Rory McIlroy Adds Valero Texas Open To His Schedule
Struggling World No. 2 Rory McIlroy has added next week’s Valero Texas Open and in what many observers believes is a very smart move the week before the Masters.
McIlroy, currently competing at the Shell Houston Open, notified tournament officials through his management company shortly after posting a second round 70 to make the halfway cut at one-under par that he would be headed to San Antonio.
It is also undertstood McIlory’s Horizon Sports Management has been in discussion with ...
Geoff Ogilvy’s Augusta National Hopes Disappear Into A Watery Redstone Grave.
Geoff Ogilvy’s hope of contesting next month’s Masters ended at the par three, seveth hole of the Redstone course on day two of the Shell Houston Open.
Ogilvy arrived in Houston lying 50th on the World Rankings and just really needing to make the cut in the $6.2m event.
The Australian went into the second round at one over par but then started with an opening hole bogey before his demise at the seventh hole on the Redstone Course.
Ogilvy put his tee shot into the water left of the green ...
‘Dufnering’ Craze Sweeps Shell Houston Open – Tour Miss Involved.
Call it crazy and you can call it stupid but a new craze has swept the Shell Houston Open – ‘Dufnering’.
The protagonist himself, Jason Dufner, explained the photograh taken of him looking thoroughly disinterested in a classroom surrounded by children, while performing a charity visit to the J. Erik Jonsson Community School in Dallas.
Dufner sat next to two children who were listening intently to the teacher. His legs are erect, his arms stiff at his side, and he has a vacant look ...
Horsepower On Display At Shell Houston Open – Joey Lagano’s 5.8 Litre NASCAR Shell Penzoil Ford.
They call Joey Lagano ‘sliced bread’ (as in the greatest thing since) as he’s the youngest NASCAR driver to win a Nationwide Series race at age 18 years and 21 days old.
Lagano then became winning in Sprint Cup Series history when he was first past the chequered flag in the 2009 Lenox Industrial Tools 300 at New Hampshire Motor Speedway.
Logano is now the youngest winner in two of NASCAR’S three top divisions. Logano is also the first NASCAR driver born in the 1990s that ...
Shane Lowry’s Penultimate Shot During Shell Houston Opener His Best In Four Months.
Shane Lowry hit what he described as his best shot all season to set up birdie at the last in his round of a one under par 71 on day one of the Shell Houston Open.
After racing to three under par after just six holes, Lowry absolutely ‘flushed’ a four-iron to just six feet at the ninth and his 18th hole for a ‘two’ to end his day’s work on the Redstone course in suburban Humble.
It is Lowry’s first appearance in Houston and on a course again set up to help the two dozen ...
Rory McIlroy Corrects Early Out Of Control Shell Houston Open Orbit.
Those out following Rory McIlroy over the front nine on the opening day of the Shell Houston Open could very well have joined in chorus declaring: “Houston, Rory has a problem!”
But after slumping to three over par over his outward half McIlroy managed to fix the problem and superbly wipe out the bogeys in the first four holes of his homeward nine in signing for an eventual score of a one over par 73.
It left McIlroy trailing nine strokes behind American D.A. Points who resurrected a putter ...
Lee Westwood’s Shortest Club Helps Salvage Problems With Longer Clubs
Lee Westwood’s shortest club in the bag help salvage concerns with his longer clubs on the opening day of the Shell Houston Open.
Westwood needed just 26 putts in a round of a four under par 68 using a putter with an extended long grip and that’s halfway between a standard putter and the controversial belly putter.
It’s the fourth occasion in his last six opening rounds on the Redstone Course Westwood’s started with a 68 but with his best Houston result of a share of eighth three years ago.
“I’ve ...
