This week's pro golf events | March 30-April 5

 

PGA TOUR

SHELL HOUSTON OPEN

 

Site: Humble, Texas.

Schedule: Thursday-Sunday.

Course: Golf Club of Houston, The Tournament (7,441 yards, par 72).

Purse: $5.9 million. Winner's share: $1,062,000,

 

Last year: Matt Jones won with a 42-yard birdie chip on the first hole of a playoff with Matt Kuchar. Jones made a 46-foot birdie putt on the final hole of regulation.

 

Last week: Jimmy Walker won his hometown Texas Open for his fifth victory in the last two seasons. Fellow Texan Jordan Spieth was second, four strokes back.

 

Notes: The Masters is next week at Augusta National. ... Walker, Spieth, Kuchar, Phil Mickelson, Sergio Garcia, Rickie Fowler, Martin Kaymer, Hunter Mahan, Lee Westwood and Ernie Els are in the field. Spieth won three weeks ago at Innisbrook.

 

 

LPGA TOUR

ANA INSPIRATION

 

Site: Rancho Mirage, California.

Schedule: Thursday-Sunday.

Course: Mission Hills Country Club, Dinah Shore Tournament Course (6,769 yards, par 72).

Purse: $2.5 million. Winner's share: $375,000.

 

Last year: Lexi Thompson won her first major title and fourth tour victory, beating Michelle Wie by three strokes. The 19-year-old Thompson became the second youngest major champion in LPGA Tour history.

 

Last week: Cristie Kerr won the Kia Classic at Aviara in Carlsbad for her 17th LPGA Tour title. Mirim Lee was second, two strokes back.

 

Notes: The event, first played in 1972 as the Colgate Dinah Shore, became a major in 1983. ... Top-ranked Lydia Ko has two worldwide victories this year, winning the tour's Women's Australian Open and the Ladies European Tour's New Zealand Women's Open in consecutive weeks. The 17-year-old New Zealander has 10 straight top-10 finishes and has broken par in her last 28 LPGA Tour rounds, one short of the record set by Annika Sorenstam in 2004. ... Morgan Pressel won in 2007 to become the youngest major champion in LPGA Tour history at 18 years, 10 months, 9 days.

 

CHAMPIONS TOUR

Next event: Greater Gwinnett Championship, April 17-19, TPC Sugarloaf, Duluth, Georgia.

 

Last week: David Frost won the Mississippi Gulf Resort Classic, beating Tom Lehman and Kevin Sutherland by a stroke.

 

EUROPEAN TOUR

Next event: Shenzhen International, April 16-19, Genzon Golf Club, Shenzhen, China.

 

Last week: Scotland's Richie Ramsay won the Trophee Hassan II in Morocco, beating France's Romain Wattel by a stroke.

 

WEB.COM TOUR

Next event: El Bosque Mexico Championship, April 16-19, El Bosque Golf Club, Leon, Mexico.

 

Last week: Kelly Kraft won the Louisiana Open for his first tour title, closing with a 6-under 65 in windy conditions for a one-stroke victory.

 

OTHER TOURNAMENTS

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NGA TOUR: Lake County Classic, Wednesday-Saturday, Harbor Hills Country Club, Lady Lake, Florida.

 

eGOLF GATEWAY TOUR: The Championship at St. James Plantation, Wednesday-Saturday, Reserve Club at St. James, Southport, North Carolina.

 

WOMEN

JAPAN LPGA TOUR: Yamaha Ladies Open, Thursday-Sunday, Katsuragi Golf Club, Shizuoka, Japan. 

 

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