Golf, by TourMiss

Seasoned Scots Stephen Gallacher and David Drysdale turned back the ‘career clock’ on the opening day in heatwave conditions at the inaugural Abu Dhabi Challenge. Gallacher, 48, bounced back from 15th hole double-bogey to birdie two of closing four holes in a three-under 69 to hand Gallacher a share of 12th behind England’s Tom Lewis who signed for a 64 to lead by a shot in the Challenge Tour event on the famed National course in the UAE capital. This week is Gallacher’s first full ...

The Home of Golf nation is assured of at least one Scot inside the ropes at this year’s Ryder Cup in Rome. Stephen Gallacher will not qualify nor will he be on Luke Donald’s back-room team but after his debut behind the microphone earlier this year at the Hero Cup, the Scot’s revealed SKY Sports Golf want the Bathgate pro to be part of their on-course commentary team in Rome. Indeed, SKY was so impressed with Gallacher in his debut role last January in Abu Dhabi for the Hero Cup, they’ve ...

Now 15- years after attending the maiden DP World Tour event in South Korea, and I somehow find myself asking what has changed? Back in 2008, I had travelled from a European Tour co-sanctioned event in Malaysia north for the staging of the inaugural Ballantine’s Championship on the island of Jeju, located about 80 kms off the southern tip of the Korean peninsula. There had been an outcry some nine months earlier in March 2007 when the European Tour announced it had signed an agreement with ...

  ‘How A Short Par-3 Near The End Of A Golf Course, Research Reveals Can Bring Hope To A Broken Round’ with thanks to Stephen Smith, The Fairway Physician Strokeplay golf is tough. It is incredibly easy for the wheels to come off early and then it is going to be a long day. The golfer has nothing left to play for but pride, but will their golf course design allow them to enjoy it? Will it give them hope? PSYenz, a specialist division of Sport Psychology Ltd has been researching the ...

We don’t always get it correct but a handful of Australian newspapers had Dustin Johnson’s management team in damage-control mode following Sunday’s winner’s press conference at the close of the LIV Golf event in Adelaide. DJ is a member of the Four Aces and also including Patrick Reed, Peter Uihlein and Pat Perend with the team coming  from behind over the final round to secure the team prize at The Gange club in Adelaide. The foursome attended the traditional victory ...

A little over three months after walking the course with a microphone in his hand, and Stevie Gallacher has returned to Abu Dhabi for this week’s impressive line-up in the inaugural Challenge Tour’s Abu Dhabi Challenge. It is the first of two weeks in the UAE capital with the Saadiyat Beach course hosting next week’s UAE Challenge. Gallacher is among 19 former DP World Tour winners boasting a total of 46 victories, including the Tour’s ‘Mr. 59’, Ollie Fisher and seven-time winning Spaniard ...

Paul McGinley has slammed those critics all too quickly to pass judgement on Rory McIlroy following his bitter disappointment at the Masters, and a decision then to withdraw from the following week’s RBC Heritage. As we know, the four-time Major winning McIlroy only needs to win at Augusta National to join the most elite club in all of golf but after missing the Augusta cut it means waiting another 12 months for that hopeful maiden Masters triumph. McGinley, and long-time close friend and confidant ...