Shell Houston Open
The Shell Houston Open is a regular golf tournament on the PGA Tour. It is currently played in March in Humble, Texas at Redstone Golf Club. Shell and the Houston Golf Association are the main sponsors of the tournament. The 2006 purse was $5,500,000, with $990,000 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 Spring, 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
- 2006 Stuart Appleby
- 2005 Vijay Singh
- 2004 Vijay Singh
- 2003 Fred Couples
- 2002 Vijay Singh
- 2001 Hal Sutton
- 2000 Robert Allenby
- 1999 Stuart Appleby
- 1998 David Duval
- 1997 Phil Blackmar
- 1996 Mark Brooks
- 1995 Payne Stewart
- 1994 Mike Heinen
- 1993 Jim McGovern
- 1992 Fred Funk
Independent Insurance Agent Open
- 1991 Fulton Allem
- 1990 Tony Sills
- 1989 Mike Sullivan
- 1988 Curtis Strange
Big "I" Houston Open
- 1987 Jay Haas
Houston Open
- 1986 Curtis Strange
- 1985 Raymond Floyd
Houston Coca-Cola Open
- 1984 Corey Pavin
- 1983 David Graham
Michelob-Houston Open
- 1982 Ed Sneed
- 1981 Ron Streck
- 1980 Curtis Strange
Houston Open
- 1979 Wayne Levi
- 1978 Gary Player
- 1977 Gene Littler
- 1976 Lee Elder
- 1975 Bruce Crampton
- 1974 Dave Hill
- 1973 Bruce Crampton
- 1972 Bruce Devlin
Houston Champions International
- 1971 Hubert Green
- 1970 Gibby Gilbert
- 1968 Roberto De Vicenzo
- 1967 Frank Beard
- 1966 Arnold Palmer
Houston Classic
- 1965 Bobby Nichols
- 1964 Mike Souchak
- 1963 Bob Charles
- 1962 Bobby Nichols
- 1961 Jay Hebert
- 1960 Bill Collins
- 1959 Jack Burke, Jr.
Houston Open
- 1958 Ed Oliver
- 1957 Arnold Palmer
- 1956 Ted Kroll
- 1955 Mike Souchak
- 1954 Dave Douglas
- 1953 Cary Middlecoff
- 1952 Jack Burke, Jr.
- 1951 Marty Furgol
- 1950 Cary Middlecoff
- 1949 Johnny Palmer
- 1947 Bobby Locke
- 1946 Byron Nelson
