Golf, by TourMiss

Twenty-year old Chinese golfing sensation Wenyi Ding celebrated his South African born caddies birthday, posting a super bogey-free round of a seven-under 63 to share the lead on seven-under with England’s Jordan Smith after the opening day of the co-sanctioned Joburg Open. Ding, a competing in the event as a full DP World Tour member, was very impressive birdieing three of his opening four holes and after five pars he headed into his back-9 with four further birdies. This week’s event ...

Four-time PGA Tour No. 1 Rory McIlroy is undecided if he agrees with talks that the season-ending Tour Championship should change to a match-play format as is being suggested. It was earlier this year when it was reported that the Tour may abandon ‘it’s always been stroke-play’ thinking and go with match-play. If so, the Tour Championship held at the East Lake course to the east of Atlanta would be the only tournament on the schedule to be match-play. McIlroy was asked his thougths ...

Ewen Ferguson’s quietly-confident a nagging neck injury will not hinder him teeing-up in this week’s co-sanctioned Joburg Open. Ferguson, 28, has not competed since withdrawing​ after just six holes in the opening round of last month’s Qatar Masters​ in Doha. The Dubai-based Scot had been struggling with the injury since his solid 16th place in January’s season-opening Hero Dubai Desert Classic but then disappointingly missing the halfway cut in his next two events in Ras Al Khaimah ...

After a long and distingusing golfing career Sandy Lyle reckons receiving an OBE is the “icing on the cake” The double-major winning Lyle was recognised for services to Scottish golf at an investiture ceremony at the Palace of Holyrood House in Edinburgh earlier today (Tuesday March 4th). Lyle, 67 capped a career that includes 30 professional victories around the world by winning the 1985 Open Championship and the 1988 Masters. Born in Shrewsbury, England, Lyle chose to represent Scotland ...

This week’s 2025 Joburg Open being played at the Houghton Club is yet another tournament that brings back fond memories. It was two weeks into 2000 and my first time in South Africa. A fortnight earlier I had stood in darkness, apart from the lights of one or two motor vehicles, on the first tee of the Tonga Golf Club and at the stroke of midnight I super-proudly hit the first shot on a golf course in the new Millennium. Soon after I journeyed from the eastern Pacific Ocean shoreline in Australia, ...

The Arnold Palmer Invitational is one of only five tournaments given “invitational” status by the PGA Tour. Consequently, it has a reduced field of only 72 players this year (as compared to most full-field open tournaments with fields of 144 or 156 players). The other four tournaments with invitational status are the Genesis Invitational, RBC Heritage, the Fort Worth Invitational, and the Memorial Tournament. Major Champions in this year’s 2025 field:  13 World Ranking range:  ...

Newly-crowned New Zealand Open champion Ryan Peake will be hoping his criminal past will not seriously affect the excitement a new career path. The 31-year-old Aussie stormed home to capture the 104th hosting of the New Zealand Open trophy thanks to a bogey-free final round 66 to win by a shot at 23-under at the stunning Millford Sound Resort course outside of Queenstown on New Zealand’s South Island. Peake was soaked in champers by his good friends and in what now is a remarkable story after ...