Golf, by TourMiss

Dubai, UAE …. It will have been some four months when Open Champion, Francesco Molinari finally gets to return home to Italy with the Claret Jug. The London-based Italian simply has not had time amid a heavy 2018 schedule, along with becoming the first player in the history of European Team Ryder Cup competition to win all five of his matches, to take his young family home to visit his parents. And what a triumphant journey home it promises to be for the 36-year old. Not only will Molinari ...

Dubai, UAE … Lone Scot Russell Knox is on mission teeing-up in a maiden DP World Tour Championship looking to turn a ‘B-minus’ year into an ‘A’ season. Knox and his wife, Andrea visited sprawling Dubai just once before and that was early in 2016 for a day visit while he was contesting the Abu Dhabi HSBC Championship in nearby Abu Dhabi. The reigning Irish Open winner is among just 60 players who’ll tee-up this week on the Earth Course as the European Tour looks to ...

Dubai, UAE …. They are close friends but Francesco Molinari is not about to give Tommy Fleetwood the proverbial cold shoulder when the duo tee-up Thursday in the 2018 finale to the European Tour season. Only a victory by Fleetwood in the DP World Tour Championship will deny Molinari the title of European No.1. And while we saw their strong friendship during the recent Ryder Cup, Molinari was asked ahead of the $US 8m event what the atomsphere will be like between the two and  if he would be ...

Dubai, UAE … Rory McIlroy will clearly shock the European Tour, event sponsors and his enormous Irish fan base after hinting the possibilty of not contesting next year’s Dubai Duty Free Irish Open at Lahinch. And in a second big surprise, McIlroy indicated he may also abandon taking-up 2019 European Tour membership. McIlroy has played host to the past four years to the Irish Open and in the process attracting sponsors Dubai Duty Free plus also managing to entice some of the world’s best ...

Dubai, UAE … Rory McIlroy is sure to leave the European Tour slightly red-faced with a decision not to take-up 2019 membership. McIlroy made the revelation ahead of this week’s season-ending DP World Tour Championship in Dubai. McIlroy, and now aged 29, joined the European Tour soon after the 2007 Walker Cup and brilliantly secured his Tour card in just his second event by finishing third in the 2007 Alfred Dunhill Links Championship. He then captured the first of his current 23 pro victory ...

Sergio Garcia is on target to accomplished for only a second time in his 34-tournament winning career and that is to win back-to-back with success in the Nedbank Challenge. Garcia, 38 will take a two-shot lead into the last day after posting a third day 71 for a 10-under par total at Sun City in South Africa. The Spaniard, who was a controversial Ryder Cup ‘wildcard’ pick, won in his very first event post Versailles and now looks set to win the Nedbank for a third occasion after capturing the ...

This year’s Tiger Woods hosted Hero World Challenge has attracted a field the envy of tournament directors around the globe. Sixteen of the 18-player field are ranked within the top-23 and with the event returning again to the Albany Club in the Bahamas from November 29th to December 2nd. World No. 1 and local resident Justin Rose heads those competing. Joining Rose is Dustin Johnson (World No. 3), Justin Thomas (4), Bryson DeChambeau (5) Jon Rahm (8), Rickie Fowler (9) Tommy Fleetwood (10) ...