Preview - Shell Houston Open 2006

 Dates: April 20th through April 23rd
 Site: Redstone Golf Club, Humble, Texas
 Course Architect: Rees Jones and David Toms
 Par: 72
 Yardage: 7,457
 Hole-By-Hole: 1 - Par 4 397 yds   10 - Par 4 380 yds
               2 - Par 4 429 yds   11 - Par 4 441 yds
               3 - Par 4 398 yds   12 - Par 4 338 yds
               4 - Par 5 566 yds   13 - Par 5 590 yds
               5 - Par 4 480 yds   14 - Par 3 216 yds
               6 - Par 4 464 yds   15 - Par 5 608 yds
               7 - Par 3 174 yds   16 - Par 3 204 yds
               8 - Par 5 557 yds   17 - Par 4 489 yds
               9 - Par 3 238 yds   18 - Par 4 488 yds
                   -------------        -------------
                    36 3,703 yds         36 3,754 yds
 
 Annual: 59th
 Defending Champion: Vijay Singh
 Runner-Up: John Daly
 Tournament Record: 266 (Vijay Singh, 2002 - Par 72)
 Tournament Record: 268 (Bob Charles, 1963 - Par 70)
 Tournament Record: 266 (Curtis Strange, Lee Trevino, 1980)
 54-Hole Record: 198 (Vijay Singh, 2002 - Par 72)
 54-Hole Record: 199 (Bob Charles, 1963 - Par 70)
 54-Hole Record: 195 (Curtis Strange, 1980 - 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, 1981;
                     Fred Funk, 1992)
 9-Hole Record: 29 (Gary Koch; Curtis Strange; Scott Hoch;
                    Mike Sullivan; Gavin Coles)
 Total Purse: $5,500,000
 Shares: 1st $990,000; 2nd $594,000; 3rd $374,000
 
 2005 Finish
 -----------
 
 Player                Score  
 ------                -----  
 Vijay Singh *          275  
 John Daly              275   
 Jose Maria Olazabal    277
 Darren Clarke          278
 Greg Owen              278
 
 * - Won in Playoff.
 
 Past Shell Houston Open Winners
 -------------------------------
 
 Year  Winner (Score) -- Runners-Up
 ----  ----------------------------
 2005  *Vijay Singh (275) -- John Daly
 2004  Vijay Singh (277) -- Scott Hoch
 2003  Fred Couples (267) -- Stuart Appleby, Mark Calcavecchia, Hank Kuehne
 2002  Vijay Singh (266) -- Darren Clarke
 2001  Hal Sutton (278) -- Joe Durant, Lee Janzen
 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).