Im Becomes PGA Tour’s Top Birdie-Making Machine Surpassing Gowie, Calc and Rambo
South Koren Im Sung-jae reinforced his reputation as a birdie machine by setting a new PGA Tour record in making the most birdies in a 72-hole tournament en route to a career third top-10 in four outings at The Sentry on Sunday.
On a final day where Chris Kirk claimed a thrilling one-stroke victory over Sahith Theegala in the season-opening event of 2024 and compatriot An Byeong-hun posting a solo fourth in his debut at The Plantation course at Kapalua, Im ensured memorable week himself by registering ...
Royal Golf Club – Long 13-Year Tour Return Wait Is Over For Bahrain’s Only 18-Holer
It has been 13 long years since the Persian Gulf island kingdom of Bahrain has featured on the annual DP World Tour schedule.
That was in 2011 with the hosting of the inaugural Volvo Champions won by England’s Paul Casey over a then three-year old Colin Montgomerie redesigned course located some 20 kilometres south of the capital Manmar.
GolfByTourMiss recently rekindled memories of that first event and you can read our feature article by clicking on: http://www.golfbytourmiss.com/2024/01/bahrains-royal-club-rewarding-golf-in-this-oil-rich-nation/
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Bahrain’s Royal Club – Rewarding Golf In This Oil-Rich Nation
Updated January, 2025 …
Have you ever played a golf course where you are afforded a ‘free’ drop from oil pipelines?
This is one of ‘local rules’ when tackling the Royal Golf Club course in Bahrain and host venue for this week’s Bapco Energies Bahrain Championship taking place on the Colin Montgomerie designed Royal Golf Club course close to the capital Manama.
In fact, the official scorecard (see below) lists the rule saying under Rule 16.1 of the Official Rules ...
Just Half Of 10 New PGA Tour Rookies From DP World Tour Teeing-Up In Hawaii.
It would seem the lure of the mighty US dollar may not be all that strong, well certainly not for some at this early part of an exciting new golfing season.
The PGA Tour has released the draw for next week’s Sony Open with just five players, who qualified from the DP World Tour, choosing to travel to Hawaii.
It was a historic, and somewhat controversial, decision last year to afford the leading 10 money-list players at the close of the 2023 DPWT season, and otherwise not already a PGA Tour ...
Dubai Creek Golf & Yacht Club – 31 Facts To Celebrate 31st Anniversary.
The up-coming inaugural 2024 DP World Tour’s Dubai Invitational brings back many fond memories in visting the host venue at the famed Dubai Creek Golf & Yacht Club.
The Tour is no stranger to the 18-hole course laid-out along Dubai Creek, featuring it’s stunning and award-winning ‘sail-like’ clubhouse, as the club hosted the 1999 and 2000 edition of the Dubai Desert Classic.
It’s 31-years ago this month the Dubai Creek Golf and Yacht Club was opened back in 1993.
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Cantlay Reveals His Eleven-Time ‘Boom, Boom, Boom, Boom ….’ Reaction Moment Entering Tiger’s Basement
World No. 5 Patrick Cantlay returns to competition for first since being married by teeing-up at this week’s renamed ‘The Sentry’ event in Hawaii.
Cantlay, 31, remained in Italy following the USA team’s Ryder Cup loss to tie the knot, and with he and his wife spending their honeymoon in Rome.
And while it’s been over three months since the Jupiter-based American last teed-up in formal competition, Cantlay’s hardly been out of the news, and the headlines emanating mostly ...
MacIntyre’s Dream Fourball – Tiger, Seve & His Father Dougie
Top-ranked Scot Robert MacIntyre has revealed his dream fourball – Tiger Woods, the late Seve Ballesteros and his father Dougie.
In a novel ‘X’ exchange, MacIntyre spent his time travelling sky high in crossing the Atlantic, and Hawaii-bound for next week’s inaugural PGA Tour full member debut, entertaining fans on his ‘X’ account by answering a variety of questions.
MacIntyre spent some two hours replying to some 40 fans before remarking the wifi signal was fading ...
