Golf, by TourMiss

I bumped into the affable Shubhanker Sharma at the recent Hero Dubai Desert Classic joking with him, when I asked him what he thought about the recent Australia versus India cricket series. India is a great cricketing nation and far-and-away the No. 1 sport in the country. However, the country was no match when Australia wrapped-up a five-match series 3-1 earlier last month in Sydney. There’s always been plenty of fun chatting cricket with the India-born golfers and here I am going back to ...

American Harris English ended a 1.308 day wait to capture a fifth PGA Tour victory with his success in Saturday’s ending Farmers Insurance Open at Torrey Pines. Final Leaderboard:  Pos. Player R1 R2 R3 SC R4 SC Total 1 Harris English 68 NC 73 SC 66 73 280 (-8) 2 Sam Stevens 69 SC 73 NC 71 68 281 (-7) 3 Andrew Novak 70 NC 72 SC 66 74 282 (-6) T4 Sungjae Im 69 SC 71 NC 72 71 283 (-5) T4 Kris Ventura 68 NC 73 SC 71 71 283 (-5) Harris English (Winner/-8) Earns his fifth PGA TOUR ...

French golfer Julien Sale carved his name into Asian Tour history in becoming the first Tour member to win on debut. Sale, 27, came from two shots off the lead to post a five-under-par closing day 65 and capture the Smart Infinity Philippine Open with an 11-under victory tally. Not only did Sale create Asian Tour history but the wins was his first as a professional. The Paris-based Sale, born on the tiny Reunion Island in the Indian Ocean, some 680 kilometres east of Madagascar, overhauled overnight ...

Former World No. 1 Jason Day has lambasted the PGA Tour in creating a have and have-nots Tour with too few events where the best players are regularly teeing-up. In one of Day’s frankest interviews for many a long time, the US-based Aussie spoke frankly declaring it is unfortunate there is now ‘two tours within the one tour’. Day was speaking to Australian Golf Digest ahead of today’s (Wednesday)  starting $9.3m Farmers Insurance Open on the Torrey Pines host ...

This week heralds the first event on the new Asian Tour season with the Smart Infinity Philippine Open in Manilla. While 2025 also marks the 30th year since the first Asian Tour event, this week will be the 112th anniversary of the Smart Infinity Philippine Open since the inaugural hosting of the event in 1913 and won by American amateur JRH Mason. How many countries can boast a national open championship with such a long history? The tournament has been played every year since with the exception ...

The 2025 Genesis Invitational this year is heading south from the tragic wildfire ravaged Pacific Palasides regioin of Los Angeles to Torrey Pines at La Jolla. The PGA Tour will soon confirm this move some 130 miles south to the stunning Pacific Ocean clifftop region just north of San Diego. ADDITION:  The PGA Tour officially confirmed today (Friday 24th Jan) of the move.  See below PGA Tour and Tiger Woods comments. It’s a decision that should be welcomed by all involved and also retains ...

Hero Dubai Desert Classic champion Tyrrell Hatton revealed he used to skip school to watch the Dubai event on TV, and admits is now amazing to join some of the greats of the game in becoming the Dubai events new champion. Hatton, 33, birdied the last in closing 69 to capture a second DP World Tour victory in five events after winning last October’s Dunhill Links Championship in Scotland. Hatton said: “This win is up there with winning the Dunhill in St. Andrews and the only thing bigger would ...