Golf, by TourMiss

Those who know me well will be reading this and wondering why it took me so long, and all of three days, for a first game of golf in 2015. Well after seeing in the New Year I dusted off the Callaway’s and headed this afternoon to the very close-by President Golf Club course at West Palm Beach, Florida. The course in recent weeks has become like a second ‘home’ course and while I was quickly soaring with a birdie at the opening hole on my very first game on the Eagle Course, there ...

The President Golf Club has been our virtual back-yard for the past week and it’s been great to drive even a shorter distance to the course than the near two-minute drive to my ‘home’ course – Crail Golfing Society. The Club here as West Palm Beach offers an attractive ‘twilight’ fee and thanks to Scott Mailloux, Director of Golf, I’ve enjoyed tackling the Robert Trent Jones gem. However one of the most captive sights in playing the course late in the afternoon ...

You could be mistaken you were making your way to Capitol Hill in Washington D.C, and the seat of government in the United States rather than a golf course in sun-splashed Florida. I say this only because in heading to the Eagle Course at the President Golf Club in West Palm Beach you drive along Congress Drive before turning into Presidential Ave and passing by streets named Embassy Drive and Consulate Place. The course is lined with residential buildings named after former US President greats such ...

A very special thank you to Vice-President Mr. Kuo Chen Su in welcoming AGW Executive Committee members in Peter Dixon and myself to the Tianma Golf Club here in Shanghai. Shanghai Tianma Golf Club is located just seven kilometers from the front gates of the Sheshan Golf Club and host venue this week for the 10th anniversary WGC – HSBC Champions event. Joining Peter and myself in playing the course on a wonderful sunny and calm Tuesday morning was the European Tour’s Denis Blasdale and ...

Four-time Major Champion Ernie Els got the royal seal of approval at the official launch of his first golf course creation in South East Asia – The Els Club Teluk Datai. In the company of Her Majesty Raja Permaisuri Agong Tuanku Hajjah Haminah, The Queen of Malaysia, World Golf Hall-of-Famer, Els, struck the opening tee shot on the world’s most hotly-anticipated new course. Key dignitaries, media and VIP guests were also invited to witness the historic unveiling and enjoy a unique insight from ...

Being first out on this glorious morning on the North Course at the Lake of Isles Golf Club immediately reminded me of one of those initial golf theme MasterCard ‘Priceless’ TV commercials. It was just after 7am with the air still and the sun just starting to peek above the tree line. I had been invited to head to the practice range but politely declined as I did not want to waste a minute being the first to tee off and for a first time in Connecticut. However let me rewind some 16 hours. I was ...

Joakim Haeggman was the first Swedish-born golfer to compete in the Ryder Cup and a day after attending the 2014 Ryder Cup he was thrilled after a first visit to the Crail Golfing Society. Haeggman joined a group of eight players who are members of the Kalmar Golf Club, a 36-hole complex located around a four-hour drive south-east of Stockholm.  The club was founded in 1947 and is notable as the first hole of the Old Course requires a tee shot over a portion of the Baltic Sea. It was a special ...