Golf, by TourMiss

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 – ...

Scotland’s Ben Alexander shot a career-best five-under 67 to join Stuart Archibald, Christofer Blomstrand and Cyril Suk atop the leaderboard on the opening day of the Muscat Hills Golf Citizen Championship Monday.   The 21-year-old Scottish prodigy from Renaissance rebounded from an early bogey on the first with two birdies on the front nine and picked up three more shots coming home, including an eagle on the par-5, 13th, to introduce himself on the MENA Golf Tour after missing the cut ...

The Ireland foursome of Paul Dunne, Damien McGrane, Peter Lawrie and Kevin Phelan are resigned to heading to the Tour School after indifferent displays in the Portugal Masters at Vilamoura. Despite birding his opening three holes Dunne finished near the tail of the Oceanico Victoria course field with a final round 70 for a disappointing three over par tally and a share of 68th place. The 22-year old faced the giant task, and in only his third Tour event as a pro, of securing a top-two on the Algarve ...

Andy Sullivan celebrated a 300th England victory on the European Tour storming his way to a nine shot success in the Portugal Masters at Vilamoura. Sullivan, 27 was cheered on his family and nearly two dozen Nuneaton Golf Club members in posting a last round 66 for a 23-under par tally. He celebrated becoming the first player to win three Race to Dubai events this year ahead of jumping some 21 spots to 45th in the World Rankings. It means Sullivan, who rose to fame last year in winning a trip to ...

  A pair of 64s edged England’s Andy Sullivan closer to achieving a 2015 European Tour first on day two of the Portugal Masters on the Oceanico Victoria course at Vilamoura. After sharing the overnight first round lead the 28-year double Tour winner this year grabbed seven birdies to move to 14-under par. Sullivan is the reigning South African Open and Joburg Open champion and would become the first to win three events this year should he succeed on the sun-splashed Algarve. Sullivan’s ...

England’s Andy Sullivan is determined to upstage four-time Major Champion Rory McIlroy and become the first three-time European Tour winner this season after fighting his way to a share of the lead on day one of the Portugal Masters. The 29-year old Nuneaton golfer posted a seven-under par 64 to end his round just prior to sunset and join Belgium’s Nicolas Colsaerts tied for the lead on the Oceanico Victoria course at Vilamoura. Sullivan is currently ranked 66th in the world on the back of ...

Scotland’s Clarke Lutton enjoyed another great day at work, firing a sizzling six-under 66 to take a commanding lead as a career-best 67 propelled Morocco’s Ayoub Lguirati to the top in the amateur division going into the final round of the MENA Golf Tour’s Golf Citizen Classic at The Els Club on Tuesday. One shot in front overnight, Lutton reeled off seven birdies, including three in a row from the 16th, against a lone bogey to reach 11-under for the tournament, a good four shots ...