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Jordan Spieth has returned to Sydney for this week’s Australian Open declaring that if he continues to win two tournaments a year, as he has done to date in 2016, then he’s in Phil Mickelson territory. The double Major winning American faced the media at Royal Sydney but it had to be one of the tamest pre-tournament interviews one of the game’s top golfers has faced. They call themselves journalists.  If was though the Aussie press (and I am not singling out the dedicated ‘down ...

Five years ago this week, Spain’s very affable Alvaro Quiros muscled his way to a two-shot victory in the 2011 season-ending DP World Tour Championship in Dubai. The Spanaird was riding the crest of a golfing wave having become the first to capture the ‘Dubai Double’ in succeeding early in the year at the Dubai Desert Classic. His victory at the end of the season on the Earth Course at Jumeriah Estates help propel Quiros to a World Ranking high of No.21. It was also his sixth European ...

VisitScotland and Aberdeen Asset Management have welcomed the news that the Aberdeen Asset Management Scottish Open will be part of the newly announced Rolex Series as part of an enhanced European Tour schedule for 2017. The European Tour revealed that the Aberdeen Asset Management Scottish Open, taking place at Dundonald Links in Ayrshire in 2017, will benefit from an enhanced prize fund of US$7 million thanks to the agreement as well as a significantly enhanced media profile through improved television ...

Rory McIlroy knows he has a better shot at regaining his No. 1 world ranking later this week than capturing a third straight Race to Dubai title. McIlroy returns to competition for the season-ending DP World Tour Championship but having seen his R2D title hopes vanish by his controversially late decision not to contest last fortnight’s Turkish Airlines Open. McIlroy also chose not to tee-up a week ago in the Nedbank Challenge and with Sweden’s Alex Noren making McIlroy pay dearly as the Swede ...

European Tour CEO Keith Pelley has labelled the new Rolex Series as the most significant initiative in the 44-year history of the European Tour. The innovative concept — launched today with the European Tour’s longest standing partner, Rolex and will enhance both the competitive and entertainment experience for members and fans around the world. “We are delighted to unveil the Rolex Series today and we are committed to developing and building on it over the coming years.,” said Pelley. “The ...

First there was sadness for England’s Graeme Storm but then there was joy but then the Englishman began to wonder though it’s worked out well for the player known as ‘Stormy’. Storm lost his European Tour card by just Euro 100 but that was before Patrick Reed was stripped of European Tour membership by not contesting five mandatory ‘regular’ Tour events. So it’s little wonder Storm may have felt uneasy when European Tour CEO, Keith Pelley announced earlier ...

As previously reported by www.golfbytourmiss.com  a new Ryder Cup style teams format will debut at next year’s Zurich Classic of New Orleans. Olympic gold and silver medallists Justin Rose and Henrik Stenson were among the first to sign up for the PGA Tour’s first team event since 1981. The Zurich Classic outside New Orleans will feature 80 two-man teams, and both players will receive credit for an official victory, the tour said Monday. Rose outlasted Stenson in the final round at ...