Golf, by TourMiss

​ Here’s a golfing fact just three days out from the New Year and that is to advise today, 29th December marks 100 days to tee-off in the 2023 Ma​s​ters. Many of our readers will probably be rugged-up somewhere striving to fight off the winter chill or maybe there’s those lucky enough to be lazing beside the pool and with all not overly concerned with the distant staging of what will be the 87th hosting of the Masters. However, what will be most interesting will be a first look at the ...

In speaking recently with Jordan Spieth he revealed a wonderful tribute he has in place within his Texas home to the late, great sports star Shane Warne. It was just over seven years ago, Spieth and Warne met for the first time in the pro-am ahead of the 2015 Emirates Australian Open at the Australian Club in Sydney. Spieth was the reigning World No. 1 arriving into Australia’s oldest city as the winner earlier in the year of The Masters and the US Open, along with capturing the Valspar Championship, ...

  Augusta National has issued a statement confirming all eligible LIV Golfers, including six past Masters champions, will be extended an invitation to tee-up in the 2023 Masters. Chairman Fred Ridley confirmed this news in a public statement saying: From its inception in 1934, the purpose of the Masters Tournament has been to benefit the game of golf. Each April, the Masters assembles the world’s leading golfers to compete for the Green Jacket and a place in history. It provides a stage ...

  ​It’s an utter disgrace as I posted on social media that the BBC has now formally snubbed 2022 US Open champion, Matthew Fitzpatrick as a nomination for their ill-named ‘Sports Personality of the Year’ award. Fitzpatrick, 28, brilliantly became the first British golfer since Danny Willett won the 2016 Masters, to triumph at the game’s highest level following his spectacular fairway bunker shot down the final hole at Brookline. It was a month ago that Fitzpatrick had ...

Golfing legend Annika Sorenstam has added another chapter to her illustrious career in accepting an invitation to become a first woman vice-president of the Association of Golf Writers (AGW). Across her career, the Swede has won 10 majors and over 90 professional tournaments around the world in addition to representing Europe in eight Solheim Cups. The Association has previously recognised Annika’s playing feats by awarding her AGW Golfer of the Year honours both in 2003 and 2005.  It was also ...

Scot Craig Howie has given his new season a good start with the assurance of two pays cheques from as many events to be lying top-20 at the AfrAsia Bank Mauritius Open. The Peebles golfer battled the hot but very windy conditions posting a one-under par 71 to move to three-under on the Mont Choisy course on the north-eastern corner of Mauritius. He said: “I’m exhausted after that round.  It was really warm out there and with the wind making it really tough and very difficult. “If you ...

  World No. 1 Rory McIlroy has thrown his full backing behind news the PGA TOUR and GOLF+, the leading VR golf game in the world, have signed a long-term deal that makes GOLF+ the “Official Virtual Reality Golf Game of the PGA TOUR. The agreement will also see the creation of new PGA TOUR game experiences where GOLF+ players will be able to experience exclusive, interactive content and features tied to real-world PGA TOUR tournaments. “This technology has the power to not only bring new ...