Golf, by TourMiss

I bumped into the affable Shubhanker Sharma at the recent Hero Dubai Desert Classic joking with him, when I asked him what he thought about the recent Australia versus India cricket series. India is a great cricketing nation and far-and-away the No. 1 sport in the country. However, the country was no match when Australia wrapped-up a five-match series 3-1 earlier last month in Sydney. There’s always been plenty of fun chatting cricket with the India-born golfers and here I am going back to ...

Scott Jamieson saved the best for last to secure a second top-10 finish of the new season at the Ras Al Khaimah Championship in the UAE. Jamieson, 41, produced a closing bogey-free 67 to share eighth place at 11-under in ideal scoring conditions on the host Al Hamra course, just over an hour’s drive north of Dubai. Spain’s Alejandro Del Rey stormed to a maiden Tour victory, posting rounds of 68 and three 66s to win by six shots at 22-under-par. The 27-year-old Madrid golfer grabbed 26 birdies ...

American Harris English ended a 1.308 day wait to capture a fifth PGA Tour victory with his success in Saturday’s ending Farmers Insurance Open at Torrey Pines. Final Leaderboard:  Pos. Player R1 R2 R3 SC R4 SC Total 1 Harris English 68 NC 73 SC 66 73 280 (-8) 2 Sam Stevens 69 SC 73 NC 71 68 281 (-7) 3 Andrew Novak 70 NC 72 SC 66 74 282 (-6) T4 Sungjae Im 69 SC 71 NC 72 71 283 (-5) T4 Kris Ventura 68 NC 73 SC 71 71 283 (-5) Harris English (Winner/-8) Earns his fifth PGA TOUR ...

French golfer Julien Sale carved his name into Asian Tour history in becoming the first Tour member to win on debut. Sale, 27, came from two shots off the lead to post a five-under-par closing day 65 and capture the Smart Infinity Philippine Open with an 11-under victory tally. Not only did Sale create Asian Tour history but the wins was his first as a professional. The Paris-based Sale, born on the tiny Reunion Island in the Indian Ocean, some 680 kilometres east of Madagascar, overhauled overnight ...

Top Scot Bob MacIntyre is returning to the States in the morning (Sunday Jan’ 26th) with all roads over the next few months leading to Augusta National, Georgia. MacIntyre is initally bound for famed Pebble Beach on the Californian west coast and in what will be a second first-time golf course in just three events on this year’s PGA Tour schedule. After teeing-up for a maiden occasion earlier this month at The Sentry Invitational on the Hawaiian island of Maui, MacIntyre will also tee-up ...

Scotland’s Russell Knox brilliantly reminded the golf world he’s not given up in his quest in returning to the dizzy heights of men’s professional golf. Knox’s share of second place in the Wednesday finish to the KornFerry Tour’s Bahamas Great Abaco Classic at The Abaco Club was a second top-10 finish in as many weeks after sharing ninth place a week earlier at The Bahamas Golf Classic at Atlantis Paradise Island. The effort has seen Knox muscle his way into third place ...

Scott Jamieson enjoys a first no other Scottish golfer currently competing around the world can match and that is he is tops when it comes to frequent flyer air miles. Now into his 15th straight DP World Tour season the Ponte Vedra, Florida based Jamison has been averaging around 20 different countries a season ahead of teeing-up in his 378th Tour event this week at the Ras Al Khaimah Championship around an hour’s driver north of Dubai in the UAE. It is the fifth hosting of the event and ...