|
Bet 2010
Shell Houston Open PGA Tour
|
Shell Houston Open
March 29 - April 4, 2010
Course: Redstone Golf Club
Location: Houston, Texas
First year played: 1946
Def. Champ: Paul Casey
The Shell Houston Open tournament is played annually in Houston, Texas. The tournament is a PGA tournament event, and
features some of the top golfers in world.
2010 Houston Open PGA Tour Golf Odds
|
 |
The Shell Open is a regular PGA tournament that is played each Spring. The format of the tournament is the standard four day, 72 hole tourney. The current course at Redstone is approximately 7500 yards long, and is a Par 72 course.
The Shell Houston Open is a golf contest, which is one of the PGA (Professional Golfers Association) Tour championships. Under this name the golf event has been known since 1992. Being financially supported by the Shell and Houston Golf Association, the contest got its current name of the Shell Houston Open.
The Shell Houston Open tournament was also known as the Houston Open, the Houston Classic, the Houston Classic International, the Michelob-Houston Open, the Houston Coca-Cola Open, the Big "I" Houston Open, and the Independent Insurance Agent Open. Nowadays the Shell Houston Open takes place in Humble, Texas, and is hosted by Redstone Golf Club. It has been held at this
site since 2003.
2010 Shell Houston Open Winner
Anthony Kim best finish on the PGA TOUR in 2010 is 1st at the Shell Houston Open. He ranks 4th in Scoring Average on the PGA TOUR. Kim ended a nearly two-year drought after defeating Vaughn Taylor in a playoff at the Houston Open Sunday in Humble, Texas. Kim squandered the chance to win in regulation when he bogeyed the last hole after missing a six-foot par putt. He carded 70 to tie Taylor, who birdied the last for 68, at 12-under-par 276 at Redstone. Graham DeLaet, of Weyburn, Sask., finished tied for third after a four-under 68 (277).
2009 Shell Houston Open Victory by Paul Casey of England
It took 77 starts, but Paul Casey finally has his first tour win after a playoff victory at the Shell Houston Open 2009. Over the years the Shell Houston Open has had many great winners. Just to name some of these great golf players in the list of winners are golfers like: Byron Nelson, Arnold Palmer, Gary Player, Curtis Strange, Fred Couples and Vijay Singh. In fact, Palmer won the Shell Open twice and both Singh and Strange have won it three times each. The Shell is truly one of the really good PGA tournaments being played today.
Shell Houston Open Past Winners
- 2010 Anthony Kim - United States
- 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
|