Golf, by TourMiss

… Albany, The Bahamas Six months on and Tiger Woods along with caddy Joe LaCava got to sit down over a few beers to savour watching highlights of ‘their’ 2019 Masters victory. LaCava, who has actually been Woods full-time caddy since 2011, visited Woods and his family at their palatial Florida home. The pair began chatting. The video recorder was switched on and a few beers were also opened. “We spoke about the conversations we had over each shot,” said Woods in an article ...

Shane Lowry and Rory McIlroy are the only golfers among 26 on a ‘longlist’ of nominees for the annual RTE ‘Sportsperson of the Year’ award to be presented on December 14th. McIlroy is a previous winner of the award and so too is boxer Katie Taylor and with the duo along with Lowry favourites to be presented with the award. Also, and a strong favourite is Dublin’s Stephen Cluxton and the most-capped Gaelic footballer in history who also led his team to an historic five-in-row victories. Just ...

Five-time Major champion Phil Mickelson confirmed he will join an already strong Stars and Stripes showing in next year’s Saudi International powered by SoftBank Investment Advisers taking place on the Royal Greens Golf & Country Club from 30 January to 2 February 2020. Mickelson will join Tony Finau, along with defending champion Dustin Johnson along with current World No. 1 Brooks Koepka and Masters-winning Patrick Reed who will journey to King Abdullah Economic City (KAEC) to compete ...

…… Sydney, Australia Paul Casey will end a 16-year Sydney absence when he tees-up later this week in this week’s Emirates Australian Open. Casey, 42 was last in Sydney in 2003 when he captured the European Tour sanctioned ANZ Championship on the Alister MacKenzie designed New South Wales club and not that far from this week’s host venue at The Australian club. The Englishman’s victory at the entrance to famed Botany Bay was the then 26-year old’s second of now ...

Exactly three years to the date after turning professional, England’s Harry Konig won his first title in dramatic fashion at the $100,000 Journey to Jordan Tour Championship, the season-ending event on the MENA Tour by Arena, on Thursday. At the Greg Norman-designed Ayla Golf Club, the 24-year-old from Devon seemed out of the reckoning when he was three-over through eight holes. But he first holed his wedge third shot for an eagle on the par-5 ninth, and then played the last five holes to four-under ...

Brilliant Dubai-born 15-year old Josh Hill is in pole position to win for a second time in just 35-days on the MENA Tour. Hill produced a second round 69 to lead the Tour’s year-end event by a shot on the Greg Norman-designed Ayla course in Jordan. It was just 35 days ago, Hill set a new ‘Official World Golf Ranking’ golf record in becoming the youngest-ever, at 15 -years 6 months and 27 days in capturing the Al Ain Open.  Now Hill looks primed to win again at the Tour’s ...

England’s and Dubai-born amateur Josh Hill along with fellow Englishman Joshua Grenville-Wood and Sweden’s Gabriel Axell were in a three-way tie for the lead with rounds of six-under par 66 on the opening day of the $100,000 Journey To Jordan Tour Championship Monday. Even as a strong and perplexing wind blew the whole day at the Greg Norman-designed Ayla Golf Club – switching direction and coming off the north instead of south which is what the players have always faced during their trips ...