Shell Houston Open
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| Tournament information | |
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| Location | Humble, Texas |
| Established | 1946 |
| Course(s) | Redstone Golf Club |
| Par | 72 |
| Yardage | 7,457 |
| Tour(s) | PGA Tour |
| Format | Stroke play |
| Purse | $5,600,000 |
| Month Played | April |
| Tournament record score | |
| Aggregate | 266 Curtis Strange (1980) 266 Lee Trevino (1980) 266 Vijay Singh (2002) |
| To-par | -22 Vijay Singh (2002) |
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The Shell Houston Open is a regular golf tournament on the PGA Tour. It is currently played in April at Redstone Golf Club in the Houston suburb of Humble. Shell and the Houston Golf Association are the main sponsors of the tournament. The 2008 purse was $5,600,000, with $1,008,000 going to the winner.
The event was played at several Houston venues until the 1970s, starting at River Oaks Country Club in 1946 before moving to Memorial Park Golf Course in 1947 and, after a year off, moving again to Pine Forest Country Club in 1949 and BraeBurn Country Club in 1950. After this period of wandering about, the event settled in at Memorial Park from 1951-1963. In 1964 and again in 1965, the event was played at Sharpstown Country Club, before moving to Champions Golf Club from 1966-71 and Westwood Country Club in 1972.
In 1973 the event ventured outside of Houston, being played at Quail Valley Country Club in Missouri City, Texas. In 1975, the event relocated to The Woodlands, Texas, first at Woodlands Country Club until 1984, and subsequently at the TPC at The Woodlands until 2002. In 2003, the event moved to its current location at Redstone Golf Club.
[edit] Winners
- 2008 Johnson Wagner -
United States - 2007 Adam Scott -
Australia - 2006 Stuart Appleby - Australia
- 2005 Vijay Singh -
Fiji - 2004 Vijay Singh - Fiji
- 2003 Fred Couples - United States
- 2002 Vijay Singh - Fiji
- 2001 Hal Sutton - United States
- 2000 Robert Allenby - Australia
- 1999 Stuart Appleby - Australia
- 1998 David Duval - United States
- 1997 Phil Blackmar - United States
- 1996 Mark Brooks - United States
- 1995 Payne Stewart - United States
- 1994 Mike Heinen - United States
- 1993 Jim McGovern - United States
- 1992 Fred Funk - United States
Independent Insurance Agent Open
- 1991 Fulton Allem -
South Africa - 1990 Tony Sills - United States
- 1989 Mike Sullivan - United States
- 1988 Curtis Strange - United States
Big "I" Houston Open
- 1987 Jay Haas - United States
Houston Open
- 1986 Curtis Strange - United States
- 1985 Raymond Floyd - United States
Houston Coca-Cola Open
- 1984 Corey Pavin - United States
- 1983 David Graham - Australia
Michelob-Houston Open
- 1982 Ed Sneed - United States
- 1981 Ron Streck - United States
- 1980 Curtis Strange - United States
Houston Open
- 1979 Wayne Levi - United States
- 1978 Gary Player - South Africa
- 1977 Gene Littler - United States
- 1976 Lee Elder - United States
- 1975 Bruce Crampton - Australia
- 1974 Dave Hill - United States
- 1973 Bruce Crampton - Australia
- 1972 Bruce Devlin - Australia
Houston Champions International
- 1971 Hubert Green - United States
- 1970 Gibby Gilbert - United States
- 1969 No tournament
- 1968 Roberto De Vicenzo -
Argentina - 1967 Frank Beard - United States
- 1966 Arnold Palmer - United States
Houston Classic
- 1965 Bobby Nichols - United States
- 1964 Mike Souchak - United States
- 1963 Bob Charles -
New Zealand - 1962 Bobby Nichols - United States
- 1961 Jay Hebert - United States
- 1960 Bill Collins - United States
- 1959 Jack Burke, Jr. - United States
Houston Open
- 1958 Ed Oliver - United States
- 1957 Arnold Palmer - United States
- 1956 Ted Kroll - United States
- 1955 Mike Souchak - United States
- 1954 Dave Douglas - United States
- 1953 Cary Middlecoff - United States
- 1952 Jack Burke, Jr. - United States
- 1951 Marty Furgol - United States
- 1950 Cary Middlecoff - United States
- 1949 Johnny Palmer - United States
- 1948 No tournament
- 1947 Bobby Locke - South Africa
- 1946 Byron Nelson - United States
