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Mickelson wins the 2011 Shell Houston Open

SHO Golf Ticket Winner

On a side note, for anyone who’s going to SHO this weekend, if you snap any good pictures or have any good stories, send them to houstongolfnut [at] gmail.com and I’ll post the good ones.

To refresh your memory, the March Trivia Contest question was:

Which golf course facility has NEVER hosted a Houston Golf Association-promoted PGA TOUR event?
(A) Memorial Park Golf Course
(B) River Oaks Country Club
(C) Sharpstown Country Club
(D) Brock Park Golf Course

The correct answer is (D) Brock Park.  From the Shell Houston Open site:

Facilities that have hosted Houston Golf Association-promoted PGA TOUR events include River Oaks Country Club (1946), Pine Forest Country Club (1949), Brae-Burn Country Club (1950), Memorial Park Golf Course(1947, 1951-1963), Sharpstown Country Club (1964, 1965), Champions Golf Club (1966-71 with the U.S. Open in 1969), Westwood Country Club (1972), Quail Valley (1973-74), The Woodlands Country Club (1975-84), Tournament Players Course at The Woodlands (1985-2002), Redstone Golf Club Member Course (2003-2005) and Redstone Golf Club — Tournament Course (2006 to present).

Everybody except one person answered Brock Park.  One person put “All”, however, since he didn’t include his email address he doesn’t qualify.  I realized after the fact that maybe Brock Park might have hosted an event, but since it wouldn’t have mattered, it becomes a moot point.

The winner of 2 Champion Pavilion Shell Houston Open tickets for Sunday is

Bryan Kinsler

Congrats Bryan and enjoy the show.

Shell Houston Open 2011 Golf Trivia Contest

What’s up Houston golfers?  In case you haven’t heard, there’s a professional golf tournament in town this weekend (along with something else called the Final Four).

The Shell Houston Open begins on Thursday and the winner will be crowned on Sunday.  Who’s going to win?  Phil Mickelson?  Lee Westwood?  Ernie Els?  The only think I know for sure is that the winner won’t accidentally skull a PW 30 yards past the green like me.

I was lucky enough to score 2 tickets for Sunday’s round so go to the golf Trivia Contest page to enter.  Better do it fast because this contest is only open until tomorrow.

Good luck!

Shell Houston Open – It’s Here!

You can’t believe how excited I am about the Shell Houston Open.  I’ve never been to a PGA event before, so this will be my first time.  I’m going with my buddy on Friday morning (after we squeeze in a round ourselves).

My friend recently went to another PGA event last year and said it’s amazing how far the PGA professionals hit the ball.

I’m super lucky this year because there are some big names playing, like:

• Mr. Super Hot (not how he looks, but how he’s been playing the last two weeks) Ernie Els
• A not so hot Phil (I think his nickname used to be FIGJAM)
• An on-fire Fred Couples (3 in a row, hello Champions Tour!)
• Padraig (distant relative to former NFL QB Joey) Harrington
• Y.E. Yang – the Tiger Tamer [insert other Tiger joke here]

The only thing I’m bummed out about is, according to the website rules, I can’t bring my camera to take any pictures.  I’d love to have pictures for my site.  Guess I’ll have to wait until I can qualify for a legitimate media pass (maybe next year).