Golf, by TourMiss

Graeme McDowell is altering not only the start to his New Year European Tour schedule but also changing his early PGA Tour run of events. For the past two seasons McDowell has commenced a New Year well into February including this year when he kick-started his year at the AT & T Pebble Beach Pro-Am while in 2013 it was at the WGC – Accenture Match-Play Championship in Arizona. And when he’s teed-up in past years for a first regular European Tour campaign it’s been in Abu Dhabi. But ...

Darren Clarke is honoured Tiger Woods thinks so highly of the Northern Irishman would make an ideal 2016 European Ryder Cup Captain to replace fellow Irishman Paul McGinley. It was www.golfbytourmiss.com who spoke exclusively and one-to-one with Woods at the end of his round on day four of the recent Hero World Challenge and with Woods actually stating he favoured both Clarke and main rival Miguel Angel Jimenez for Hazeltine captaincy. However the 14-time Major winning Woods did remark it ‘would ...

Looking for that last minute Christmas gift. Well, double Masters champion Bubba Watson has got right into the Christmas spirit releasing a record single – Bubba Claus. Watson is no stranger to the music world after joining Ben Crane, Rickie Fowler and Hunter Mahan some years back to form the group – The Golf Boys. Lines in Bubba’s latest single include:  ‘I just touched down on a hovercraft/I bet you want to know what’s in my bag/Is it golf clubs or a bag of toys? ...

Former Open champion Darren Clarke is teeing up at the inaugural Asian Tour’s Dubai Open with the intention of making a difference to the lives of women in the UAE. As usual, the Ulsterman will be wearing a breast cancer awareness logo on his collar in hope of raising more awareness amongst the women in the UAE where a large number of female deaths each year are caused by breast cancer. Having lost his wife, Heather, to the illness in 2006, Clarke is keen to play an awareness role while in ...

England’s in-form Tommy Fleetwood is staring at the Christmas gift on an invitation to compete in next year’s Masters at Augusta National. That’s the goal for the 23-year old, and 2013 Johnnie Walker Championship winner, heading into Thursday’s start to the inaugural Dubai Open on the Ernie Els designed Els Course in the UAE. Fresh from a strong fourth behind Lee Westwood at last week’s Thailand Golf Championship, Fleetwood needs to finish at least solo 16th to break into ...

The stunning new Dubai Open trophy has been unveiled ahead of the start of the inaugural Asian Tour event to be staged on the Els Course in Dubai. Course designer Ernie Els will be in the field and in what is an historic occasion for the champion South African and four-time Major winner as it is the first time a major Tour tournament will be staged on the course. Symbolising Arab heritage, a custom-designed DUBAi Open Trophy, the gold-sculpted camel will be presented to the champion of Dubai’s ...

The European Tour righted the injustice of two days ago in naming Rory McIlroy – 2014 Race to Dubai European Tour Golfer of the Year. McIlroy’s award, after being glaringly denied BBC Sports Personality of the Year, is further recognition of his talents and in a season when he captured two Majors, a first WGC title and the European Tour’s flagship BMW PGA Championship. McIlroy’s list of awards in 2014 already include:- *  No. 1 ranked European Golfer of the Year. *  PGA ...