Golf, by TourMiss

… Muscat, Oman Four-time major winner Brooks Koepka has missed the high six-over par cut by two shots with scores of 74 & 78 in the inaugural Asian Tour’s Oman event on day two of the $US 2m event in Muscat. The extremely windy conditions, and up to very late in the afternoon, saw no player break 70 on day two while just eight of 126 players managed to better par of 72 on the exposed Al Mouj course laid out along the Gulf of Oman. Japan’s Takumi Kanaya, and a former world amateur ...

… Muscat, Oman Graeme McDowell could be mistaken he was not back home in wintery Portrush battling the windy conditions coming in off a whipped-up Gulf of Oman to superbly make the cut at the inaugural Asian Tour International Series event in Oman. There was a real spring in McDowell’s step coming up the last in posting a level par 72 for a one-over tally, to be lying inside the top-20 heading to the weekend rounds in the $US 2m event on the host Al Mouj course in Muscat. After two bogeys ...

…. Muscat, Oman Today Friday 10th of February 2023 is the final day of a five-day arbitration panel hearing in London that will decide whether the European Tour was right to suspend LIV golfers from competing on the Tour. A three-man panel headed by retired High Court Judge, His Honour Judge Phillip Sycamore, CBE and two Kings Council (KC) members have been hearing both sides to the argument within the walls of the Sport Resolution Centre in London. At the outset 16 LIV Golf players signed ...

…… Muscat, Oman Spaniard Sergio Garcia shows no ill-effects of a long three-month break post a left knee operation as evident in posting a five-under 67 in testing conditions on the opening day of the Asian Tour’s International Series Oman. Garcia, 43, posted eight birdies including a run of three birdies in succession from his 11th hole and then grabbed back-to-back birdies at his 15th and 16th hole ahead of a closing hole bogey to be lying in second place and just a shot behind ...

… Muscat, Oman It’s not easy when you get used to the wind blowing from the same direction for three days and then on the first day of the tournament it switches completely That’s what those, including Graeme McDowell, experienced on day one of the inaugural Asian Tour’s International Series Oman here on the stunning Al Mouj host course. With the course looking to the north out over the Arabian Sea, the wind for the three days of practice was coming from an easterly direction and noticing ...

… Muscat, Oman Graeme McDowell admits he would be ‘disappointed’ should he never captain a European Ryder Cup team. McDowell is a veteran of four European Ryder Cup teams including 2008, 2010, 2012 and 2014. He played in 15 matches earning nine points and will be always remembered being out in the last match an holing the winning putt over American Hunter Mahan to deliver Europe victory in 2010 at Celtic Manor in Wales. Rewind also to late 2019 when Adare Manor was announced as venue for ...

…. Saudi Arabia You would feel that if you’re planning to play in someone’s front yard, it be common courtesy beforehand to advise the owner. So, why is the DP World Tour going ahead in arranging back-to-back tournaments, firstly this week’s inaugural Singapore Classic and also next week’s first hosting of the Thailand Classic, without a word of professional courtesy to the Asian Tour? The Asian Tour is headquartered in Singapore and they’ve long enjoyed hosting co-sanctioned ...