Golf, by TourMiss

  For the first time in many a year Scotland’s current five top golfers, who competed last week in the Dubai season-ender, have not had to rush off to South Africa for the opening events of a new season. It means the clubs being packed away and no scorecard in their back pockets till at least the second week of January. The five, and in order of their final 2022 DP World final money-list standings – Ewen Ferguson (17th), Robert MacIntyre (19th), Richie Ramsay (19th), Connor Syme (28th) ...

Rory McIlroy has ended a 15th full season in the professional ranks on a positive note, creating golfing history in becoming the first player to end a season as a triple No. 1. McIlroy will see out 2022 in some 19 days as World No. 1, PGA Tour No. 1 and now DP World Tour No. 1. This past season he’s won three times on the PGA Tour that helped McIlroy capture a third FedEx Cup title but yet, he did not taste success on the DP World Tour but played strong enough over the season to be crowned European ...

Seamus Power will remain unmoved until the first week in January as the current PGA Tour No. 1 following his share of fifth place at the RSM Classic in coastal Georgia Power warmed to the wintery conditions posting an impressive final round 66 and finished four shots adrift of Canadian Adam Svensson, who birdied his closing two holes in a score of 64, and captured a maiden Tour title by two shots at 19-under. Power’s effort comes after his win in Bermuda and a share of third a fortnight ago ...

….. Jumeirah Estates, Dubai Jon Rahm ended his DP World Tour season on a multiple winning note, capturing a third Tour DP World Tour Championship (DPWTC) in four Dubai appearances and also a second DP World Tour title in succession with his comprehensive two-shot win in the season-ender in Dubai. Rahm won the DPWTC first in 2017 again in 2019 and now for a third occasion three years later. It was just last month the super Spaniard toasted a Spanish Open victory in Madrid that also was his third ...

…. Jumeirah Estates, Dubai Min Woo Lee was heading home ‘proud’ of his efforts after a fourth full season on the DP World Tour. Lee, 24, birdied the closing hole for a second day running in a three-under 679 for a seven-under tally and a share of 12th place at the year-ending DP World Tour Championship here on the Earth Course at Jumeirah Estates. The effort handed the Perth golfer an eventual season-ending 34th place on the DP World Tour money-list, and also at the close of the Tour’s ...

…. Jumeirah Estates, Dubai The Scottish foursome of Ewen Ferguson, Robert MacIntyre, Richie Ramsay and Connor Syme were congratulating each other delighted in earning automatic tee-times into next year’s 151st Open Championship at Royal Liverpool. The four brilliantly finished inside top-30 on the DP World Tour money list to book their Hoylake tee-times with Ferguson ending his year 17th, MacIntryre 18th, Ramsay 19th and Syme, jumping four places from 32nd and outside the 30 into 28th place ...

… Jumeirah Estates, Dubai​ Rory McIlroy may not have captured the season-ending DP World Tour Championship (DPWTC) but he has become only the second player​ in a season​ to be crowned by European Tour No. 1 and also PGA Tour FedEx Cup No. 1 McIlroy ended his season sharing third place on 17-under-par with England’s Tyrrell Hatton, and with super Spaniard Jon Rahm capturing the final event of the DP World season here on the Earth course in Dubai. The current World No. 1 ranked McIlroy ...