Golf, by TourMiss

It is one of the most prized items of postage you could ever receive in the mail – a white envelope bearing the Augusta National logo in the top left-hand corner and post-marked Augusta, GA. Inside the letter will be an invitation to compete in the most elite major of the four major championships, the Masters. Indeed 83 players will receive such an invitation in coming days to tee-up next April in the 2013 Masters at the Augusta National Golf Club. Hereunder is those players assured of teeing-up ...

Here is a last minute Christmas gift idea – the unmarked Lombard City police car used to rush European golfer Rory McIlroy to his game-changing performance on the final day of the Ryder Cup in Medinah is heading to the auction block. The local city council has now given approval for the car to be sold early next year on eBay.com. Rather than let the Ford Crown Victoria with over 80,000 on the clock go to auction Deputy Pat Rollins car is now set to beome a collector’s item after ‘Snory ...

Sweden’s Kristoffer Broberg is unquestionably one of the most exciting players not only to come out of Sweden in recent years but to burst onto the European Tour. The 26-year old Broberg virtually wrapped up his 2013 Tour card in just his second Race to Dubai event since finishing the second leading graduate from the 2012 secondary Challenge Tour. Broberg’s excellent second place finish behind 2011 Masters champion, Charl Schwartzel in the Alfred Dunhill Championship at Leopard Creek ...

Darren Clarke has ended his season on a high ‘Down Under’ with his best place finish in nearly 18 months after fnishing in a nine-way share of eighth place in the Australian PGA Championship. Clarke got out to a blistering start with an eagle and three birdies in his first five holes before playing his next dozen holes in one over par for an eventual final round 68 on nine under par. The event was won by unheralded 26-year old Australian Daniel Popovic with the current 1,251st ranked ...

Thailand’s ultra-talented Thaworn Wiratchant is heading to next year’s Open Championship at Muirfield after sealing a place in Asian Tour’s history books by winning the Order of Merit title for a second time. The popular Wirachant is the 2012 Asian Tour No. 1 after finishing in a share of fifth place in the season-ending but rain-shortened US$2 million Iskandar Johor Open. The Thai veteran star saved his best for last with eight birdies against a lone bogey at the Horizon Hills Golf ...

Very affable South African Keith Horne will be driving the first hole-in-one BMW sedan of the new 2013 season thanks to the generosity of Alfred Dunhill Championship organisers. In a very rare occurence Horne aced the par three 12th hole two days in succession and using the same 8-iron on day two and day three of the event being staged at Leopard Creek. Horne had been presented with a Dunhill gift bag for his effort on Friday but that all changed when he aced the 192-yard hole some 24 hours later. However the ...

Scotland’s First Minister Alex Salmond has congratulated U.S. golfing legend Tom Watson on his appointment as Team USA Ryder Cup captain in 2014 and assured him of a warm Scottish welcome when he visits Gleneagles for the 40th playing of the Ryder Cup matches in September 2014. Watson has enjoyed huge success in Scotland during an illustrious career that has seen him win five Open Championships with no fewer than four of these taking place in the Home of Golf: Carnoustie (1975), Turnberry (1977), ...