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Spain’s Sergio Garcia rebounded from a horror fourth hole double bogey to play the next 14 holes in seven under par in a round of 67 on the opening day of the Shell Houston Open. Garcia put his second shot into the water down the left side of the par five fourth before his fourth was just short of the putting surface from where he chipped to three feet and two-putted. But to his enormous credit Garcia, who is contesting the Houston event for only a third occasion in his career, then capped ...

Three players looking to deny Rory McIlroy Grand Slam glory at Augusta National believe the World No.1 will revel in next week’s Masters media spotlight. The trio are reigning US Open champion Martin Kaymer, past Irish Open winner Paul Casey and McIlroy’s good friend Rickie Fowler as Mclroy strives to become only the sixth golfer in the history of the game to win all four Majors. And unless Tiger Woods confirms he will compete it will be te World No.1 ranked McIlroy the world’s ...

In another golfing first this week we visited a Texas golf club, the Legendary Oaks GC, where you will find a chapel lying to side of the practice range. Of course, it triggered immediate thoughts whether the chapel is there in calling on divine intervention before a round of golf or to possibly later give thanks for a miracle 18 holes or maybe to seek forgiveness for any miss-givings on the course at Hempstead and located to the north of Houston.

Scotland’s funkiest clothing brand, Royal & Awesome, has teamed up with Sparks for the second successive year to add a dash of colour to the charity’s awesome golf challenges. Last year’s events saw a number of dazzlingly dressed golfers raise more than £20,000 for the children’s medical research charity and the buzz has carried over into 2015. For its Longest Golf Day Challenge at Fulwell GC in Twickenham – on Monday, June 22 – Sparks invites 60 golfers to ...

Fellow Masters champion Mark O’Meara is hopeful his long-time good friend Tiger Woods will tee-up in next week’s Masters.   O’Meara was one of the first Tour players Woods befriended when he turned pro late in 1996.   It was Woods, as defending Masters champion, who in 1998 fitted an Augusta National green jacket to O’Meara.   And while O’Meara may not have seen much of Woods given he is now competing on the Champions Tour the now 58-year old still understands the ...

Here is a selection of pictures in the lead-up to the 2015 Shell  Houston Open.

Thanks to the owners of Bluejack National we were fortunate to get a first look this afternoon at Tiger Woods first designed golf course in the U.S. – Bluejack National located on the outskirts of Montgomery and about an hour’s drive north of this week’s Shell Houston Open host venue. A little rain didn’t dampen the enthusiasm of organizers nor the media who were very warmly welcomed in what is an extremely inviting yet a temporary clubhouse. Eric Bauer, Director of Agronomy ...