Golf, by TourMiss

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,” ...

Four-time Hero Dubai Desert Classic champ Rory McIlroy is competing for a 15th occasion in this week’s $9m Rolex Series of the stunning Emirates course here in the UAE. Though it was a no frills first round, two-under-par 70 for the current World No. 3. The effort, and is his 53rd round on the Majlis course, left him trailing five shots from the clubhouse lead as the afternoon half of the opening round draw were making their way to their back nines. “Pretty scrappy, to say the least but ...

Scot Ewen Ferguson found himself inspired not only by a new putter but also by constant sightings of his new 51-storey apartment building in muscling his way straight into contention at the Hero Dubai Desert Classic. Ferguson, 28, brilliantly kick-started his new season birdieing his opening three holes in a five-under-par 67 before being joined by fellow Scot Calum Hill with the same score to share fifth place in the $US 9m Rolex Series event on the host Emirates Golf Club course. The trio of Aussie ...

Tournament host Tiger Woods admitted he has far greater concerns than whether or not next month’s Genesis Invitational will go ahead in the aftermath of the deadly Californian wildfires. It’s been 10 days since the fires broke out in the greater Los Angeles region with 25 people losing their lives and with the Palisades blaze is still the largest. It has been burning for a week. On Monday, another fire broke out in neighbouring Ventura County, prompting more evacuation orders. The total ...

While double PGA Tour winning Scot admits while he’s become more selfish and protective of his time away from inside the ropes, it’s now all about winning golf’s major championships. MacIntyre arrived into Dubai near midday local time Tuesday following a long haul flight from Hawaii via Dallas and into Dubai to tee-up in this week’s DP World Tour season-opener at the Hero Dubai Desert Classic. The Oban lefty kick-started a second full PGA Tour season with a respective T15th ...