Golf, by TourMiss

Springbok golfer Jaco Van Zyl was all alone in First Class after posting a new course 11-under par 61 on the first day of the Turkish Airlines Open at Belek. Van Zyl carved a stroke off the old Montgomerie course low and with the Johannesburg born golfer also setting a new European Tour personal low by three strokes. It put the hang-gliding and micro flights enthusiast three shots clear of the field competing in the $US 7m event, and the opening tournament in the Final Four Series. “I played ...

Scotland has won the right to host The Solheim Cup in 2019 and the 16th edition of the greatest team event in women’s golf will be played at the world famous PGA Centenary Course at The Gleneagles Hotel in Perthshire. After an extensive and very competitive bidding process, the final decision saw Scotland’s submission up against a strong bid from Sweden, which nominated The Bro Hof Slott Golf Club as its proposed venue. Earlier in the year, ten countries – Denmark, England, Netherlands, ...

England’s Lee Corfield wiped off a two-shot deficit to stormy home in windy conditions and win the Ghala Open for his fourth victory on the MENA Golf Tour. Playing in the day’s second last group, Corfield closed with a bogey-free three-under 69 to finish at eight under, two clear of Germany’s Aaron Leitmannstetter with England’s Stuart Archibald settling for third on five under. “It was probably the best round I played this year. Going bogey-free in such windy and tricky conditions ...

The 2016 Saltire Energy Paul Lawrie Match Play finds itself in a prime position the New Year schedule sandwiched between the PGA Championship and the start of the Olympic Games when it is returns to the Murcar Links Golf Club and to be staged from August 4-7, 2016. The PGA Championship is a week before at Baltusrol in New Jersey while the Summer Olympics, and heralding a return of golf to the world’s biggest sporting spectacle, commences in Rio do Janeiro for the men on August 11th and on ...

Ian Poulter believes the European Tour simply can’t ‘roll over’ with suggestion the Tournament Players Committee may be considering reducing the mandatory number of events to retain membership could be reduced by two to 11 tournaments. A week ago Poulter was sent into a whirlwind when he dropped outside of the World’s top-50 and thus becoming ineligible for next week’s WGC-HSBC Champions event in Shanghai. It meant the Lake Nona-based Brit, who had intended the China ...

Dane Lucas Bjerregaard and top-ranked Justin Rose are heading for a final day showdown at the UBS Hong Kong Open after ending round three tied for the lead at the Hong Kong Golf Club. The World No.7 ranked Rose went into day three leading by one over Bjerregaard and continued to impress with two eagles and two birdies in a 64 that saw him move to 15 under. However Bjerregaard withstood everything his playing partner could throw at him and signed for a 63 with a bogey on the last the only blemish ...

Ian Poulter’s journey from his home at Lake Nona to Hong Kong for the UBS Hong Kong Open has to be one of the most bizarre trips of the season. Hereunder is a complete diary of Poulter’s movements from the time he received a text message from the European Tour regarding his Race to Dubai status till he walked off the suburban Fanling Hong Kong Golf Club course with a very respectable three under par 70 on the opening day of the co-sanctioned event. BACKGROUND Monday October 19th – ...