Golf, by TourMiss

Tommy Fleetwood is set to celebrate his 33rd birthday five days early with a hopeful victory in the inaugural hosting of the Dubai Invitational. Fleetwood took full advantage of golf’s traditional ‘Moving Day’ in posting a brilliant bogey-free eight-under 63 and how head to the final day’s play one clear of his rivals at 15-under on the host Dubai Golf & Creek Club course in Dubai. Rory McIlroy struggled to be even par through 10 holes before finally getting his round ...

Ewen Ferguson was in good spirits heading into the weekend rounds of his first event of a new year and this despite making a penalty splash with his very first competition shot a day earlier at the inaugural DP World Tour’s Dubai Invitational. Ferguson, who now calls Dubai home, posted a bogey-free second day three-under 68 to head into the weekend rounds sharing 10th place at five-under on the host Dubai Creek Golf & Yacht Club course. He said: “It’s been a good two days, playing an event ...

Robert MacIntyre has thanked out-going Tour CEO Keith Pelley for providing Scotland’s top-ranked golfer ‘with a pathway to his dreams’. Pelley celebrated his 60th birthday Thursday in somewhat bizarre manner, first learning while competing in this week’s inaugural pro/amateur Dubai Invitational, that news of him quitting as head of the European Tour Group had been unceremonously leaked by his new employer. It put the Tour, that’s he’s been their head since May 2015, in damage control ...

True golf fans have heard of the Wentworth Club in leafy Surrey, as it’s the host venue each year for the DP World Tour’s flagship BMW PGA Championship. Wentworth is located also just a short drive from London’s Heathrow Airport however if you wanted to travel to Wentworth’s namesake and that’s the Wentworth Club to the north of Tampa, then you’re looking at a trans Atlantic flight of over a 10-hours. The Florida-located Wentworth Club at Tarpon Springs is just ...

Guy Kinnings has been confirmed as the new CEO of the European Tour, taking over in the role from 2nd April, 2024. Kinnings is the current deputy CEO and also the European Ryder Cup Director and was announced as the new CEO in a Tour press statement confirming present CEO Pelley will be stepping down from his role. Pelley, who turned 60 today (January 11th), will leave the European Tour group after eight-and-a-half years in the role to join Maple Leaf Sports & Entertainment Ltd (MLSE) in his ...

Triple major winning Padraig Harrington has ruled out next week’s Hero Dubai Desert Classic but with the DP World Tour confirming he will tee-up in next fortnight’s Ras Al Khaimah Championship This comes after the 52-year-old Harrington revealed he battled the Festive Season fighting a double dose of major medical concerns that included a bout of pneumonia but suffered a collapsed lung. His illness forced Harrington out of this week’s inaugural Dubai Invitational and now he’s ...

European Tour CEO Keith Pelley is leaving his role and returning to his native Canada, having accepted the post as  President and CEO of Maple Leaf Sports & Entertainment, based in his home city of Toronto, Canada. Pelley’s last day as CEO will be 1st April, 2024. Confirmation of Pelley’s new role already appears on Wikipedia and it comes a day in learning R & A CEO Martin Slumbers will also step down later this year, News of Pelley’s new comes on the day of his 60th birthday ...