Golf, by TourMiss

English golfer Marco Penge admits it was a ‘genuine and honest mistake’ after being fined £2,000 and suspended from DP World Tour competition for three months till 13th February, 2025. Penge was found guilty for breaching the European Tour Integrity Programme after placing bets on golf though, as he says, not one bet on himself rather just sporting events, in general. As he stated:  “My bets were all for entertainment purposes to make watching golf more fun – just like most ...

It’s timely in writing this golf course feature (late December 2024) as it is less than two weeks shy of the 25th anniversary of my historic ‘First Person To Hit a Golf Shot on a Golf Course In 2000‘ and also just a month away from 25-years when I played my first game of golf in South Africa. My visits to the Rainbow Nation sadly have been just a few and each to be present at DP World Tour tournament venues in Joburg and Durban. A maiden visit was to Joburg in the second week of ...

South Korean, Australian and Japanese born golfers feature prominently among the top-10 players with two rounds to play at the final stage of the 2025 Asian Tour Q-School at Hau Hin in Thailand. Top of the board through by three shots through 36 holes is South Korean Kyungnam Kang with the 41-year-old draining a 40-foot birdie putt on the 18th hole soon after an eagle on 15, on the A and B course at Lake View Resort and Golf Club. Kang posted a six-under-par 65 to sit at 16-under with two rounds ...

David Law tees-up for only a second occasion in five years at this week’s AfrAsia Bank Mauritius Open looking to make a sizable monetary deposit ahead of the up-coming Festive Season break. Law, 33 has competed on the Indian Ocean island just once before and that being in 2019 and also in his last event of the year, some eight months after his maiden DP World Tour triumph in Australia and in his maiden Tour season. While this week’s AfrAsia Bank Mauritius Open is also the last of the ...

For all its pre-match hype the much-anticipated ‘The Showdown’ between two of the PGA Tour’s best against two rival LIV Golf stars ended with little fanfare, little excitement and resulting in a one-sided letdown. It was first in meen’s professional golf with two of the PGA Tour’s best players in Scheffler and McIlroy up against two of the best LIV Golf stars in Brooks Koepka and Bryson DeChambeau at the Shadow Creek course outside of Las Vegas. There really just one ...

The PGA TOUR today (December 17th) announced its full schedule for the 2025 with confirmation of the FedExCup Fall, a critical seven-event end-of-year run that will finalize PGA TOUR eligibility for the 2026 season. Click on for full 2025 schedule:  2025PGATOURSchedule The FedExCup Fall kicks off with the Procore Championship (Sept. 8-14) at Silverado Resort in Napa, California, before taking a two-week break, during which the Ryder Cup will be contested at Bethpage Black in Farmingdale, New York. ...

One of the great delights of living or visiting Sydney is the dozen and dozens of pristine beaches to the north and south of Australia’s largest city. So, when it comes to golden sand beaches located right on your front doorstep then Sydney has to be the envy of the world as there is close to 100 Pacific Ocean coastline beaches in a 100-kilometre stretch from Palm Beach in the north of the city to Garie Beach in the south. Indeed the entire coastline of the state of New South Wales (NSW) boasts ...