Golf, by TourMiss

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 ...

Scotland’s Craig Howie is very conscious of freezing conditions back home in warming to shoot a 70 on the opening day of the AfrAsia Bank Mauritius Open. Howie grabbed three birdies and heads to day two of the co-sanctioned event trailing eight shots behind Finland’s Sami Valimaki on the Mont Choisy course just 13 miles to the north of the capital, Port Louis. Valimaki, 24, set a new course record in the mid-80s degree Fahrenheit weather, albeit for a short mid-round rain squall, muscling ...

Finland’s Sami Valimaki deposited a sizzling new course record 10-under-par 62 to the lead the field by two shots on the opening day of the AfrAsia Bank Mauritius Open. The effort handed Valimaki a two-shot two lead on the Mont Choisy course located some 15 miles to the north of the capital, Port Louis. It’s the first time the course is being used for a first time in the now six-year history of the event. The world No. 323 ranked Fin capped his round when he birdied four holes in succession ...

There may be the chance over the Christmas Festive season that if you drop by the newly-opened Old Bonded Warehouse Pub at Bury Quay in Tullamore you may bump into a co-owner in Shane Lowry. We learned last month Lowry had teamed with close friend and pub tycoon Alan Clancy in delving into the pub and restaurant business in his native Offaly. The Open Champion got involved in this first business adventure with the purchase of the pub about a year ago but it has been Clancy who was instrumental in ...

It was so sad earlier this year in leaning news that former Asian Tour player and CEO Kyi Hla Han had passed away less than a week after turning the ‘young’ age of just 61. I got to know Kyi Hla well in travelling to co-sanctioned events in Malaysia, Thailand, Singapore and China.  He was always engaging and always grateful for the support myself and other European Tour based colleagues showed in travelling to these countries. He competed in 78 events on the European Tour, mainly those ...

Rory McIlroy continues to roar as his sparkling season just got better with confirmation he has been honoured by the Association of Golf Writers (AGW) as their 2022 AGW Golfer of the Year. It is a record-equalling fourth occasion the winner of 35 pro career titles has been honoured with the award after the reigning DP World Tour No 1, PGA Tour No 1 and current World No 1 had been first voted in 2012 and then again in 2014 and 2015. “I am honoured to be recognised for the fourth time by members ...