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Tot Hill Farm Golf Club – “A Round Without A Ricochet Is A Major Accomplishment”.
I’ve said this before but a great aspect in driving between PGA Tour events is being able to travel at your own pace.
If driving and you’re in a hurry, then there’s the Interstates. In contrast, if you’re not in a hurry it’s a mixture of the Interstates and also the ‘back roads’.
The back roads, as I like to call them, are the state roads that lead to all sorts of meetings and adventures, and if you have the golf clubs like I would also be assured to pack, ...
Im Becomes PGA Tour’s Top Birdie-Making Machine Surpassing Gowie, Calc and Rambo
South Koren Im Sung-jae reinforced his reputation as a birdie machine by setting a new PGA Tour record in making the most birdies in a 72-hole tournament en route to a career third top-10 in four outings at The Sentry on Sunday.
On a final day where Chris Kirk claimed a thrilling one-stroke victory over Sahith Theegala in the season-opening event of 2024 and compatriot An Byeong-hun posting a solo fourth in his debut at The Plantation course at Kapalua, Im ensured memorable week himself by registering ...
Royal Golf Club – Long 13-Year Tour Return Wait Is Over For Bahrain’s Only 18-Holer
It has been 13 long years since the Persian Gulf island kingdom of Bahrain has featured on the annual DP World Tour schedule.
That was in 2011 with the hosting of the inaugural Volvo Champions won by England’s Paul Casey over a then three-year old Colin Montgomerie redesigned course located some 20 kilometres south of the capital Manmar.
GolfByTourMiss recently rekindled memories of that first event and you can read our feature article by clicking on: http://www.golfbytourmiss.com/2024/01/bahrains-royal-club-rewarding-golf-in-this-oil-rich-nation/
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Bahrain’s Royal Club – Rewarding Golf In This Oil-Rich Nation
Updated January, 2025 …
Have you ever played a golf course where you are afforded a ‘free’ drop from oil pipelines?
This is one of ‘local rules’ when tackling the Royal Golf Club course in Bahrain and host venue for this week’s Bapco Energies Bahrain Championship taking place on the Colin Montgomerie designed Royal Golf Club course close to the capital Manama.
In fact, the official scorecard (see below) lists the rule saying under Rule 16.1 of the Official Rules ...
Just Half Of 10 New PGA Tour Rookies From DP World Tour Teeing-Up In Hawaii.
It would seem the lure of the mighty US dollar may not be all that strong, well certainly not for some at this early part of an exciting new golfing season.
The PGA Tour has released the draw for next week’s Sony Open with just five players, who qualified from the DP World Tour, choosing to travel to Hawaii.
It was a historic, and somewhat controversial, decision last year to afford the leading 10 money-list players at the close of the 2023 DPWT season, and otherwise not already a PGA Tour ...
Ballyliffin’s Glashedy Links – Young In Spirit, Mature In Outlook.
* First published in 2019, updated 2025
Those who can recall watching TV coverage of the 2018 Irish Open surely must have been in awe of the pictures being beamed around the globe from the host venue – the Ballyliffin Golf Club in Co. Donegal, Ireland.
It was the first time Ballyliffin was on show for all the golf world to see in all its glory.
For four days under virtual cloudless skies the Glashedy Links course shone brightly, a golf course laid-out along the shores of the mighty Atlantic ...
Dubai Creek Golf & Yacht Club – 31 Facts To Celebrate 31st Anniversary.
The up-coming inaugural 2024 DP World Tour’s Dubai Invitational brings back many fond memories in visting the host venue at the famed Dubai Creek Golf & Yacht Club.
The Tour is no stranger to the 18-hole course laid-out along Dubai Creek, featuring it’s stunning and award-winning ‘sail-like’ clubhouse, as the club hosted the 1999 and 2000 edition of the Dubai Desert Classic.
It’s 31-years ago this month the Dubai Creek Golf and Yacht Club was opened back in 1993.
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