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Graeme McDowell insists he has no fears heading to next fortnight’s Masters, and in fact will now enter next week’s Shell Houston Open after a lower left ankle injury forced him to withdraw after nine holes of today’s starting Valero Texas Open. McDowell was five over par at the time when he advised playing partners Dustin Johnson and Jim Furyk he could no longer continue in the $US 6.3m event being played in bright but windy conditions on the TPC San Antonio course. The former ...

Marc Warren is more focused on winning a pair of Texas cowboy boots this week than thoughts of next fortnight’s Masters and the winner’s reward of an Augusta National green jacket. The cowboy boots is an additional prize presented to the 2015 Valero Texas Open champion being held on the Greg Norman designed TPC San Antonio course in the Lone Star State. The Texas event also is another first in Warren’s career and with the Glaswegian, who is set to turn 34 on April 1st, competing in his ...

Three-time Ryder Cup winning star Martin Kaymer say he has no idea why Europe has dominated the biennial competition between Europe and the USA. The reigning US Open champion is returning to competition at this week’s Valero Texas Open and in what is his first appearance in the $US 6.3m event being played at the Greg Norman designed TPC San Antonio course. However when asked if there has been any ‘good-natured ribbing’ among his Gleneagles rivals ...

Shane Lowry will be hoping the added Valero Texas Open prize this week of a pair cowboy boots will fit better than his golf shoes.   Lowry was sporting a new pair of golf shoes during a practice round ahead of this week’s $US 6.2m event but admitting the shoes were a little too big for the Carton House pro.   However any footwear discomfort was not evident with Lowry’s game looking in great shape and in this his final event before he makes his Masters debut next fortnight at Augusta National.   Lowry ...

If Rory McIlroy is to win next month’s Masters he will do so wearing a predominantly yellow shirt over the final round of the season’s first Major. As is now customary, Nike has released details of the complete attire McIlroy will wear over the four days while it has done the same with regards to Tiger Woods, and of course, if Woods tees up on April 9th at Augusta National.

Ryder Cup captain Darren Clarke admits there is a danger he will be “too close” to the players on his team at Hazeltine, but insists he will not shy away from making tough decisions. The backing of players such as Rory McIlroy, Lee Westwood, Graeme McDowell and Ian Poulter was vital in Clarke being handed the 2016 captaincy ahead of Thomas Bjorn and Miguel Angel Jimenez. And while McIlroy would appear a certainty to make the team and again play in all five sessions, Clarke could face ...

A month after his official appointment to the role and European Ryder Cup Captain Darren Clarke met the media at Heathrow Airport today and revealed he was still on cloud nine after receiving what he described as the “highest honour” from The European Tour. Clarke, 46 earned the game’s greatest individual prize in capturing the 2011 Open Championship and now has his heart set on winning golf’s greatest team prize, and what is a reconstituted Ryder Cup. “The highest honour the European ...