Golf, by TourMiss

True golf fans have heard of the Wentworth Club in leafy Surrey, as it’s the host venue each year for the DP World Tour’s flagship BMW PGA Championship. Wentworth is located also just a short drive from London’s Heathrow Airport however if you wanted to travel to Wentworth’s namesake and that’s the Wentworth Club to the north of Tampa, then you’re looking at a trans Atlantic flight of over a 10-hours. The Florida-located Wentworth Club at Tarpon Springs is just ...

Guy Kinnings has been confirmed as the new CEO of the European Tour, taking over in the role from 2nd April, 2024. Kinnings is the current deputy CEO and also the European Ryder Cup Director and was announced as the new CEO in a Tour press statement confirming present CEO Pelley will be stepping down from his role. Pelley, who turned 60 today (January 11th), will leave the European Tour group after eight-and-a-half years in the role to join Maple Leaf Sports & Entertainment Ltd (MLSE) in his ...

Triple major winning Padraig Harrington has ruled out next week’s Hero Dubai Desert Classic but with the DP World Tour confirming he will tee-up in next fortnight’s Ras Al Khaimah Championship This comes after the 52-year-old Harrington revealed he battled the Festive Season fighting a double dose of major medical concerns that included a bout of pneumonia but suffered a collapsed lung. His illness forced Harrington out of this week’s inaugural Dubai Invitational and now he’s ...

European Tour CEO Keith Pelley is leaving his role and returning to his native Canada, having accepted the post as  President and CEO of Maple Leaf Sports & Entertainment, based in his home city of Toronto, Canada. Pelley’s last day as CEO will be 1st April, 2024. Confirmation of Pelley’s new role already appears on Wikipedia and it comes a day in learning R & A CEO Martin Slumbers will also step down later this year, News of Pelley’s new comes on the day of his 60th birthday ...

Mention Monte Carlo and it brings thoughts of the playground for the rich and famous along with words such as glitz, glamour and luxury of the French Riviera. Monte Carlo lies not in France but in the principality of Monaco along the shoreline of the Meditterrean between Italy to the North and with France to the south. It’s one of nine regions within the principality of Monaco, and with Monaco being the second smallest principatlity in the world behind The Vatican. Monte Carlo also is a city ...

“The final piece of the puzzle is trying to knock off one of those four”. In probably his prior 17 years in pro ranks Rory McIlroy has never stated his New Year intentions as more precise as he did ahead of this week’s inaugural Dubai Invitational in Dubai. And it was a question that has been source of much copy since last year’s Open Championship when the current World No. 2 walked off Royal Liverpool knowing that it was now 10-yards since he last won at the games highest ...

Luke Donald heads into a 19th year in the pro competition ranks with the victorious Ryder Cup captain ending a three-month competition break at this week’s inaugural Dubai Invitational in Dubai. As well, Donald revealed it’s the 30th anniversary of when he first teed-up in Dubai, as a then 21-year-old in contesting  the 1994 Dubai Amateur Championship at this week’s host Dubai Creek Golf & Yacht Club, and just a year since the course was officially opened. Yes, a lot of numbers ...