Golf, by TourMiss

… Reporting from Dubai Tennis Centre, Dubai  Record-setting World No. 1 Novak Djokovic had to go into extra gear to defeat Czech Tomas Macac in a three-set thriller and qualifier for the last eight at the Dubai Duty Free Championship. Djokovic arrived in Dubai following his 10th Australian Open triumph and earlier this week set both a new men’s and women’s record reign of 387 weeks atop of the world rankings. However he clearly was not expecting the World No. 130 ranked Machac to take ...

I was reading an article recently about the legacy Arnold Palmer left in terms of an autograph. Since turning pro in 1954, Palmer’s signature and his autograph were the same, and it remained like this all his life. Palmer’s autograph was like a benchmark for all autographs, so much so, he used to say that if you’re going to give a fan an autograph, make sure they can read your signature. There are also many times, as former PGA Tour star Peter Jacobsen will attest, that Palmer used ...

Shane Lowry has moved back among the top-20 on the World Rankings for a first occasion in nearly six-months but it’s little comfort after a second straight Honda Classic disappointment. Lowry is the new World No. 19 following his share of fifth place in Sunday’s concluding PGA Tour at Palm Beach Gardens in Florida. The Offaly golfer was desperate to make amends a year after being ‘robbed’ of success in the 2022 event but an opening hole bogey to kick-start Sunday’s round heralded what was ...

Scot Euan Walker grabbed his best DP World Tour finish at the Hero Indian Open but looks forward to getting back onto the secondary Challenge Tour. The 27-year-old Dundonald Links attached pro posted a closing two-under 70 for a share of 13th place at four-under-par on the ultra-tough DLF course in New Delhi. Germany’s Marcel Siem, wearing an ultra colourful Hawaiian-like shirt, showed his delight in ending an eight-year Tour winless drought ripping off his visor and throwing it onto the green ...

Germany’s affable Marcel Siem has ended an eight-year DP Tour World winless drought with his Hero Indian Open victory take-away in New Delhi. Siem, 42, held off the ‘shrivers’, as he said would be the scenario if he won, in posting a closing round of 68 to capture what is a fifth DP World Tour success and win by a shot on the host DGF host course in the Indian capital. Wearing the most colourful of shirts, Siem only just managed to clear the water guarding the green with his third ...

Scot Euan Walker is in reach of a DP World Tour career high top-10 heading to the final round of the Hero Indian Open in New Delhi. Walker, 27, produced four birdies, none better than at the 54-hole in a bogey-free 68 on the host DGF course to share 12th place and trailing just a shot adrift of 10th place, and also only three behind Dutchman Joost Luiten (68) lying fourth at eight-under. The German duo of Yannick Paul (71), at 11-under, along with his 42-year-old compatriot Marcel Siem (67) just ...

Double Aussie Open champion Matt Jones admits he can’t wait to travel with his all-Australian LIV Golf team to international golf-starved Adelaide. Jones joins the all-Aussie four-man ‘Rippers GC’ side featuring Open Champion Cam Smith as captain along with Marc Leishman and Jed Morgan in this week’s first event at the Mayakoba resort in Mexico of the 14-event 2023 LIV Golf  Series. The series will head to Adelaide for the fourth event, and the third of nine countries, and to be staged from ...