Golf, by TourMiss

One of the great delights of living or visiting Sydney is the dozen and dozens of pristine beaches to the north and south of Australia’s largest city. So, when it comes to golden sand beaches located right on your front doorstep then Sydney has to be the envy of the world as there is close to 100 Pacific Ocean coastline beaches in a 100-kilometre stretch from Palm Beach in the north of the city to Garie Beach in the south. Indeed the entire coastline of the state of New South Wales (NSW) boasts ...

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 ...

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 it would lead 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 the nine-hole ...