One week before the first major of the year, players who want to practice their swing land in Houston where, from today to Sunday, the Shell Houston Open is being held, an excellent competition with a prize pool of 6,8 million dollars. 1,224 million for the former. Among them is world number two Jordan Spieth, still looking for his best game and eager to defend his title next week in Augusta.
The appeal lacks big-caliber names such as Jason Day, number one in the ranking after last Sunday's victory in the match play world championship and number three Rory McIlroy. The field is still excellent and includes, among others, Rickie Fowler, Henrik Stenson, Phil Mickelson.
There are 144 challengers, of which 79 have won at least one tournament on the PGA tour. Among them, no Italians, neither this week nor next, as not even Francesco Molinari qualified for the Masters. Defends the title JB Holmes, who plays the first two days with Spieth and Patrick Reed.
Other triads to report are those of Charl Schwartzel, Fowler and Stenson; Vaughn Taylor, Mickelson and Sergio Garcia; Tony Finau, Dustin Johnson, Louis Oosthuizen. The tournament is broadcast live on Sky Sports, starting at nine in the evening, Italian time.
