Golf, by TourMiss

The sixth hosting of the Asian Tour’s final touranment of the season is set to boast 44 LIV Golf players from the tour contingent of 54 players and who’ll tee-up early next month in the PIF International in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. After five successful years at Royal Greens Golf & Country Club in King Abdullah Economic city, the 2024 edition will make its debut at the Riyadh Golf Club in the Saudi capital. Florida-based Mexican and LIV golfer Abraham Ancer took home the trophy ...

While Rory McIlroy was making his way to a sixth DP World Tour No. 1 title Scot David Drysdale was superbly forging his way to hopefully qualifying for next year’s 2025 Champions Tour. Drysdale and with wife Vicky again proudly calling the shots posted a closing round of 71 to share seventh place on the Buckhorn Springs course at Valrico and just to the east of Tampa on Florida’s west coast. The Scot was among 76 players teeing-up last Friday over the four rounds and with the leading ...

Of the now 41 tournaments Rory McIlroy has won around the world 18 of those have been on the DP World Tour while seven of those victories have now been in UAE emirate of Dubai. McIlroy has now captured three season-ending DP World Tour Championship titles at the Jumeirah Resort and four Hero Dubai Desert Classic championships some 20 kilometres away at the Emirates Golf club. In fact, McIlroy captured his first Tour title of 2024 at the Hero Dubai Desert Classic and now the last of his year at Jumeirah. And ...

A closing hole bogey in finding the ‘drink’ was not going to sour Bob MacIntyre’s ‘Unbelievable Year’ and after also an equal best season finish of ninth on the DP World Tour in Dubai. MacIntyre was sharing third place in the year’s final event coming to the last but found the water guarding the green with his second shot and walking off with a bogey ‘6’ for an eventual share of seventh at nine-under in the DP World Tour Championship on the Earth Course at Jumeirah Estates. The ...

Rory McIlroy broke down in tears in joining boyhood hero Seve Ballesteros as a six-time DP World Tour No. 1. McIlroy has many times shown his passion for the game of golf but he had tears running down his face in describing what it meant to match Seve’s achievements. And McIlroy did so in this year’s 16th version of the seaon-ending DP World Tour Championship not only capturing the tournament for a third occasion and in the process winning the ‘double’ for a third time in ...

Rory McIlroy has brilliantly matched the effort of the late, great Seve Ballasteros in winning six Race to Dubai No. 1 titles. McIlroy did in capturing a third season-ending DP World Tour Championship title in Dubai. GolfByTourMiss presents six items by way of a comparison of the golfing achievements for both Seve and Rory in the years they topped the Order of Merit/Race to Dubai money list. Seve/Rory – Age in winning European No. 1 titles: 1. Seve 19 (1976); Rory 23 (2012) 2. Seve 20 (1977); ...

Frenchman Antione Rozner could be heading to next year’s PGA Tour after sensationally eagling the last hole to be now just one round shy of becoming also the first Frenchman to capture the season-ending DP World Tour Championship in Dubai. Rozner, 31 headed up the 18th alongside playing partner Rory McIlroy but lying two shots behind the World No. 3 and with Dane Rasmus Hojgaard in the clubhouse at 12-under-par on the host Earth course at the Jumeirah Estates. The World No. 154th ranked Rozner ...