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Grand Slam winning major Rory McIlroy has glowingly endorsed the MENA Golf Tour’s role in building pathways from the region to the game’s biggest stages. “I think any region in the world that provides pathways for players to play and gets bigger stages, I think is a really good thing,” said McIlroy, who is contesting this weeks DP World Tour Abu Dhabi HSBC Championship at Yas Links. The MENA Golf Tour relaunches later this month in Portugal with Q School at Troia Golf Course, (20–22 November) – entries ...

Shane Lowry superbly ignited hopes of banking a second Abu Dhabi HSBC Championship title in six years with a sit-up and take notice display on day one of the event he won six years ago. And for a second DP World Tour event in succession, Lowry feels right at ease having been drawn with good friend and fellow dual Ryder Cup winning colleague Tommy Fleetwood and with the Englishman helping to bring out the best in Lowry after both players posted eight-under first-rounds of 64 to be among five leading ...

It’s very much like father, like super-talented 16-year-old son. With the super-talented Charlie Woods now shares a first goling honour with his 15-time major winning father. Charlie was named today (Wednesday 5th November) as a first-team All-American by the American Junior Golf Association. Charlie Woods, a junior at The Benjamin School in South Florida, was among 12 boys named to the first team of the AJGA’s annual list. Miles Russell, the 17-year-old who was an alternate at the Walker ...

When we elect to call something, somebody or someone ‘peculiar’ was are we saying? The dictonary describes the word ‘peculiar’ as referring to being different to what is normal or expected; strange. Five-time mayor winning Rory McIlroy used the word peculiar when asked his thougths on overnight news that LIV Golf will adopt from the start of their 2026 season hosting four-round tournaments and thus abandoning the three-day events that have been in place since the fomration ...

It is may be first big move in the mending of the bridges in the men’s pro game and that is news LIV Tour  tournaments will be played over 72 holes and this from the first event in February 2026.   Since its inception LIV events have been over 54-holes and thus ruling out all LIV competitors from being awarded World Ranking points and thus being ineligible.   It may seen now the body that administers the World Rankings can no longer turn their back on LIV Golf eventsattracting World ...

England’s Marco Penge admits there’s nothing to be scared of when he tees-up alongside reigning DP World No. 1 and Masters champion Rory McIlroy in Thursday’s start to the Abu Dhabi HSBC Championships in the UAE capital. It will be first time the duo will have played alongside one another and with Penge competing for a first time in both the HSBC backed event and next week’s 2025 season-ending DP World Tour Championship, an event McIlroy has won on three occasions since 2012. Penge ...

It has clealy been a record-setting Link Hong Kong Open week  celebrated with plenty of noise following the quietly-spoken Tom McKibbin’s peformance over the four days on the suburban Fanling course. You can read the full story of McKibbin’s win by going to: http://www.golfbytourmiss.com/2025/11/mckibbin-brilliantly-joining-masters-champ-mcilroy-augusta-bound-after-record-smashing-hong-kong-triumph/ GolfByTourMiss has listed hereunder some of the ‘firsts’ set by McKibbin. MORE ...