golfers plying their trade on the DP World Tour would not need assistance in earning what would seem a meagre $150,000. However, if there should a player who does struggle to bank ...