Golf, by TourMiss

Tiger Woods is just four days away from ending a 871 day absence as the world’d No. 1 ranked golfer. The last time Woods was No. 1 in the world was 30th October, 2010. However since then the 14-time Major winner has been steadily chipping away at the spot that’s been held by a handful of golfers including the current World No. 1 Rory McIlroy. Woods heads into this week’s Arnold Palmer Invitational knowing an eighth victory in the event would send him back to the top of the rankings. Bizarrely, ...

Seven-times tournament winning Tiger Woods is grouped with Ernie Els and Justin Rose for the opening two rounds of this year’s Arnold Palmer Invitational at Bay Hill in Orlando. Woods maintains a virtual mortgage on the tournament having being handed the trophy by host Arnold Palmer four years in succession from 2000 and then in 2008, 2009 and last year. The 14-time Major winning American has the added incentive in this year’s 35th anniversary of the event in that he will return to No. ...

Thomas Aiken made it six wins for South African born golfers in 12 Race to Dubai events this year with his three shot success in the Avantha Masters. Aiken collected his second Tour victory winning thre three shots with a final round 67 for a 23-under par tally. India’s Gaganjeet Bhullar and China’s Liang Wen-chong both launched worthy challenges during the final round – the latter recording a hole-in-one at the seventh – but Aiken held firm to sign on thet Jaypee Greens Golf & Spa Resort. “I’ve ...

World No. 1 Rory McIlroy is starring in a new Nike commercial and this time on his lonesome. McIlroy’s maiden marketing exercise with Nike was shown ahead of Abu Dhabi HSBC Championship week and featuring he and Woods trying to ‘outscore’ each other with trick shots. On this occasion, McIlroy’s new commercial is all about McIlroy and his new Nike Covert driver. He steps onto the tee in match supposedly featuring two other Nike players in Nick Watney and Kyle Stanley. Stanley ...

Defending champ Luke Donald was left with the bitter taste of three bogeys over his closing four holes on day one of the Tampa Bay Championship in Florida. The World No. 3 was tied for the lead at four under par but proceeded to drop shots at his 15th, 17th and final holes where he failed to get up-and-down from a back bunker in a score of one-under par 70 in the bright but windy conditions. “I’m extremely disappointed right now as I played lovely golf for 16 of the 18 holes today, and really ...

England-born Zane Scotland denied Welshman Stephen Dodd to lead from start to finish and capture the maiden 2013 event on the MENA Tour – the Royal Dar Es Salam Open in Rabat, Morocco. Scotland closed with a four-under 69 for a 10-under winning tally on the stately tree-lined course and finish five shots ahead of Morocco’s Younes El Hassani. Scotland had created history in 2010 capturing the first ever MENA Tour event. Dodd, the joint overnight leader with Scotland on six-under, finished ...

Stephen Dodd fired a flawless five-under 68 to share the lead with Zane Scotland going into the final round of the Royal Golf Dar Es Salam, the opening event on the MENA Golf Tour. The experienced Welshman, five back overnight, picked up five birdies, including three on the front nine, without dropping a shot to join overnight leader Scotland, who settled for a level par, at the summit. With the two former European Tour players going head-to-head in the final group, the prognosis points to a thrilling ...