Houston Golf Association will once again tee off the Houston Open, March 26-April 1, 2018, at Golf Club of Houston. A 71-year tradition and popular event.
World No. 7 
and World No. 15 Henrik Stenson will compete in the 2018 Houston Open. Fowler and Stenson add to the top 25 world ranked players in the Houston Open field that includes World No. 18 Phil Mickelson and No. 21 Rafa Cabrera Bello, announced tournament director Steve Timms.
Fowler is making his fifth consecutive start at the Houston Open. In 2017, Fowler opened the tournament with an 8-under 64 for a one-stroke lead on day one, staying in contention with Sung Kang of Korea the first three days of the Houston Open. Fowler closed out the Houston Open with a T-3 and 27 birdies for the week, which marked his most birdies in a single event.
Major championship winner Stenson is making his seventh appearance at the Houston Open. It was in 2016 that Stenson finished runner-up at the 
Houston Open, one stroke behind winner Jim Herman, which was his third top-three finish in Houston.
Players have until 4 p.m. CDT on Friday, March 23 to commit. They may also withdraw on or before that date with no penalty.
The Houston Open has historically attracted a stellar international field since its inception in 1946. Bobby Locke of South Africa was the first international Houston Open champion in 1947. In 2018, Houston Open will once again showcase the world’s best competing on the PGA TOUR.
The 21-year old from India made headlines with his first PGA TOUR start in the 2018 World Golf Championships-Mexico Championship with a two-shot lead going into the final round, paired with Phil Mickelson in the final group, and finishing T-9. Sharma is a two-time victor on the European Tour, recently winning the 2018 Joburg Open 
and 2018 Maybank Championship, which moved him into the world-top 100. Earlier this week, Sharma accepted an invitation to the 2018 Masters, which will be the first major championship appearance of his career. Mickelson, who is coming off his win at the WGC-Mexico Championship, is now No. 18 in the Official World Golf Rankings and has also committed to this year’s Houston Open.
Sharma is one of four international players committed to the Houston Open going to the Masters the following week. He joins world-ranked No. 21 Rafa Cabrera Bello (Spain), No. 48 Jhonattan Vegas (Venezuela) and No. 49 Yuta Ikeda (Japan). In addition to defending champion Russell Henley, 2014 Houston Open champion Matt Jones of Australia, Englishman Lee Westwood and major championship winner Padraig Harrington of Ireland are in the field.
Nottingham England's Jake Bugg makes his way to America's Bayou City at The Heights Theatre. His self-titled debut album Jake Bugg, some of it co-written with songwriter Iain Archer, was released seven years ago and reached number one on the UK's Albums Chart. His 
second album, Shangri La, was released in the following year. Bugg's "On My One", came out in 2016. His current album the fourth, "Hearts That Strain", is largely an acoustic effort, produced by Dan Auerbach, was released last September.
Bugg started playing the guitar at twelve when his uncle Mark gave him lessons. He went on to attend The Farnborough Academy (then known as the Farnborough School Technology College) in Clifton. It was when Bugg heard Don McLean's "Vincent (Starry, Starry Night)" on an episode of The Simpsons when he started to find his own musical road. His musical influences are Don McLean, Oasis, Donovan, The Beatles, Jimi Hendrix, Johnny Cash, Jimmy Page and the Everly Brothers. In an interview with Absolute Radio in 2014 he said American heavy metal band Metallica was a huge influence to him when he picked up the guitar at twelve.
