Golf, by TourMiss

I have never been formally introduced to Tiger Woods but in the course of reporting on his winning ways around the world, I somehow became a friend. A friend, not in the sense I had his phone number and I could ring him up and see if he wanted to go out for a game of golf and an afterward beer. No, nothing like that.  More in the sense I would be present among the media where Woods was competing, and that he would see me at tournaments, and then in the course of sticking my hand-up to ask a ...

….. Fatiha Betscher  After months of singing the praise of Collin Morikawa likely to move to World No. 1, we have the scenario at this week’s Players Championship of a further three players in with the chance of reaching the pinnacle of the World Rankings. Not only does Morikawa have yet another opportunity but the likes of Norway’s Viktor Hovland and the American pair of Patrick Cantlay and Scottie Scheffler mathematically can move past Spaniard Jon Rahm and into the No. 1 position with ...

Rory McIlroy has spoken often when he first set eyes on boyhood hero, Tiger Woods and that being in attending the 2002 WGC – American Express Championship at Mt. Juliet. McIlroy was a freckle-faced, curly-haired 13-year-old when he jumped in the family car and was driven by his father south to the outskirts of Thomastown. His fondness for wanting to see Woods compete first hand also came to the fore at the 2006 Dubai Desert Classic, and McIlroy’s fourth DP World Tour event and while still ...

… by Fatiha Betscher In his five-year reign as Commissioner, Jay Monahan has not before been put under the spotlight in a manner he faced this morning (local time) at the annual PGA Tour Commissioner’s annual conference at Ponte Vedra in Florida. It’s been just five days shy of two years when Monahan sat in front of the assembled media on Friday 13th, March 2020 to announce the suspension of the Tour due to the impending Covid-19 pandemic that would bring a halt to sport around the globe. But ...

  You wonder why we love this game of golf. How do you think Ewen Ferguson was feeling when he let slip a four-shot leading cushion heading into the final day of the Magical Kenyan Open course only to see his chance to capture a first pro career victory slip bitterly through his fingers in posting a horror last day 76? His good friend, fellow Scot, and Modest Golf management stablemate Connor Syme knew exactly how Ferguson would be feeling, and that’s why he was waiting for him at the back ...

… by Fatiha Betscher  The Kenyan President was hand to extend a congratulatory handshake to China’s Ashun Wu after his impressive victory on debut at the Magical Kenyan Open. Wu came from four shots behind at the start of the final round to win by a similar margin thanks to his closing round 65 for a 16-under-par tally in ideal scoring condition, and at close to 1,900 meters above sea level on the famed Muthaiga course in Nairobi. The 36-year-old Wu celebrated not only a first victory ...

The shock news of the passing of ‘Spin King’ Shane Warne has not only taken the cricket world by surprise but some of the greats in golf have also broken down in tears in learning of Warne’s passing – at age just 52. “Warnie’, as he was known affectionately to everyone around the globe, died of a heart attack while on vacation in Thailand. The Aussie-born cricketing great, who took 702 Test wickets in his career, had been last seen at a golf event when he teamed with Kiwi Ryan Fox at ...