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Dates: Thursday, April 19th through Sunday, April 22nd
Site: TPC at The Woodlands, Woodlands, Texas
Course Architect: Robert von Hagge and Bruce Devlin (1978)
Carlton Gipson, Jeff Maggert (redesign)
Par: 72
Yardage: 7,018
Hole-by-Hole: 1 - Par 5 520 yds 10 - Par 4 421 yds
2 - Par 4 371 yds 11 - Par 4 417 yds
3 - Par 3 158 yds 12 - Par 4 377 yds
4 - Par 4 413 yds 13 - Par 5 533 yds
5 - Par 4 456 yds 14 - Par 3 190 yds
6 - Par 5 573 yds 15 - Par 5 521 yds
7 - Par 4 414 yds 16 - Par 3 175 yds
8 - Par 3 237 yds 17 - Par 4 382 yds
9 - Par 4 418 yds 18 - Par 4 442 yds
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36 3,560 yds 36 3,458 yds
Annual: 54th
Defending Champion: Robert Allenby
Runner-Up: Craig Stadler
Tournament Record: 270 (Gary Player, 1978; Curtis Strange, 1988 - Par 72)
Tournament Record: 268 (Bob Charles, 1963 - Par 70)
Tournament Record: 266 (Curtis Strange, Lee Trevino, 1980 - Par 71)
54-Hole Record: 199 (Jim McGovern, John Huston, 1993 - Par 72)
54-Hole Record: 199 (Bob Charles, 1963 - Par 70)
54-Hole Record: 198 (Ron Streck, 1981 - Par 71)
36-Hole Record: 129 (Blaine McCallister, 1993 - Par 72)
36-Hole Record: 129 (Curtis Strange, 1980 - Par 71)
36-Hole Record: 133 (Bob Charles, 1963 - Par 70)
18-Hole Record: 62 (Ron Streck, 1991 - Woodlands Country Club)
Course Record: 62 (Fred Funk, 1992)
Total Purse: $3,400,000
Shares: 1st Place - $612,000; 2nd Place - 367,200; 3rd Place - 231,200
2000 Finish
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Player Score Player Score
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Robert Allenby * 275 Brad Fabel 277
Craig Stadler 275 Steve Lowery 278
Loren Roberts 276 David Sutherland 278
Joel Edwards 276 Mike Sposa 278
Mark Brooks 277 Scott Hoch 278
* - Won in playoff.
Past Shell Houston Open Winners and Runners-Up
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2000 -- *Robert Allenby (275) -- Craig Stadler
1999 -- Stuart Appleby (279) -- John Cook, Hal Sutton
1998 -- David Duval (276) -- Jeff Maggert
1997 -- *Phil Blackmar (276) -- Kevin Sutherland
1996 -- *Mark Brooks (274) -- Jeff Maggert
1995 -- *Payne Stewart (276) -- Scott Hoch
1994 -- Mike Heinen (272) -- Tom Kite, Jeff Maggert, Hal Sutton
1993 -- *#Jim McGovern (199) -- John Huston
1992 -- Fred Funk (272) -- Kirk Triplett
1991 -- Fulton Allem (273) -- Billy Ray Brown, Mike Hulbert, Tom Kite
1990 -- *#Tony Sills (204) -- Gil Morgan
1989 -- Mike Sullivan (280) -- Craig Stadler
1988 -- *Curtis Strange (270) -- Greg Norman
1987 -- *Jay Haas (276) -- Buddy Gardner
1986 -- *Curtis Strange (274) -- Calvin Peete
1985 -- Ray Floyd (277) -- David Frost, Bob Lohr
1984 -- Corey Pavin (274) -- Buddy Gardner
1983 -- David Graham (275) -- Lee Elder, Jim Thorpe, Lee Trevino
1982 -- *Ed Sneed (275) -- Bob Shearer
1981 -- #Ron Streck (198) -- Hale Irwin, Jerry Pate
1980 -- *Curtis Strange (266) -- Lee Trevino
1979 -- Wayne Levi (268) -- Michael Brannan
1978 -- Gary Player (270) -- Andy Bean
1977 -- Gene Littler (276) -- Lanny Wadkins
1976 -- Lee Elder (278) -- Forrest Fezler
1975 -- Bruce Crampton (273) -- Gil Morgan
1974 -- Dave Hill (276) -- Rod Curl, Steve Melnyk, Andy North
1973 -- Bruce Crampton (277) -- Dave Stockton
1972 -- Bruce Devlin (278) -- Tommy Aaron, Lou Graham, Doug Sanders
1971 -- *Hubert Green (280) -- Don January
1970 -- *Gibby Gilbert (282) -- Bruce Crampton
1969 -- Not Held (Hosted US Open)
1968 -- Roberto de Vicenzo (274) -- Lee Trevino
1967 -- Frank Beard (274) -- Arnold Palmer
1966 -- Arnold Palmer (275) -- Gardner Dickinson
1965 -- Bobby Nichols (273) -- Bruce Devlin, Chi Chi Rodriguez
1964 -- Mike Souchak (278) -- Jack Nicklaus
1963 -- Bob Charles (268) -- Fred Hawkins
1962 -- *Bobby Nichols (278) -- Jack Nicklaus, Dan Sikes
1961 -- *Jay Hebert (276) -- Ken Venturi
1960 -- *Bill Collins (280) -- Arnold Palmer
1959 -- *Jack Burke, Jr. (277) -- Julius Boros
1958 -- Ed Oliver (281) -- Roberto de Vicenzo, Jay Hebert
1957 -- Arnold Palmer (279) -- Doug Ford
1956 -- Ted Kroll (277) -- Jack Burke, Jr., Dave Douglas
1955 -- Mike Souchak (273) -- Jerry Barber
1954 -- Dave Douglas (277) -- Cary Middlecoff
1953 -- *Cary Middlecoff (283) -- Jim Ferrier, Shelley Mayfield
1952 -- Jack Burke, Jr. (277) -- Frank Stranahan
1951 -- Marty Furgol (277) -- Jack Burke, Jr.
1950 -- Cary Middlecoff (277) -- Pete Cooper
1949 -- John Palmer (272) -- Cary Middlecoff
1948 -- Not Held
1947 -- Bobby Locke (277) -- Johnny Palmer, Ellsworth Vines
1946 -- Byron Nelson (274) -- Ben Hogan
* - Won in Playoff.
# - Rain Shortened.
Note: Formerly called Independence Insurance Agent Open (1988-91), Big I
Houston Open (1987), Houston Open (1985-86), Houston Coca-Cola Open
(1983-84), Michelob Houston Open (1980-82), Houston Open (1972-79),
Houston Champion International (1966-71), Houston Classic (1959-65),
Houston Open International (1958), Houston Open (1947-57),
Tournament of Champions (1946).
Top Contenders in the Field
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Robert Allenby - Defending champion, won Nissan Open, 17th in money
Stewart Cink - Shot final round of 66 last week to tie for 10th
Fred Couples - Has made 7 of 8 cuts this year with no top-10s
David Duval - Runner-up at the Masters, 2 top-10s in 2001
Steve Elkington - Has made 5 of 6 cuts but has failed to crack top-10
Scott Hoch - Only two top-10s in 7 events, three missed cuts
Justin Leonard - Missed the cut five times this year in 11 tournaments
Jeff Maggert - Three-time runner-up here, redesigned the course
Carl Paulson - Tied for 3rd last week at Harbour Town for 1st top-10
Vijay Singh - Stumbled home last week with 74 to tie for 3rd
Hal Sutton - 25th on money list, perfect 10-for-10 in cuts made
David Toms - Made 10 of 11 cuts with a pair of top-10 finishes
Garrett Willis - Won earlier this year, tied for 55th last week
Sports Network Selections
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Pick to Win - David Duval
Darkhorse - Mark Brooks
Last week's Pick to Win (Davis Love III) - Finished tied for 7th
Last week's Darkhorse (Fred Funk) - Finished tied for 38th
NOTES:
Robert Allenby sank a 10-foot par putt on the fourth playoff hole to
defeat Craig Stadler and win for the first time in his PGA Tour career.
Stadler had a chance to extend the extra session, but missed from 10 feet.
Stadler seemed to have the upper hand on all four playoff holes but squandered
the opportunity to notch his 13th career victory with a series of poor putts.
After missing his par putt, Stadler swatted his ball across the green in
frustration. On the first playoff hole, Stadler, needing only to two-putt from
40-feet for the win, three-putted after Allenby made bogey. On the second
playoff hole, Stadler missed a six-foot birdie putt and then missed an eight-
foot birdie putt on the third playoff hole. Allenby's final round of 72 was
the highest final-round score by a Houston Open winner since Gene Littler
posted a 2-over 74 in 1977. There have been 18 playoffs in the 53-year history
of this event, including five of the last eight years. Curtis Strange has won
this event three times, all in playoffs. He is the only player in Tour history
to do so and is also the only three-time winner. Allenby will attempt to
become the first player in the event's history to win the tournament back-to-
back. Mike Heinen was the last player to record four rounds in the 60s when
he won in 1994. The purse was increased by $600,000 from last year. Woodlands
resident Jeff Maggert has posted six top-20 finishes in eight years, including
three runners-up in the last seven. Maggert has made the cut at this event 11
straight years. This is the 17th year the tournament is being held at the TPC
at The Woodlands. 10 Houston-area courses have hosted this event, which no
player has ever won wire-to-wire. This tournament is the 10th oldest event on
the PGA Tour, dating back to 1946. There are six multiple winners of this
event: Strange, Cary Middlecoff, Jack Burke, Jr., Arnold Palmer, Bobby Nichols
and Bruce Crampton. There have been 12 holes-in-one in the tournament's
history, with the 16th hole allowing the most with four. The PGA Tour moves
to North Carolina next week for the Greater Greensboro Chrysler Classic, where
Hal Sutton will defend his title.
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