PGA Tour Shell Houston Open

The PGA Tour Shell Houston Open had its beginnings in 1922 as the Houston Professional Golf where George Bowden was declared the winner. The tour is now played at Redstone Golf Club, Humble, Texas and currently played in April.

The event is sponsored by Shell and the Houston Golf Association and was played in different courses - River Oaks Country Club in 1946, Memorial Park Golf Course in 1947, Forest Country Club in 1949, BraeBurn Country Club in 1950, back again at Memorial Park from 1951 to 1963, Sharpstown Country Club from 1964 to 1965, Champions Golf Club from 1966 to 1971, Westwood Country Club in 1972, Quail Valley Country Club in Missouri City, Texas in 1973, Woodlands Country Club, Texas from 1975 to 1984, the TPC at The Woodlands from 1985 to 2002, and now in its current location at Redstone Golf Club.

PGA Tour Shell Houston Open Winners

Shell Houston Open
2009 Paul Casey - England
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 - club hosted the 1969 U.S. Open
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
1939–45 No tournament
1938 Harold "Jug" McSpaden - United States
1937 Harry Cooper - United States
1933–36 No tournament
1932 Clarence Clark - United States
1931 No tournament
1930 Al Espinosa - United States
1925–29 No tournament
1924 Joe Kirkwood, Sr. - Australia

Houston Invitational
1923 Joe Kirkwood, Sr. - Australia

Houston Professional Golf
1922 George Bowden