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HUMBLE, Texas -- Phil Mickelson did more than prove to just himself that hes ready for next weeks Masters on Thursday. The five-time major winner showed to everyone that hes fully recovered from last weeks muscle pull and likely to be a factor in this weeks Houston Open as well. Without so much as a practice round this week at the 7,441-yard Golf Club of Houston, Mickelson opened with a 4-under par 68 and was among the leaders following Thursdays opening round. The bogey-free performance was a far cry from last week when Mickelson was forced to withdraw during the third round in San Antonio after pulling a muscle in his right side "Im surprised because I was worried about the Masters," Mickelson said. "I was certainly worried about Houston, but it healed a lot quicker. I felt great today; didnt feel any pain or discomfort and didnt even think about it." Mickelson is three shots back of first-round co-leaders Bill Haas and Charley Hoffman, both who finished at 7 under. Hass had five birdies on his back nine, while Hoffman needed just 27 putts to earn a share of the lead. Keegan Bradley and Matt Kuchar lead a group of five golfers at 6 under. J.B. Holmes, Erik Compton and Jim Renner are also at 6 under, with 10 golfers are at 5 under. Of the 144 players in the field, 113 finished at even par or under on an overcast and occasionally misty day. "The greens are absolutely perfect," Haas said. "... I think the scores are reflective on that. They were a little slower, but part of that, too, is the weather. It was like a little dewy mist out there all day, which played a part in the speed of the greens." Mickelson and Bradley were part of a threesome with Webb Simpson, who also finished 4 under. All three players in the group navigated the course without a bogey in their morning rounds. Former world No. 1 Rory McIlroy, playing in the afternoon and one of the five top-10 players in the world in the tournament, finished with a 2-under 70. While Haas and Hoffman shared the lead after Thursdays play, it was Mickelson -- who was forced to withdraw during last weeks third round in San Antonio after pulling a muscle in his right side -- who was the centre of attention leading into next week at Augusta National. Mickelson has won the Masters three times, the latest coming in 2010, but his status was in doubt following last weeks injury. The left-hander, however, underwent treatment in the days following his departure from San Antonio -- along with fitting in two days of light practice at Augusta National -- and appeared in top ball-striking form on Thursday. "One of the things I really worked on hard today was staying focused on each shot," Mickelson said. "... I needed to play here this week and really challenge myself in that regard to give myself the best chance for next week." Opening on the back nine at the former Redstone Golf Club, which was renamed the Gold Club of Houston following an ownership change, Mickelson was bogey free despite needing 31 putts. He made the turn at 2 under following a 16-foot birdie putt on the par-4 18th, and he birdied both of the par 5s on his back nine to put himself squarely in contention. Mickelson won the Houston Open in 2011, and the courses Masters-like setup -- including slick greens and tight rough -- is a key reason hes returned every year since. "He was striking it, he was hitting it long and great," Bradley said of Mickelson. "... He seems like it was feeling a lot better today than it was in San Antonio." Kuchar, who finished tied for fourth at last weeks Texas Open, had three straight birdies in the middle of his round on Thursday -- highlighted by a 47-foot birdie putt on the 445-yard par-4 second hole. 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After rain delayed the start by an hour, it was the Pune bowlers who did the damage as they restricted Hyderabad to just 118-8 in their 20 overs, Ashok Dinda claiming 3-23 in his first IPL match of the season.Pune had reached 94-3 after 11 overs in reply and were well on course for victory before the rain came down again, Steve Smith having top-scored with 46 not out.With time running out to complete the match, the decision was made to call it off and award the Supergiants a first win since the first game of the season.Hyderabad suffered a sizeable early blow as Dinda had the in-form David Warner caught at backward point for a duck in the first over.Dinda, playing his first IPL game of the season, picked up his second wicket when Aditya Tare (8) played loosely outside his off stump and looped a simple catch to Thisara Perera at cover. Ashok Dinda took 3-23 for the Rising Pune Supergiants Eoin Morgan joined Shikhar Dhawan in the middle but he lasted just two balls before nicking behind off the bowling of Mitchell Marsh as Hyderabad limped to 27-3 at the end of the powerplay.That became 29-4 as Ravichandran Ashwin (1-14) picked up a wicket with his first ball, Deepak Hooda (1) gloving a reverse sweep, allowing MS Dhoni to dive forward and take the catch before Marsh (2-14) had Moises Henriques caught behind down the legside in the following over.ddddddddddddDhawan and Naman Ojha began rebuilding the innings and looked to kick on in the 15th over, the latter hitting the first maximum of the game. However, Dinda returned and made a mess of Ojhas stumps to leave Hyderabad 79-6 with a little more than three overs remaining. Dhawan brought up his half-century with a six over long on and after Bipul Sharma was run out, Bhuvneshwar Kumar added another to take the total past 100.The No 9 hit a further two boundaries before hauling out in the final over as the Sunrisers finished on 118-8, Dhawan unbeaten on 56.Any thoughts the Supergiants had of an easy chase soon had to be revised though as Ajinkya Rahane was caught by Morgan in the first over of the reply, a wicket maiden from Kumar.However, after negotiating a tricky spell against the new ball - Kumar, in particular, was causing problems with his swing - Faf du Plessis and Smith began to push on and took Pune to 71-1 after eight overs.Henriques had Du Plessis (30) caught behind in the 10th over and Dhoni (5) fell soon after, Nehra with the wicket after Tare took a sharp catch at backward point. That was the last action before the rain came down again and brought an end to proceedings to give Pune victory by 34 runs on Duckworth/Lewis.Catch more IPL action on Wednesday at 3pm on Sky Sports 1 as high-flying Delhi Daredevils and Gujarat Lions meet at Feroz Shah Kotla. 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