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Rory McIlroy’s in a best place mind, body and equipment wise heading into any Major Championship. That’s the view of his assistant coach Dave Stockton who will meet with the double Major Champion later today (MON) at Augusta National. And after being left red-faced by his crimson-coloured Nike clubs for the larger part of last season, there’s not been one question about his clubs since late last year when he came from behind to defeat Masters champion Adam Scott in the Australian Open. “Every ...

Matt Jones – 2014 Shell Houston winner  –  Fact File With his victory, he wins for the first time on the PGA TOUR in his 156th career start on TOUR. The win earns him a berth in next week’s Masters Tournament, his first start in Augusta. He earns 500 FedExCup points and is now 16th with 798 points. He also earns $1,152,000 with his victory and is now 18th on the current money list. He becomes ninth Shell Houston Open winner from Australia and joins Bruce Devlin (1972), Bruce ...

Sydneysider Matt Jones made it four wins in seven weeks on the PGA Tour for Australian-born golfers when he brilliantly holed a 46-foot birdie putt and a 42-yard chip shot on the Shell Houston Open’s final two holes to earn his first PGA Tour victory. Jones’ chip-in came on the first hole of a sudden-death playoff in against the hapless American Matt Kuchar on the Golf Club of Houston course in suburban Humble. It is also the second week in succession a ‘Down Under’ golfer ...

Double Major winning Rory McIlroy has revealed his golf bags for this week’s 2014 Masters.

Rory McIlroy was headed to Augusta National and just the lift he needed with a superb seven-under par 65 on the final day of the Shell Houston Open. McIlroy ended his round in steady rain right on noon local time holing a 10-foot birdie putt in a bogey-free round on the Golf Club of Houston course in suburban Humble. It was the double Major winner’s lowest-ever Houston round and two shots better than his opening score on debut in the event in 2009 and also included just 24 putts. And it could have ...

Laid-back John Sendon was not about to get overawed heading back down Magnolia Lane for a fifth Augusta appearance. The affable Queenslander and devout Brisbane Bronco’s NRL fan made his Masters debut in 2008 and after a three-year absence he returned in 2012 and then for a first occasion played all four rounds last year to finish T35th behind close friend and Masters champion Adam Scott. Senden arrived back to Augusta National on Saturday and was out this morning (Sunday) getting his first ...

Rory McIlroy will look for a much-needed Shell Houston Open final round spark to take with him to Augusta National. For a third day running McIlroy failed to find pre-Masters momentum signing for a round of 74 to slip to a share of 38th place on one under pr. McIlroy’s round, that leaves him trailing 14 shots behind American Matt Kurchar, was a mix of two birdies but also four bogeys including three over his inward half. “I just haven’t been able to get anything going this week even though ...