Golf, by TourMiss

Famed Scottish golf club Scotscraig Golfing Club, founded in 1817, has unveiled its newly restored clubhouse following the completion of a major refurbishment project. The championship links course, established by members of The Society of St Andrews Golfers (now The Royal & Ancient Golf Club of St Andrews), has undergone significant investment across both the course and clubhouse over the winter months, culminating in the opening of the Playfair Trophy Room, named after Sir Hugh Lyon Playfair, ...

For someone who has been most fortunate to attend the Masters for 23-years, and enjoyed the honour of playing Augusta National twice, including breaking 100 on both occasions, here’s a few observations that I hope may whet your appetite a little ahead of this coming week’s 90th hosting of The Masters. THE 1934 MAIDEN MASTERS HAD TO BORROW FUNERAL CHAIRS FOR SEATING …. The first “Augusta National Invitation Tournament”, as the Masters was originally known, began on March 22, ...

Crail Golfing Society is golf’s seventh oldest club and it is proud to announce work on the Practice and Performance Hub has picked-up pace with the site now considerably drier, and construction firm Algo have been able to accelerate activity to catch up for the delays caused by the heavy rain. Algo’s construction team worked late into the evening to ensure the full concrete pour was finished in a single continuous operation. Building Control has since carried out its first inspection and ...

As true golf fans will know, the chances of ever teeing-up to play Augusta National are near impossible. Even attempting to approach anywhere near the Augusta National front gates facing Washington Road and you know you’re going to be ‘hassled’ by security personnel. Though there is one golf course in sleepy Augusta, Georgia where you area warmly welcomed and where you can play golf even on the Wednesday afternoon of Masters week when the famed Masters host course at Augusta National ...

The hosting of this week’s third edition of the Bapco Energies Bahrain Championship once again brings back fond memories of attending the DP World Tour’s inaugural tournament in Bahrain. It was the 2011 Volvo Championship and on the very unique Royal Golf Club course. Unique? The Colin Montgomerie designed course is unique for two reasons.  It is the only 18-hole and full grass course in the oil rich nation and secondly, there is many oil pipelines running the length of the course.  ...

Gil Hanse continues to stamp his growing presence as one of the leaders in golf course design work and even moreso with the latest news his services have been retained by Scotland’s famed North Berwick course. The story of Gil’s newest golf course assignment appears on Golf Course Architecture website and you can read all the news by clicking on: www.golfcoursearchitecture.net   We learnt also just a week ago with TGL (TMRW Golf League) announcing Hanse has joined the league’s ...

One of the more recent delights in travelling to the Middle East for rounds of the DP World Tour has been visiting the UAE emirate of Ras Al-Khaimah and tackling the wonderful Al Hamra course. Al Hamra is very easy 90-minute or so drive north of Dubai through the Emirate of Sharjah and onto Ras Al-Khaimah, and with the golf course and surrounding hotels among the first items of interest in visiting a very laid back emirate than compared with Dubai. Among those ‘items’ is the stunning ...