Golf, by TourMiss

Around 40 or so 2016 European Ryder Cup ‘possibles’ and ‘probables’ have been measured this week for Hazeltine team clothing. European Ryder Cup Captain Darren Clarke has been in Dubai since early in the week overseeing the first big step in his captaincy process ahead of travelling on Monday night to Sydney for next week’s Australian Open. Of course, Clarke is not contesting the DP World Tour Championship but then he’s been playing on the opening two days of the event ...

Visiting American Patrick Reed reckons he’s got the low-down on Europe’s double decade dominance in the Ryder Cup. Reed birdied five of his closing six holes in a blistering seven under par 65 to move to nine under par and share third place heading to the closing two rounds of the season-ending DP World Tour Championship in Dubai. England’s Andy Sullivan birdied his last in a round of 66 to steal a one shot lead in the £5.2m event at 12-under par ahead of Argentina’s Emiliano Grillo who ...

England’s Andy Sullivan is the only player on the European Tour to have won three times this season and now he’s on track for a fourth at the halfway stage of the US$8 million DP World Tour Championship, Dubai at Jumeirah Golf Estates after a second successive six under par 66 around the Earth course took him to 12 under par for the tournament. The 28 year old gained worldwide attention a year ago when a hole-in-one in the KLM Open won him a trip into outer space. And now after victory ...

There is a log jam of talent atop of the board after the opening day of the DP World Tour Champioship. Australia’s Marcus Fraser was first to go to six under par and then followed by double Major winning Martin Kaymer before being joined by the England duo of Ian Poulter and Andy Sullivan. The four shot six under par 66s with Italy’s Francesco Molinari at five under par and then the leading two Race to Dubai rivals Rory McIlroy and Danny Willett posting four under par 68s. Springbok ...

Justin Rose and Shane Lowry clearly know what they need to do when it comes to walking away with the Race to Dubai title with a win sorting out all the likely DP World Tour Championship scenarios. Rose heads into the tournament third in the standings, 650,999 points behind leader Rory McIlroy, with Lowry a further 51,480 points back in fourth, but with 1,333,330 points on offer this week, a win for either player would give them a good chance of finishing the season at the top of the pile. World Number ...

  KRISS BROBERG – WITH HIS 2015 BMW MASTERS SUCCESS • It is the Callaway attached golfer’s first European Tour International Schedule victory in his 96th European Tour event. • Moves to 1,899,321 points in The Race to Dubai. • Could move to just outside the top 60 in the Official World Golf Ranking, from 149th. • This victory beats his previous best European Tour performances of second in the 2013 Alfred Dunhill Championship, 2014 Aberdeen Asset Management Scottish Open and ...

Kris Broberg had earned his European Tour card in brilliant manner by winning four times in  2012 on the secondary Challenge Tour. Now the Callaway attached born Swede is a European Tour champion claiming a long overdue first main Tour title at the BMW Masters with a dramatic and eventual tearful play-off victory by holing a long birdie putt over American and fellow Callaway player Patrick Reed. Broberg came into the final round two shots off the lead but turned in 33 to hold a share of top spot ...