Golf, by TourMiss

One of the advantages of dealing with jet-lag is you are often awake very early in the morning, and many hours before you normally climb out of bed. After the long flight from the UK on Sunday afternoon, it was not to around 5pm  Monday afternoon local Shanghai time we arrived at the hotel for our stay during this week’s BMW Masters. However the jet-lag was still in the system this morning but then imagine the sight when stepping out onto the hotel balcony – a stunning Shanghai sunrise. I ...

South African Thomas Aiken is thankful for the physiotheraphy skills of his wife as he strives to take his place in this week’s $US 7m BMW Masters in Shanghai. Aiken is battling a torn tendon in the thumb of his left hand, and something he attributes to the ‘wear-and-tear’ of being a professional golfer. “I’ve got a strained tendon on the top of my left thumb and it’s just from hitting golf balls,” he said. “It’s a wear-and-tear thing but it should be alright, and I’m ...

World No. 1 Rory McIlroy was comfortably beaten in an shortened game of table tennis but he’s quietly confident of defending his BMW Masters title this week in Shanghai. Former World No. 1 and current five-time European No. 1 table tennis champion, Timo Boll of Germany beat McIlroy 5 & 2 in their special exhibition match alongside the 18th green at the Lake Malaren course in the Chinese financial capital. McIlroy along with Martin Kaymer, Lee Westwood and Ashun Wu were no match for Boll.   “Table ...

Ireland’s Padraig Harrington will tee-up in the 2012 PGA Grand Slam of Golf looking to make it third time lucky after being twice beaten in a play-off for the Major Champions only event in Bermuda. The Dubliner is a late replacement for South African Ernie Els, and while reserves Tiger Woods and Graeme McDowell declined the event for respective tournaments in Malaysia and China, Harrington snapped at the chance of winning the four-man event being staged on the Port Royal course in Southhampton. “Hopefully ...

Reigning Open Champion, Ernie Els, announced today that he has resigned with IMG, the world’s leading sports, fashion and media company, for worldwide management and marketing representation. Els, a four time Major Champion and former World No. 1 and winner of over 65 international titles, is one of golf’s truly global stars. He was inducted to the Hall of Fame in 2011 and is today known as much for his  charity work as for his golfing prowess, both in aiding underprivileged children in ...

If rumours are correct then World No. 1 Rory McIlroy is believed have purchased a new $10m home in West Palm Beach, Florida. And after recently putting his palatial Northern Ireland home on the market it seems appropriate the U.S. based McIlroy should want to be cementing himself in the States. West Palm Beach is also close to the Bear’s Club that has afforded McIlroy the opportunity full membership rights so he can work on his game when not competing. McIlroy could also pay cash for the dwelling ...

World No. 1 Rory McIlroy believes the notion of he and rival Tiger Woods competing head-to-head is a great sports marketing tool. The duo will create a first next Monday in going head-to-head in the ‘Duel at Lake Jinsha’ to be staged in Zhenghou, a city in central north China lying on the banks of the Yellow River and boasting a population of some nine million. McIlroy and Woods will be the only players competing making it an historic encounter despite the duo having recently gone ...