Shell Houston Open Winners and Records | PGA Tour
The Shell Houston Open is a stroke play golf tournament on the PGA Tour, at the Golf Club of Houston in Humble, Texas. Shell and the Houston Golf Association are the main title sponsors of the tournament. Since it’s inception in 1946, the tournament has moved throughout Texas finally settling at the Golf Club of Houston. The current purse is set $6.2 million with the champion taking $1.11 million along with 500 Fed Ex Cup points.
COURSE INFORMATION:
Golf Club of Houston
Humble, TX
Par: 72
Length: 7,457 yards
DID YOU KNOW?
- Vijay Singh is the first player to win the Shell Houston Open back to back (2004,2005)
NOTABLE RECORDS:
- MOST WINS: 3, Curtis Strange and Vijay Singh
- AGGREGATE: 260, Curtis Strange and Lee Trevino
WINNERS:
| Year | Player | Final Score | Earnings ($) |
| Shell Houston Open | |||
| 2013 | D. A. Points | –16 | 1,116,000 |
| 2012 | Hunter Mahan | –16 | 1,080,000 |
| 2011 | Phil Mickelson | –20 | 1,062,000 |
| 2010 | Anthony Kim | –12 | 1,044,000 |
| 2009 | Paul Casey | –11 | 1,026,000 |
| 2008 | Johnson Wagner | –16 | 1,008,000 |
| 2007 | Adam Scott | –17 | 990,000 |
| 2006 | Stuart Appleby | –19 | 990,000 |
| 2005 | Vijay Singh | –13 | 900,000 |
| 2004 | Vijay Singh | –11 | 900,000 |
| 2003 | Fred Couples | –21 | 810,000 |
| 2002 | Vijay Singh | –22 | 720,000 |
| 2001 | Hal Sutton | –10 | 612,000 |
| 2000 | Robert Allenby | –13 | 504,000 |
| 1999 | Stuart Appleby | –9 | 450,000 |
| 1998 | David Duval | –12 | 360,000 |
| 1997 | Phil Blackmar | –12 | 288,000 |
| 1996 | Mark Brooks | –14 | 270,000 |
| 1995 | Payne Stewart | –12 | 252,000 |
| 1994 | Mike Heinen | –16 | 234,000 |
| 1993 | Jim McGovern | –17 | 234,000 |
| 1992 | Fred Funk | –16 | 216,000 |
| Independent Insurance Agent Open | |||
| 1991 | Fulton Allem | –15 | 144,000 |
| 1990 | Tony Sills | –12 | 180,000 |
| 1989 | Mike Sullivan | –8 | 144,000 |
| 1988 | Curtis Strange | –18 | 126,000 |
| Big “I” Houston Open | |||
| 1987 | Jay Haas | –12 | 108,000 |
| Houston Open | |||
| 1986 | Curtis Strange | –14 | 90,000 |
| 1985 | Raymond Floyd | –11 | 90,000 |
| Houston Coca-Cola Open | |||
| 1984 | Corey Pavin | –10 | 90,000 |
| 1983 | David Graham | –9 | 72,000 |
| Michelob-Houston Open | |||
| 1982 | Ed Sneed | –9 | 63,000 |
| 1981 | Ron Streck | –15 | 47,250 |
| 1980 | Curtis Strange | –18 | 63,000 |
| Houston Open | |||
| 1979 | Wayne Levi | –16 | 54,000 |
| 1978 | Gary Player | –18 | 40,000 |
| 1977 | Gene Littler | –12 | 40,000 |
| 1976 | Lee Elder | –10 | 40,000 |
| 1975 | Bruce Crampton | –15 | 30,000 |
| 1974 | Dave Hill | –12 | 30,000 |
| 1973 | Bruce Crampton | –11 | 41,000 |
| 1972 | Bruce Devlin | –10 | 25,000 |
| Houston Champions International | |||
| 1971 | Hubert Green | –4 | 25,000 |
| 1970 | Gibby Gilbert | –2 | 23,000 |
| 1969 | No tournament – club hosted the 1969 U.S. Open | ||
| 1968 | Roberto De Vicenzo | –10 | 20,000 |
| 1967 | Frank Beard | –10 | 23,000 |
| 1966 | Arnold Palmer | –9 | 21,000 |
| Houston Classic | |||
| 1965 | Bobby Nichols | –11 | 12,000 |
| 1964 | Mike Souchak | –6 | 7,500 |
| 1963 | Bob Charles | –12 | 10,000 |
| 1962 | Bobby Nichols | –2 | 9,000 |
| 1961 | Jay Hebert | –4 | 7,000 |
| 1960 | Bill Collins | –8 | 5,300 |
| 1959 | Jack Burke, Jr. | –11 | 4,300 |
| Houston Open | |||
| 1958 | Ed Oliver | –7 | 4,300 |
| 1957 | Arnold Palmer | –9 | 7,500 |
| 1956 | Ted Kroll | –11 | 6,000 |
| 1955 | Mike Souchak | –15 | 6,000 |
| 1954 | Dave Douglas | –11 | 6,000 |
| 1953 | Cary Middlecoff | –5 | 4,000 |
| 1952 | Jack Burke, Jr. | –11 | 2,000 |
| 1951 | Marty Furgol | –11 | 2,000 |
| 1950 | Cary Middlecoff | –11 | 2,000 |
| 1949 | Johnny Palmer | –16 | 2,000 |
| 1948 | No tournament | ||
| 1947 | Bobby Locke | –11 | 2,000 |
| 1946 | Byron Nelson | –10 | 2,000 |