The PGA Tour Shell Houston Open dates to 1946, when the Houston stop on the PGA Tour schedule debuted as the "Tournament of Champions." The Houston Open is now played at Redstone Golf Club in Humble, a Houston suburb.
2008 Tournament
Johnson Wagner won for the first time on the PGA Tour, and in so doing earned a spot in the field at the following week's Masters. Johnson held of Geoff Ogilvy and Chad Campbell, finished with a 2-stroke victory. His final score was 16-under 272.
Aussies Adam Scott and Stuart Appleby battled down the stretch before Scott prevailed, despite putting his tee shot on the final hole into the water. Scott got up-and-down by sinking a 40-foot putt to hold on for the win.
- Overall record: 266 - Curtis Strange and Lee Trevino, 1980
- Tournament course record: 62 - Ron Streck, 1981 (Woodlands Country Club), Fred Funk, 1992 (TPC Woodlands), Greg Chalmers and Jeff Maggert, 2003 (Redstone GC/Member Course), Vijay Singh, 2005 (Member Course)
Redstone Golf Club in Humble, a Houston suburb, is the host club for the PGA Tour Shell Houston Open. The club is private, as is its Member Course that hosted this event from 2003-2005. The club's Tournament Course opened in 2006 and first hosted the tournament that year. The Tournament Course is a public course.
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Other Host Courses
- River Oaks Country Club
- Memorial Park Golf Course
- Pine Forest Country Club
- BraeBurn Country Club
- Sharpstown CC
- Champions Golf Club
- Westwood CC
- Quail Valley Golf Club (Missouri City)
- Woodlands Country Club (The Woodlands)
- TPC Woodlands (The Woodlands)
(courses in Houston unless noted)
(p-playoff; w-weather shortened)
Shell Houston Open
2008 - Johnson Wagner, 272
2007 - Adam Scott, 271
2006 - Stuart Appleby, 269
2005 - Vijay Singh-p, 275
2004 - Vijay Singh, 277
2003 - Fred Couples, 267
2002 - Vijay Singh, 266
2001 - Hal Sutton, 278
2000 - Robert Allenby-p, 275
1999 - Stuart Appleby, 279
1998 - David Duval, 276
1997 - Phil Blackmar-p, 276
1996 - Mark Brooks-p, 274
1995 - Payne Stewart-p, 276
1994 - Mike Heinen, 272
1993 - Jim McGovern-p-w, 199
1992 - Fred Funk, 272
Independent Insurance Agent Open
1991 - Fulton Allem, 273
1990 - Tony Sills-p-w, 204
1989 - Mike Sullivan, 280
1988 - Curtis Strange-p, 270
Big I Houston Open
1987 - Jay Haas-p, 276
Houston Open
1986 - Curtis Strange-p, 274
1985 - Raymond Floyd, 277
Houston Coca-Cola Open
1984 - Corey Pavin, 274
1983 - David Graham, 275
Michelob Houston Open
1982 - Ed Sneed-p, 275
1981 - Ron Streck-w, 198
1980 - Curtis Strange-p, 266
Houston Open
1979 - Wayne Levi, 268
1978 - Gary Player, 270
1977 - Gene Littler, 276
1976 - Lee Elder, 278
1975 - Bruce Crampton, 273
1974 - Dave Hill, 276
1973 - Bruce Crampton, 277
1972 - Bruce Devlin, 278
Houston Champions International
1971 - Hubert Green-p, 280
1970 - Gibby Gilbert-p, 282
1969 - No Tournament
1968 - Roberto De Vicenzo, 274
1967 - Frank Beard, 274
1966 - Arnold Palmer, 275
Houston Classic
1965 - Bobby Nichols, 273
1964 - Mike Souchak, 278
1963 - Bob Charles, 268
1962 - Bobby Nichols-p, 278
1961 - Jay Hebert-p, 276
1960 - Bill Collins-p, 280
1959 - Jack Burke Jr.-p, 277
Houston Open
1958 - Ed Oliver, 281
1957 - Arnold Palmer, 279
1956 - Ted Kroll, 277
1955 - Mike Souchak, 273
1954 - Dave Douglas, 277
1953 - Cary Middlecoff-p, 283
1952 - Jack Burke, Jr., 277
1951 - Marty Furgol, 277
1950 - Cary Middlecoff, 277
Tournament of Champions
1949 - Johnny Palmer, 272
1948 - No Tournament
1947 - Bobby Locke, 277
1946 - Byron Nelson, 274
