Golf, by TourMiss

Paula Creamer is clearly excited to be in China for a first time having arrived on the tropical island of Hainan for the 2016 Mission HIlls World Celebrity Pro-Am. The 2010 U.S. Women’s Open champion spent Thursday morning familiarising herself with the award-winning Blackstone Course and the entire Mission Hills Haikou resort.  “It’s bigger and better than I expected,” the 30-year-old said. “I’ve heard from some of the girls who have played here before what to expect and this is definitely ...

The golfer long known as the ‘Great White Shark’ is set to take a bigger bite out of the business world. Norman has revealed a company-wide re-brand to his 30-year-old organisation. And what was once known as Great White Shark Enterprises will now be called simply The Greg Norman company (GN). Norman’s re-positioning of his company from a mostly consumer-facing brand to one that will expand to business-to-business services was an idea that began some 18 months ago, and has involved ...

Scotland’s Craig Lee is now under even more pressure to fight off the vultures and hang onto his European Tour heading into this week’s Portugal Masters at Vilamoura. The Stirling golfer tees-up this afternoon (THUR) lying in 110th place (See * below) on the Race to Dubai money list and right on the cut-off mark for those wishing to retain 2017 Tour membership. And the £2.68m Portugal event is the last ‘regular’ 2016 tournament for the likes of Lee and others seeking to retain ...

Paul Dunne is not about to left short-changed playing ‘credit card roulette’ this week as the young Irish pro banks on cementing  full 2017 Tour membership at this week’s Portugal Masters. Dunne first needs to make the cut on the host Oceanico Victoria course and then finish far better than last year’s near-cellar dwelling 64th place if he’s to be playing a full season in the New Year. He dropped three spots to 102nd on the Race to Dubai in not contesting last week’s British Masters ...

Padraig Harrington tees up today in the Portugal Masters at Vilamoura but with Georgia clearly on his mind. Harrington is making his sixth showing in the event since his debut in 2009 and the same year of his best finish of third. And while the Dubliner is still looking for his first win on European soil since capturing the 2008 Open Championship there’s the goal also of getting himself back inside the top-50 by the end of next March and if so, into the 2017 Masters. Harrington will tee-up on the ...

It is very much the ‘Last Chance Saloon’ for the Australian threesome of Jason Schrivener, Richard Green and Brett Rumford teeing up in this week’s Portugal Masters at Vilamoura on the Portuguese sun-splashed Algarve. The Portugal Masters is the last ‘regular’ event on the European Tour schedule and all four are outside the cut-off point of 110th on the Race to Dubai money list. The three need to first make the cut in the Euro 3m event and then be inside the top-110 ...

When Andy Sullivan captured last year’s Portugal Masters by a massive nine shots there were none happier than a band of about 25 supporters dubbed ‘Sulli’s Army’. However now that Sullivan is a Ryder Cup star, albeit on a beaten side, his army of supporters has swelled to around 70 for this week’s 10th Portugal Masters. And Sullivan reckons he’s going to find it difficult to keep them happy unless he becomes the first player to successfully defend the title on ...