Golf, by TourMiss

There’s an old saying that very much applies when it comes to golf – Take time to smell the roses.  I had first visited Vale do Lobo on the sun-splashed Algarve in 2003 when the course hosted it’s second straight Portuguese Open title and won by Sweden’s Freddie Jacobsson  with a tournament course record 64 that included outward and inward nines of 32 but then on a composite of a mixture of Ocean and Royal holes. It was then a dozen years before I returned to Vale do Lobo ...

There is a gleaming trophy in the Oceanico Victoria clubhouse named in honour of Ricardo Santos. This trophy lies on the top shelf of the trophy cabinet and it is for an annual charity event Ricardo hosts each August. However it is the trophy lying on the second shelf that Ricardo would love to be handed later this week and that is the trophy for the winner of the Portugal Masters. Ricardo is one of the crowd favourites this week given he has long been attached to the Oceanico Victoria Course while ...

England’s Tom Lewis is staring at a virtual Portugal Masters ‘Last Chance Saloon’ and three years after being crowned crowned one of the Tour’s quickest winners at Vilamoura. Lewis, 24 captured the prestigious Portugal event in 2012 and in only three years ago and in only his third Tour tournament as a pro. It was an effort that matched the feat of Spain’s Sergio Garcia who captured the 1999 Murphy’s Irish Open in only his third event. But after being exempt to the end of 2014, the Welwyn Gardens-born ...

The Scottish Saltire flag is flying high in Dubai after Clarke Lutton survived a big test of nerve to win the Golf Citizen Classic by one shot for his maiden success on the MENA Golf Tour at The Els Club on Wednesday. Four in front overnight, the 27-year-old Aberdeen-born Scot closed with a two-under 70 to reach 13-under for the tournament, seeing off a strong challenge from Trevor Marshall of New Zealand on the home stretch. Lutton’s playing partner, Stuart Archibald of England carded a final ...

Scotland’s Clarke Lutton enjoyed another great day at work, firing a sizzling six-under 66 to take a commanding lead as a career-best 67 propelled Morocco’s Ayoub Lguirati to the top in the amateur division going into the final round of the MENA Golf Tour’s Golf Citizen Classic at The Els Club on Tuesday. One shot in front overnight, Lutton reeled off seven birdies, including three in a row from the 16th, against a lone bogey to reach 11-under for the tournament, a good four shots ...

A past champion and a major winner are the latest players to commit to the Emirates Australian Open field. Former winner Lee Westwood and Open Championship hero Darren Clarke will join defending champ and world No.1 Jordan Spieth and local hero Adam Scott in the elite field at The Australian Golf Club from November 26-29. Westwood, a former world No.1 and one of the most prolific international winners of his generation, sprung to international prominence when he shocked ‘locals’ to win ...

Scotland’s Marc Warren is hosting a corporate outing in Devon, England today (Monday) buoyed by his closing back nine efforts in a round of 70 to share 33rd place at four under par in the British Masters at Woburn Warren birdied his closing two holes as just as he had done on Friday but it was Saturday’s indifferent end to his round that sucked much of the wind out of his Woburn sails when he four-putted for an 18th hole triple bogey ‘7’. “It’s always nice to birdie the last two holes especially on a Sunday.  I just played lovely on the back nine and didn’t really miss a shot,” ...