Golf, by TourMiss

Nine-hole golf courses.  Some will argue they’re only half the fun as it’s all about testing your game over the full 18. True but some of the best experiences I’ve had in golf have been teeing-up on nine-hole layouts.  I learnt how to play the game on a 9-holer in Sydney, and in all my years reporting on this ancient club-and-ball game, I’ve had the pleasure of playing some memorable nine holes. Though the first nine holes, I wish to feature is not one I’ve played and ...

In what must have been a tough decision, Paul McGinley has announced he is stepping down as a member of European Tour Board, citing a conflict of interest given his high-profile role with SKY Sports Golf. McGinley, 56, is one of the best analysts in golf and his decision is understandable, and at a time as men’s professional golf faces continued unprecedented conflict and controversy. The emergence of LIV Golf and more recently, the announced Strategic Alliance between the DP World Tour and the ...

Scotland’s Connor Syme admitted he felt right at home battling the breezy conditions posting a four-under 68 on the opening day of the inaugural co-sanctioned SDC Championship at Eastern Cape in South Africa. Syme, 27, posted seven birdies to be lying third and just a shot behind the leading duo of Frenchman David Ravetto and Norwegian Kristian Krogh Johannessen, and one of just a few players not to drop a shot in the tough conditions. The host St. Francis Links course is located at the southern ...

Host Masters champion Scottie Scheffler reckons, and apart from loosing of belts, there will be no tension as his now fellow Augusta winners munch away on sliders, steak and cookies at next month’s champions dinner. As is customary, the reigning Masters winner gets to choose the menu and boy has Scheffler gone for a quintessential American array of favourites including cheeseburger sliders, Texas ribeye steak, blackened redfish, tortilla soup, firecracker shrimp, and a warm chocolate chip ...

After being ‘wiped-out’ last week in Kenya, Richie Ramsay says he’s regained his strength in returning to competition at this week’s inaugural co-sanctioning of the SDC Championship at Eastern Cape in South Africa. The Renaissance club-attached Ramsay suffered a bout of food poisoning following his opening round at last week’s Magical Kenya Open, and with Ramsay among a few Scots including Grant Forrest and Callum Hill struck down with the illness. Ramsay seemed to be affected ...

The war of words continues to heat-up following yesterday’s joint USGA/R&A statement at intended measures to reel-back the golf ball. First to voice their disapproval with the golf ball manufacturers, particularly Titleist and now it’s the professional golfers with double PGA Championship winning Justin Thomas has slammed the USGA declaring the New Jersey-based golf ruling body has a history of making some ‘pretty selfish’ decisions when asked his views Thomas was attending a media conference ...

As hinted by GolfByTourMiss the USGA and The R&A are planning to take measures, and if approved, will reel-in the ever-increasing distance the golf ball is being hit in ‘elite competition’ to a maximum of 317-yards (290 meters). In a joint statement, the two bodies have proposed a Model Local Rule (MLR) that gives competition organizers the option to require use of golf balls that are tested under modified launch conditions to address the impacts of hitting distance in golf. The MLR ...