Golf, by TourMiss

If you look at Richie Ramsay you may wonder what is the floral logo on the cap of the four-time Tour winning Scot. The official name of the flower is Epacris Impressa or the common Heath flower that is found in the south-east region of Australia. It is also one of two logos of the famed Melbourne golf course Kingston Heath, and the second highest-ranked course in Australia. Ramsay visited the Kingston Heath Pro Shop while contesting last November’s co-sanctioned ISPS Australian Open and needing ...

The AT & T Pebble Beach Pro-Am was known firstly as the Bing Crosby Amateur, or just the Crosby Clambake however after Crosby’s death in 1977, the tournament was hosted by his family for eight years. The Crosby name was dropped after the 1985 event, and AT&T became the title sponsor in 1986. It makes AT&T the longest running continuous title sponsor on the PGA Tour (since 1986) and is this year is celebrating its 40th year as title sponsor of the AT&T Pebble Beach Pro-Am. Okay, ...

Tournament host Tiger Woods has explained the importance of not moving next month’s Genesis Invitational outside of southern California. The deadly L A wildfires forced organisers of the February 13th to 16th tournament into to finding an alternative host venue for the staging of the $20m ‘Signature’ event, given the closeness to the host Riviera course in Pacific Palasides. The fires began earlier this month with the Palisades Fire, the largest of the blazes that destroyed thousands ...

I bumped into the affable Shubhanker Sharma at the recent Hero Dubai Desert Classic joking with him, when I asked him what he thought about the recent Australia versus India cricket series. India is a great cricketing nation and far-and-away the No. 1 sport in the country. However, the country was no match when Australia wrapped-up a five-match series 3-1 earlier last month in Sydney. There’s always been plenty of fun chatting cricket with the India-born golfers and here I am going back to ...

Scott Jamieson saved the best for last to secure a second top-10 finish of the new season at the Ras Al Khaimah Championship in the UAE. Jamieson, 41, produced a closing bogey-free 67 to share eighth place at 11-under in ideal scoring conditions on the host Al Hamra course, just over an hour’s drive north of Dubai. Spain’s Alejandro Del Rey stormed to a maiden Tour victory, posting rounds of 68 and three 66s to win by six shots at 22-under-par. The 27-year-old Madrid golfer grabbed 26 birdies ...

American Harris English ended a 1.308 day wait to capture a fifth PGA Tour victory with his success in Saturday’s ending Farmers Insurance Open at Torrey Pines. Final Leaderboard:  Pos. Player R1 R2 R3 SC R4 SC Total 1 Harris English 68 NC 73 SC 66 73 280 (-8) 2 Sam Stevens 69 SC 73 NC 71 68 281 (-7) 3 Andrew Novak 70 NC 72 SC 66 74 282 (-6) T4 Sungjae Im 69 SC 71 NC 72 71 283 (-5) T4 Kris Ventura 68 NC 73 SC 71 71 283 (-5) Harris English (Winner/-8) Earns his fifth PGA TOUR ...

French golfer Julien Sale carved his name into Asian Tour history in becoming the first Tour member to win on debut. Sale, 27, came from two shots off the lead to post a five-under-par closing day 65 and capture the Smart Infinity Philippine Open with an 11-under victory tally. Not only did Sale create Asian Tour history but the wins was his first as a professional. The Paris-based Sale, born on the tiny Reunion Island in the Indian Ocean, some 680 kilometres east of Madagascar, overhauled overnight ...