Golf, by TourMiss

Double Masters winning José María Olazábal and his Olazabal Design company have designed or renovated golf courses in his native Spain, Greece, Qatar, China, Austria, The Maldives Islands and now have signed a deal to design a golf course in Bahrain. Bahrain boasts just three golf courses, including the Royal Golf Club course designed by Colin Mongomerie and that played host in 2011 to the inaugural European Tour’s Volvo Champion and won by England’s Paul Casey.   The Al Areen ...

Like so many tournament venues there is a ‘Road of Champions’ leading from the main entrance of the host club down to the clubhouse. This week’s host Riyadh Golf Club is no different but presenting a much longer roadway than normal and thus lined with seemingly dozens and dozens of posts sporting photographic banners of all the leading players teeing-up in the PIF Saudi International. Among those banners is Greame McDowell proudly holding the now Asian Tour victory trophy he won back in 2020 ...

Firstly, it was a great pleasure to meet my namesake and also to congratulate Michael on his victory in the Asian Tour’s Black Mountain Championship. American Michael Maguire is looking to end his second full Asian Tour on a high in banking victory in this week’s PIF Saudi International at the Riyadh Golf Club. Maguire celebrated his 32nd birthday during the week in capturing his maiden Tour title some six weeks ago the Black Mountain Championship. The Asian-based golfer defeated newly-crowned ...

David Drysdale and caddy/wife Vicky celebrate their 20th wedding anniversary​ today (SUNDAY) sky high jetting from Qatar to Arizona and Tuesday’s starting 2025 Champions Tour final qualifier. The affable Scottish couple ​toasted their ‘China’ marriage milestone last night (Saturday Qatar time) in a Doha restaurant after Drysdale posted a final round 75 to share 57th place at the International Series Qatar in the Qatar capital. American Peter Uihlein stormed his way to a five-shot success ...

  The Madeira archipeligo situated in the north Atlantic Ocean to the south-west of Portugal was last week named ‘World’s Best Emerging Golf Destination’ for its trio of acclaimed venues – Clube de Golf Santo da Serra, Palheiro Golf and Porto Santo Golfe – underlining exactly why it was selected to host the golf industry’s annual showpiece event. Then two days later, the World Travel Awards crowned its host as the ‘World’s Leading Island Destination,’ topping ...

The hosting each year of the Link Hong Kong Open rekindles so many fond memoies for this golf writer. I made my debut at the Hong Kong tournament in 2003 and the then third year hosting of a joint Asian Tour and European Tour tournament that was first staged in 1959. The timing each year of the Hong Kong Open was ideal for me as it was late in the European Tour season and in those earlier career visits, it would break the long journey from my UK base and onwards to Australia to join family and friends ...

Not for a moment in looking back over the past 30-years when I lost my then full-time job working for a politician following the governments defeat in an Australian State election and then bizarrely two days later winning a golf tournament promotion, would I have thought in becoming a full-time golf journalist that it would have led to me now having played golf in 47 different countries (As of 1st November, 2024). My first round of golf in growing up in northern Sydney suburb of Willoughby was at ...