Golf, by TourMiss

Rory McIlroy is lacking the ‘Tiger Attitude’. That’s the view of legendary Tom Weiskopf, the recently turned 78-year old winner of the 1973 Open Championship along with 27 other worldwide victories. The Ohio-born Weiskopf is also an acclaimed golf course designer having designed the famed Loch Lomond course in Scotland among his portfolio of world designs. Weiskopf was interviewed by Ponte Vedra-based fellow PGA Tour accredited journalist and my good friend, Adam Schupak. And among the questions ...

The PGA Tour has acquired minority stake in the European Tour’s media production company as part of an alliance that could be the start of a global golf schedule. This landmark alliance announced earlier today (Friday) allows the PGA Tour and European Tour to collaborate on commercial opportunities, global media rights in certain territories and scheduling. As part of the arrangement, PGA Tour Commissioner Jay Monahan will join the European Tour Board of Directors. The agreement will see ...

Golf de Roquebrune lies about 80 klms south of Nice and just under 20 klms north from Sainte Maxime. The golf course and resort is surrounded by the vineyards of Provence and overlooked by the Massif des Maures hills inland from Saint Raphaël and blending harmoniously into the surroundings. Many holes offer superb panoramic views over the bay of Fréjus and Saint-Raphaël, and the Lachens, Maures and Estérel mountains. ular Massif des Maures mountain range. The golf course was designed by leading ...

Scot Scott Jamieson gave himself an early birthday treat superbly birdieing four of his closing five holes in a round of 66 on day one of the Alfred Dunhill Championship in South Africa. Jamieson, who turns 37 on Saturday, grabbed seven birdies to be just a shot off the lead at Leopard Creek in Maleline. Frenchman Robin Roussel and Poland’s Adrian Meronk lead with co-sanctioned field with seven-under par 65s. Jamieson’s effort continues a good run of form for the Glaswegian who captured his only ...

Growing-up in Sydney meant the stunning sight of seeing the sun rise over the Pacific Ocean. Then in moving to live in Scotland I chose to live on the eastern shoreline of the country and enjoyed now seeing the sun rise up over the North Sea. And then in recent years, and in reporting on the Hero World Challenge in the Bahamas, we would spend the Christmas/New Year festive period in Florida and we found our way to places like West Palm Beach, Fort Lauderdale and more recently, Port St. Lucie and ...

Steak-loving Scot Robert MacIntyre has returned to competition teeing-up this week on one of the most dangerous man-eating animal and reptile inhabited golf course on the planet. MacIntyre is the second highest world-ranked at No. 62 in this week’s 21st hosting of the Alfred Dunhill Championship and for a 16th straight year being played on the famed Leopard Creek layout at Malelane in South Africa. The Leopard Creek Country Club is around a five-hour drive north-east of Joburg and laid out along ...

Final-Round Notes – Sunday, November 22, 2020  Weather: Partly cloudy, with a high of 73. Wind NE 10-15 mph.  Final Leaderboard Robert Streb (SS-PL)                         65-63-67-68—263 (-19)* Kevin Kisner (PL-SS)                          68-66-66-63—263 (-19) Cameron Tringale (PL-SS)                 67-68-67-62—264 (-18) Bernd Wiesberger (SS-PL)                66-68-68-63—265 (-17) Andrew Landry (PL-SS)                     ...