My Maiden CB Qatar Masters – Missing Out On $200 But Proudly Still In Possession Of An Arabian Dhow.
The annual hosting of the CB Qatar Masters always brings back a great story I have from my maiden visit to the tournament in 1999, and the then second hosting of the prestigious DP World Tour event.
Though I must say in writing this story, I still don’t what kept me away from being present at the inaugural 1998 Qatar Masters, won by Scotland’s Andrew Coltart.
It was a double celebration for the affable Scot who awoke in Doha on the Sunday morning with confirmation from far off Australia ...
Ross ‘Roscoe’ Kinnaird Steps Down As One Of Golf’s Top Snappers.
Ross Kinnaird has officially retired as one of golf’s leading photographers but also as one of the nicest and friendliest fellow members of the golfing media I’ve had the pleasure to know.
Ross, or Roscoe as he’s more affectionately known to his many friends, packed away his photographer’s credential for a last time at Sunday’s concluding Hero Hero World Tour Championship.
I met Roscoe in the 1990s and when I first began travelling full-time to European Tour events and ...
Happy 50th Birthday Tiger – Celebrating Woods Special Moments & Memories Over The Past Half-A-Century.
December 30th, 2025 – Tiger Woods turns the big FIVE ZERO …
A very special happy 50th birthday to Tiger Woods and with GolfByTourMiss delighted to share in Tiger’s birthday looking back over the past 50-years, admiring the golfer who single-handedly changed the very landscape of the ancient club-and-ball game.
We’ve chosen a mix of 30-odd Woods related notes dealing with his career, and sharing some of our own Tiger-related memories from being in his presence, as he competed ...
Bernie’s Yearly Best, More Bizarre, Biggest Splash, Saddest & A New Year’s Wish
It’s that time of year for Bernie’s annual awards.
Bernie’s annual awards are not your yearly run-of-the-mill awards, as you can go to any golfing website to find those.
This golf writer continues to be different in all the right ways, having hit the first golf shot on a golf course in 2000, played golf in nearly 50 different countries, and has attended around 90 majors in the men’s professional game, and here again at year’s end recognizing some of the best, worst, ...
McIlroy: From The Back Of The 18th Green At Andrews In 2007 To Grand Slam Glory At Augusta National
It was 7th of October, 2007 when I stood beside a young freck-faced, curly-haired golfer named Rory McIlroy at the back of the 18th green at the Old Course at St. Andews.
We stood there watching the third last pairing of Open Champions Paul Lawrie and Padraig Harrington completing their rounds in the Alfred Dunhill Links Championship.
Lawrie was standing over a birdie putt that if he holed it, would tie him with McIlroy in then third place on his own at 15-under-par.
As we looked on, McIlroy commented: ...
“You Never Lose It, Do You Dai?” Lee Westwood’s Memorable Singapore Comment
This week’s hosting of the Porsche Singapore Classic is yet another Tour destination bringing back fond memories.
I was in attendance at the then named Caltex Singapore Masters in the mid 2000s and when the event was jointly hosted by the Asian Tour and then European Tour, and when both Tours were a lot closer in talking to each other than they sadly are now.
The tournament, as it is this week, was also played on the Laguna National course.
It was 2005 and the handful of overseas media in attendance ...
A First Tournament Visit To Joburg & Meet A South African Cricketing Great.
This week’s 2025 Joburg Open being played at the Houghton Club is yet another tournament that brings back fond memories.
It was two weeks into 2000 and my first time in South Africa.
A fortnight earlier I had stood in darkness, apart from the lights of one or two motor vehicles, on the first tee of the Tonga Golf Club and at the stroke of midnight I super-proudly hit the first shot on a golf course in the new Millennium.
Soon after I journeyed from the eastern Pacific Ocean shoreline in Australia, ...
