Golf, by TourMiss

Jon Rahm has one new jacket in his wardrobe and with the Masters champion now looking to add a second is an many weeks at this week’s  RBC Heritage at Hilton Head Island in South Carolina. Rahm, 28, became the fourth Spaniard in winning at Augusta National, and on the occasion of boyhood hero Seve Ballesteros’ birthday. And rather than take the week off celebrating, the World No. 1 has put the celebrations on hold for a week to make the short journey from Georgia to South Carolina to ...

For Scott Stalling, and not the real estate agent who received an invitation to tee-up in the Masters but the golfer Scott Stallings, found himself not only experiecing a much-publicised chaotic start but ended in being chased by police soon after competing at Augusta National. Of course, we all know the bizarre story of those at Augusta National incorrectly forwarding an invitation to compete in the 87th Masters to the wrong Scott Stallings, and that person who has a wife with same name as Scott ...

This week’s hosting of the RBC Heritage Classic reminds me of many incidents that took place in the days before and during the tournament held annually in the week following the Masters. It’s a easy 3-hour drive south-east from Augusta, Georgia to Hilton Head Island in South Carolina however, as I have reported before, you have got to stick to the speed limit driving through a number of these sleepy ‘one-horse’ towns. Just ask Jose Maria Olazabal, who was nabbed the day ...

The 1996 Masters was just my second appearance at Augusta National and with a round remaining, what an occasion it promised to be for this Australian-born reporter. Greg Norman leading the 60th hosting of the Masters by six shots and looking to become the first Australian golfer to win at Augusta National. As Sunday morning dawned, I was not alone in having put a skelton copy together featuring all sorts of record-breaking Norman and Australian golfing achievements, and thinking to myself all we ...

  Scotland’s David Drysdale is delighted with news the Asian Tour will create golfing history with the staging late August of the inaugural St. Andrews Bay Championship at the Fairmont Resort in the Home of Golf nation. The Asian Tour event, and this newest tournament on the lucrative International Series, will not only feature the best on the Asian Tour but surely feature a sprinkling of LIV players when staged from 24th to 27th August on the Torrance Course. News of the Asian Tour hosting ...

  In a history-making first the Asian Tour will play host to the inaugural St. Andrews Bay Championship at the Fairmont Resort on the outskirts of the Home of Golf in St. Andrews The event will be staged from 24th to 27th August and week following the International Series England event at Close House in England. The Fairmont Resort has been the focus for international golf for the past two years thanks to the hosting of the DP World Tour’s Hero Open, and with Scot Grant Forrest capturing the ...

Butch Harmon was four-and-a-half years old when his father, Claude Senior captured the 1948 Masters. Now aged 76, he’s been used to having an Augusta National member in the family for almost 50-years of his life, until his father passed away in 1989 while Butch coached Masters winners Tiger Woods, Phil Mickelson, Fred Couples and also Dustin Johnson. When it comes to all things the Masters, Harmon has more than enough Augusta credentials, so it’s no surprise when labels new Masters ...