Preview - Shell Houston Open 2008

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
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	36 3,703 yds	36 3,754 yds

Annual:	61st
Defending Champion:	Adam Scott
Runner-Up:	Stuart Appleby, Bubba Watson
Tournament Record:	266 (Vijay Singh, 2002 - Par 72)
Tournament Record:	266 (Curtis Strange, Lee Trevino, 1980 - Par 71)
54-Hole Record:	198 (Vijay Singh, 2002 - Par 72)
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)
18-Hole Record:	62 (Ron Streck, 1981 - Woodlands Country Club;
	Fred Funk, 1992 - TPC at The Woodlands;
	Greg Chalmers, Jeff Maggert, 2003; Vijay Singh, 2005 -
	Redstone Golf Club Member Course)
Course Record:	64 (Johnson Wagner, Bubba Watson, 2007)
Total Purse:	$5,600,000
Shares:	1st Place - $1,008,000; 2nd Place - $604,800; 3rd Place - $380,800

2007 Finish
Player	Score	Player	Score
Adam Scott	271	Anthony Kim	276
Stuart Appleby	274	Hunter Mahan	276
Bubba Watson	274	D.J. Trahan	277
Tommy Armour III	275	Five players at	278
Robert Garrigus	276

Past Shell Houston Open Winners
Year	Winner (Score) -- Runners-Up
2007	Adam Scott (271) -- Stuart Appleby, Bubba Watson
2006	Stuart Appleby (269) -- Bob Estes
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	Raymond 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).