Golf, by TourMiss

Tom McKibbin was naturally tight-lipped when asked about reports he is set to join LIV Golf. News broke yesterday that the Northern Irishman, and a member as the same Holywood Golf Club as Rory McIlroy, seems set to join the Saudi-backed league before even playing a shot as one of the newest 2025 PGA Tour members. And knowing he was surely going to be asked about the news, and first reported by the Spanish-based Ten-Golf, it was clear McKibbin had been coached by his management team what to say, ...

Rory McIlroy or DP World Tour? Who’s likely to be more shocked if new Holywood sensation Tom McKibbion joins LIV Golf? News the 22-year-old McKibbin could be joining Jon Rahm’s Legion X111 side has hit the golfing news websites like a rocket and with the Northern Irishman to replace South African Scott Vincent. McKibbin is making his 2025 season debut in this week’s DP World Tour Team Cup in Abu Dhabi, and in the latest version of what used to be the Seve Trophy and used a guide ...

Good news with the Governing Board of the Official World Golf Ranking (OWGR) appointing Trevor Immelman to become its new Chairman, beginning April 10, 2025. Immelman, who won the 2008 Masters Tournament at Augusta National, will succeed Peter Dawson CBE, who has held the role since 2016. After turning professional in 1999, Immelman enjoyed a successful international playing career, reaching a career high of 12th on the OWGR in 2006. The South African won five times on the Sunshine Tour, including ...

Collin Moikawa was smiling when asked post his final Sentry tournament round how much he enjoyed playing in Hawaii. Morikawa posted rounds of 66, 65, 62 and a closing 67 for an impressive 32-under tally but only to finish runner-up by three shots to Japan golfing hero Hideki Matsuyama, As predicated by GolfByTourMiss, Matsuyama set a new PGA Tour 72-hole tournament low of 35-under par and that’s one shot less than Aussie Cameron Smith in breaking the 72-hole Tour three years ago with his 34-under ...

As reported by GolfByTourMiss & Record Sport earlier last month, former Masters champ Patrick Reed can now put any fear of suspension behind him with confirmation he is contesting the up-coming Hero Dubai Desert Classic in Dubai. Reed indicated at the PIF Saudi International Open he desire to kick-start his 2025 season in the January 16th commencing Dubai event where two years ago lost out by a shot to McIlroy. Though the LIV golfer and DP World Tour Life Member, in speaking with him in Riyadh ...

Super-talented American amateur David Ford is excited with just over a week till he makes his DP World Tour debut at the January 16th commencing Hero Dubai Desert Classic at the famed Emirates Club in Dubai. Ford, 22, was a member of the victorious 2023 USA Walker Cup team and capped that year being named ACC Player of the Year.  A year earlier in 2022, he was honoured as the ACC Freshman of the Year. He earned the Hero Dubai Desert Classic invitation by finishing the fall portion of the collegiate ...

The major winning duo of Hideki Matsuyama and Collin Morikawa are just one round shy of not only setting a new The Sentry tournament 72-hole low score but also breaking the current PGA Tour four-round 72-hole low. Matsuyama leads the way into the last round of the first tournament of 2025 posting a stunning third round 62 to move to 27-under on a defenceless host Plantation course. Just one shot back in Morikawa and with his 26-under three-round tally of 193 marking a career-low 54-hole score by ...