Golf, by TourMiss

Tom McKibbin was singing the praise of the Odyssey Jailbird putter in finding himself the leading Irishman after two rounds of the season-opening Hero Dubai Desert Classic. McKibbin, 22, birdied four of his last eight holes for a round of 69 to climb into a share of 15th place on five-under-par and seven shots off the halfway pace set by Scotland’s Ewen Ferguson. Dubai resident Ferguson brilliantly ended his round birdie, eagle in a score of 65 to move to 12-under and one clear of Kiwi Daniel Hillier ...

  “I f***ing well hope so!” Jon Rahm delivered a most memorable recommendation when asked if he would like to see top-Scot Robert MacIntyre again as a team-mate later this year in defending the Ryder Cup at Bethpage Park Black in New York. Rahm had just crashed-out on debut in the Hero Dubai Desert Classic with scores of 69 and a bogey-laden 77 for a two-over tally on the host Emirates Golf Club course. The top LIV Golf star and Masters champions second round included just two birdies ...

Scotland’s Ewen Ferguson was soaring high and into a one-shot lead thanks to a birdie, eagle finish on day two of the Hero Dubai Desert Classic. Ferguson added a seven-under 65 to his opening round score of 67 to move to 12-under and clear of his rivals in the $US 9m Rolex Series event on the host Emirates Golf Club course where he is club’s official ambassador. The reigning BMW International Open champion has not dropped over the two rounds as he also seeks to capture a fourth DP World ...

Masters champion Patrick Reed declared ‘millions more eyeballs will be focussed on LIV Golf’ with confirmation all LIV Golf matches will be now broadcast live on the FOX Sports TV. News of FOX’s involvement in LIV Golf has been known for some time but it was only this week news was officially confirmed the giant American TV network will be covering this now third year of LIV Golf. “It’s an amazing move and a huge step up for LIV Golf having a network like FOX on board”, ...

Superstar Jon Rahm has welcomed news LIV Golf has now formally confirmed it has signed a multi-million dollar broadcast deal in the US with Fox Sports declaring, in part, ‘the PGA Tour now is without certain players is not as entertaining as it was before’. While talks between LIV and the established PGA Tour continue, the deal suggests that the breakaway league is unlikely to disappear any time soon. LIV has previously been broadcast on The CW, drawing small ratings on a channel not ...

Calum Hill may have lost a golf up a palm tree but the Scot is well in sight of the lead after day one of the Hero Dubai Desert Classic. Hill, and sporting a new ‘free agent’ look, signed for a five-under 65 in ideal scoring conditions in the $US 9m Rolex Series event on the host Emirates Golf Club course. The trio of Aussie David Migliozzi, Spaniard Ricardo Gouveia and young American amateur lefty David Ford lead the way at seven-under while double defending champ Rory McIlroy admitted his round ...

Borussia Dortmund is the second most decorated football team in Germany and where you find one of the best and most fearsome stands in European football since it was expanded in the late 1990s – the Yellow Wall. At 328ft long and 131ft high, the Yellow Wall has a capacity to accommodate nearly 25,000 fans and is the largest single-tiered grandstand in the whole of Europe. “If you are the enemy, it crushes you but if you have her at your back as a goalkeeper, it’s a fantastic feeling,” ...