Jordan Spieth won the Valspar Championship and finished second last week to Jimmy Walker at the Valero Texas Open. So all he needs is one more good tournament to head into the Masters.
His opportunity comes at the Shell Houston Open, which begins Thursday.
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By the way, Tiger Woods continues to tune up for the Masters. He played a practice round on Tuesday at Augusta National. And he reportedly shot a worst-ball 66 recently on his home course. Woods won't have played a PGA competition since two West Coast events, when he badly missed a cut and withdrew at Torrey Pines.
Another strong showing would help Spieth because this week's field includes several golfers who look solid as they prepare to play at Augusta. Don't overlook Lee Westwood, Matt Kuchar and Sergio Garcia.
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Kuchar was runner-up in last season's tournament at the Golf Club of Houston in Humble, Texas. It takes strong play around the greens to win this tournament, and Kuchar is among players who are doing well near the hole.
Particulars: Play begins at 8:20 a.m. ET Thursday and runs through Sunday. The winner gets $1.188 million of the $6 million purse. Radio coverage by SiriusXM throughout the tournament. TV coverage by The Golf Channel all four days, with NBC airing play at 3 p.m. ET Saturday and Sunday.
Here are the groupings and times for Thursday's opening round. All times ET; subtract one hour for time in Houston.
7:20 a.m.: No. 1, Charlie Beljan, Aaron Baddeley, Danny Lee; No. 10, Graham DeLaet, Cameron Tringale, Danny Willett
7:30 a.m.: Freddie Jacobson, Paul Casey, Gonzalo Fdez-Castano; No. 10, Brendan Steele, Michael Putnam, Justin Thomas
7:40 a.m.: Scott Langley, Luke Guthrie, Troy Merritt; No. 10, Jonathan Byrd, Chad Collins, Ryo Ishikawa
7:50 a.m.: Brian Harman, D.A. Points, Stewart Cink; No. 10, Jordan Spieth, Justin Rose, Ernie Els
8 a.m.: Robert Streb, Darren Clarke, Charl Schwartzel; No. 10, Patrick Reed, Hunter Mahan, Phil Mickelson
8:10 a.m.: Charley Hoffman, Mark Wilson, Charles Howell III; No. 10, Jonas Blixt, Michael Thompson, Louis Oosthuizen
8:20 a.m.: Nick Taylor, Woody Austin, Victor Dubuisson; No. 10, Scott Piercy, Carl Pettersson, David Toms
8:30 a.m.: Ben Crane, Chesson Hadley, Scott Stallings; No. 10, Jeff Overton, Martin Flores, Jarrod Lyle
8:40 a.m.: John Huh, Pat Perez, Steve Wheatcroft; No. 10, Jason Bohn, Ricky Barnes, Anirban Lahiri
8:50 a.m.: Chez Reavie, Blake Adams, Jim Renner; No. 10, Johnson Wagner, Bo Van Pelt, Brice Garnett
9 a.m.: Jon Curran, Andrew Putnam, Ben Willman; No. 10, Fabian Gomez, Tom Hoge, Mikko Ilonen
9:10 a.m.: Adam Hadwin, Scott Pinckney, Austin Cook; No. 10, Kyle Reifers, Max Homa, Smylie Kaufman
12:10 p.m.: Andres Romero, Shawn Stefani, Francesco Molinari; No. 10, Scott Verplank, David Hearn, Jamie Donaldson
12:20 p.m.: Brendon de Jonge, Tim Wilkinson, Carlos Ortiz; No. 10, Robert Garrigus, Jhonattan Vegas, Zac Blair
12:30 p.m.: Lee Westwood, Kevin Kisner, Hudson Swafford; No. 10, J.J. Henry, Brian Davis, Joost Luiten
12:40 p.m.: Matt Kuchar, Sergio Garcia, Rickie Fowler; No. 10, Ryan Moore, Russell Henley, Derek Ernst
12:50 p.m.: Greg Owen, Padraig Harrington, Martin Kaymer; No. 10, Kevin Streelman, Scott Brown, John Merrick
1 p.m.: Bill Haas, Matt Jones, K.J. Choi; No. 10, J.B. Holmes, Keegan Bradley, Justin Leonard
1:10 p.m.: Angel Cabrera, Ken Duke, Nick Watney; No. 10, Alex Cejka, Steven Bowditch, Jerry Kelly
1:20 p.m.: Bryce Molder, Kevin Chappell, Nicholas Thompson; No. 10, Chad Campbell, Robert Allenby, Billy Hurley III
1:30 p.m.: Jason Kokrak, Chris Stroud, Colt Knost; No. 10, Erik Compton, Andrew Svoboda, Daniel Berger
1:40 p.m.: Will MacKenzie, Tony Finau, S.J. Park; No. 10, Oscar Fraustro, Whee Kim, Cody Gribble
1:50 p.m.: Alex Prugh, Cameron Percy, Derek Fathauer; No. 10, David Lingmerth, Jonathan Randolph, Mark Hubbard
2 p.m.: Sam Saunders, Roger Sloan, Andrew Landry; No. 10, Jim Herman, Blayne Barber, Kelvin Day
Contributing: PGA Tour