Golf, by TourMiss

Not for a moment in looking back over the past 30-years or so since I lost my then full-time job working for a politican following the government’s defeat in an election and two days later winning a golf tournament promotion, would I have thought in becoming a golf journalist that it would lead to me now having played golf in 47 different countries (As of 31st Decmeber, 2025) My first round of golf was in growing up in northern Sydney suburb of Willoughby and teeing-up at the nine-hole Castlecove ...

Tiger Woods has placed this week’s U.S. Open host venue at Winged Foot up there with Carnoustie and Oakmont as the three hardest major championship venues in golf. The 15-time major-winning Woods is contesting 22nd U.S. Open having captured the title on three occasions – 2000, 2002 and 2008. Woods is among just 15 players who teed-up in the 2006 U.S. and when last staged on this week’s host venue at Long Island and with the reigning Masters winner asked where he would place Winged ...

It is the first day of a new decade – 1st January, 2020. The annual Sydney New Year’s Eve fireworks extravanza has again provided a spectacle hard to be matched by any city in the world, and this despite the controversy of allowing the $6.5m pyrotechnic show to go ahead when there is so many devestating and life-taking bushfires still raging out-of-control across the State of New South Wales. On the first day of 2020, the effects of the bushfires is clearly noticeable with a smoke haze ...

What a superb blank canvas handed to Thierry Sprecher and Gery Watine when afforded the opportunity to work together in designing Golf de Servanes – https://golfservanes.com/ Golf de Servanes is located in the south of France around halfway between Arles and Aix-en-Provence and roughly an hour’s drive north-west of Marseille. What makes Golf de Servanes so magnificent is that the course is laid out right at the foot of the Alpilles mountain range that is about 25 km long by about 8 to ...

Golf de la Saint Baume is located in the heart of Provence situated around halfway between Aix-en-Provence, Marseille and Brignoles in France. The golf course gets its name from the towering Saint Baume mountains dominating the countryside.  The summit is 1,147 metres. Saine Baume is situated also in the heart of the Regional Natural Park of Sainte Baume , one of the concerns of the golf is to safeguard its ecosystem, to preserve and enhance the local flora and fauna. The Golf de la Sainte Baume ...

Russell Knox has hailed the course improvements at Nairn Dunbar, as the club celebrates attracting 80 new members since golf’s return. The championship venue has undergone a series of adjustments as the club prepares to co-host The Amateur Championship in June next year. After receiving consistent feedback that holes 9, 10 and 11 had a more parkland feel, the club put a restoration plan in place to unveil as much of the natural dune systems and undulations as possible to promote a true links experience. Course ...

One year in attending the Arnold Palmer Invitational we rented premises overlooking a golf course in the Orlando area. Every morning, I looked out over this particular hole as I munched on my Coco Pops thinking how do you play the hole, what’s the best option off the tee and then the right route into the green.  It was an uphill par-4 hole with all the trouble down the lefthand side. All the time I would think to myself: ‘Here’s a hole, and if I do get to play the course, I reckon ...