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Houston, TX … Olympic Games Gold medal winning Justin Rose confirmed he has entered, and without any ‘arm-twisting’ from event host Rory McIlroy, to contest this year’s Dubai Duty Free Irish Open at Portstewart. News of Rose’s entry, and the highest-ranked player outside of Ireland, comes on top of confirmation of a strong Irish contingent teeing up in the July 6th starting event. It will be the first Irish Open for the current World No. 13 ranked Rose in seven long years since he finished ...

Houston, TX … “Houston, we have a problem” with the Masters preparations of Augusta National former champions, Jordan Spieth and Adam Scott along with Open Champion Henrik Stenson askew with all three missing the cut in the Shell Houston Open. Scott and Spieth, winners at Augusta in 2013 and 2015 respectively, shot rounds of five over par 77s while Stenson jumped straight on the mobile phone to his wife trying to work out his best weekend option in posting a score of 75. Texas-born ...

Houston, TX … England’s top-ranked Justin Rose says he’s short game and putting is so good he’s quietly confident of seeing the St. George flag raised at Augusta National for a second year running. Rose fought back from a horror mid-round two-hole collapse when he dropped three shots to birdie three of his closing seven holes in a round of 71 to stay inside the top-10 at six under par on day two of the Shell Houston Open. The Rio Gold medal winning Rose also saw off any challenge ...

Houston, TX … Spanish rookie sensation Jon Rahm is heading next week to his maiden Masters appearance inspired by memories of two of the greats of Spanish golf – the late Seve Ballasertos and double Masters winning Jose Maria Olazabal. Rahm qualified for the Masters in brilliantly eagling the final hole to capture the Farmers Insurance Open at Torrey Pines. Then after finishing top-5 in the WGC – Mexico Championship the 22-year old battled World No. 1 Dustin Johnson all the way ...

Houston, TX … Rickie Fowler stormed his way to a lowest ever Shell Houston Open round and a one shot lead on the opening day of the event at the Golf Club of Houston. Fowler didn’t drop a shot in racing to five under par through seven holes and then picked up three back nine birdies in an eight under par 64. It handed the American firstly a four shot lunchtime lead before South Korean Sang Kang carded a seven under par 65. Fowler’s eight birdies is the most in any round this season ...

Houston, TX … Tiger Woods could be very well be competing next week at the Masters with confirmation he will front the Augusta National media at 1pm next Tuesday (US time. If so, it will be the first occasion since 2015 Woods will tee-up on the Georgia golfing gem, and also on the 20th anniversary in winning by 12 shots the first of four Masters green jackets. Woods has not competed since limping off with a horror score of 77 on day one in January’s Dubai Desert Classic and then withdrawing ...

Houston, TX … It was Monday morning Australian time as Geoff Ogilvy got up very early to watch TV coverage of the final round of the 1997 Masters. He was aged 19 and just shy of turning to the play-for-pay ranks. Ogilvy had already enjoyed success on the amateur world stage capturing the 1995 Portsea Open Amateur, the 1996 German Amateur Open Championship and the 1997 Lake Macquarie Amateur. No doubt dressed in his pyjamas, Ogilvy also considered himself an inspiring star in Australian golf ...