Golf, by TourMiss

Despite unfounded reports of widespread Hurricane destruction to the famed Augusta National course and premises the club’s Chairman Ridley believes golf’s first major of the season will go ahead as planned from 10th to 13th April 2025. It has been just over a week since the southeast of the US was hit by Hurricane Helene sadly resulting the deaths of 95 people, knocking out power to millions and trapping families in floodwaters. In hard-hit North Carolina, days of unrelenting flooding ...

It was Louis Oosthuizen who enlightened me on the speech delivered to Dunhill Links players and guests by tournament chairman Johann Rupert at last Tuesday night’s official first night dinner get-together in St. Andrews. Oosthuizen remarked Rupert’s address to guests was very much to the heart of what should be important to the world at large and that the main concern is not those involved in men’s pro golf being at loggered heads. Rupert spoke with a handful of media earlier today ...

There was plenty of spectator support, an abundance of uncharacteristic October sunshine and a golf course where he produced a second in the 2018 Open Championship but then there was little golfing fireworks from World No. 3 Rory McIlroy. McIlroy posted four birdies and also dropped a shot in the definition of a no-frills round and given the fact that so many players went low, and really low. Seventy-two players posted a score lower than McIlroy’s three-under 69 headed by South African Darren ...

…. by Bernie McGuire, Carnoustie The sounds of rifle shots sent a slight scare into the two of the more high-profile golf officials competing on day one of the 2024 Dunhill Links Championship in Carnoustie. PGA Tour Commissioner Jay Monahan and Saudi Arabia’s Yasir Al-Rumayyan, the Governor of the Public Investment Fund that supports the PGA Tour’s rival LIV league were well into their opening round when shots could be heard from the north-end of the famed course. However, there was no ...

Rory McIlroy is no different to all real followers of men’s pro golf in expressing the wish that the presence at this week’s annual Dunhill Links Championship of the two men centrally involved in talks aimed at ending the split in men’s professional golf is a “good sign” progress is being made. This most important pro/amateur fourball since LIV Golf was founded in June 2022 will feature American Billy Horschel who will partner PGA Tour Commissioner Jay Monahan while ...

EXCLUSIVE …. Open Champion and fellow South African Louis Oosthuizen leads the chorus of approval for billionaire businessman Rohann Rupert in achieving a coming together of two golfing figures instrumental to any future calm in men’s pro golf. Rupert, 74, is currently the CEO of Compagnie Financiere Richemonty.  He is the richest person South African born on the 2024 Forbes list, with an estimated net worth of US$12.0 billion and US$14.5 billion according to Bloomberg Billionaires Index. However, ...

EXCLUSIVE ….. Shane Lowry will have played the most tournaments in seven seasons when finally puts away the clubs in some six weeks time after competing in Dubai. Lowry will contest a 25th world-ranked event of his year at this week’s Dunhill Links Championship ahead of completing a 16th pro career season with the back-to-back Abu Dhabi HSBC Championship and season-ending DP World Tour Championship in Dubai. All up, it will be 27 tournaments for the current World No. 28 and the most he ...