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Houston Open
Golf tournament held in Houston, Texas, US
Golf tournament held in Houston, Texas, US
| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| name | Texas Children's Houston Open |
| image_size | 200px |
| location | Houston, Texas |
| establishment | 1946 |
| course | Memorial Park Municipal Golf Course |
| par | 70 |
| yardage | 7432 yd |
| tour | PGA Tour |
| format | Stroke play |
| purse | |
| month_played | March |
| aggregate | 260 Min Woo Lee (2025) |
| to-par | −22 Vijay Singh (2002) |
| current_champion | AUS Min Woo Lee |
| map | USA#USA Texas |
| map_label | Memorial Park Municipal GC |
| map_caption | Location in the United States##Location in Texas |
| map_relief | yes |
| map_label_position | top |
| map_size | 200 |
| coordinates |
| to-par = −22 Vijay Singh (2002) The Texas Children's Houston Open is a professional golf tournament in Texas on the PGA Tour, played in March. As a part of a restructuring of the schedule, the event moved to the fall in 2019. Because the tour year starts the previous fall, the event was not a part of the 2019 PGA Tour, but was one of the first events of the 2020 PGA Tour. It is held at the Memorial Park Municipal Golf Course in Harris County near downtown Houston and the Galleria.
History
The event was played at several Houston venues until the 1970s, starting at River Oaks Country Club in 1946 before moving to Memorial Park Golf Course in 1947 and, after a year off, moving again to Pine Forest Country Club in 1949 and BraeBurn Country Club in 1950. After this period of wandering, the tournament settled in at Memorial Park from 1951 through 1963. It was at Sharpstown Country Club in 1964 and 1965, moved to Champions Golf Club in 1966 for six years, and then to Westwood Country Club in 1972.
The tournament ventured outside of the city limits in 1973 and 1974 at Quail Valley Country Club in Missouri City, a southwest suburb. It relocated north to The Woodlands in 1975, at Woodlands Country Club until 1984, then at the TPC at The Woodlands through 2002. It moved to near Humble in 2003, where it stayed for 17 years; initially played at the Members Course, it changed to the Tournament Course in 2006. The facility was known as Redstone Golf Club until December 2013, and is now the Golf Club of Houston.
Previously held weeks later in mid-spring, the Houston Open was played the week before the Masters Tournament from 2007 through 2018 (except 2013, when it was two weeks before the Masters), and was the last chance to get into the field at Augusta through a win. The tournament also had up to four additional sponsor exemptions to enable nonmember Masters-qualified professionals from the top 100 of the Official World Golf Ranking to compete in the U.S. in the week prior to the Masters.
Shell Oil Company sponsored the event from 1992 through 2017. When the end of Shell's sponsorship was announced, the PGA Tour said it would seek a new sponsor for 2018. At that time, Houston Astros owner Jim Crane led a group of new sponsors who signed a five-year deal with the PGA Tour to ensure that the event stayed in Houston. The tournament is now operated under the Astros Foundation, under the umbrella Astros Golf Foundation, with a new logo inspired by the Astros' "Tequila Sunrise" uniforms of the 1980s.
Because of the wraparound calendar, there was no 2019 season event. The 2019 event moved to October and declared a 2020 season event, the last event held at the Golf Club of Houston. For the 2021 season (November 2020), it moved to the renovated Memorial Park Golf Course. The Astros Foundation committed $34 million to renovate and redesign the golf course facilities with input from golfer Brooks Koepka. Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the PGA Tour announced schedule changes to the 2020–21 season schedule and moved the Houston Open to November 5–8, one week before the Masters Tournament. The tournament was sponsored by Vivint and the Astros Foundation allowed spectators.
The 2022 season (November 2021) event was sponsored by Hewlett Packard Enterprise.
The 2023 season (November 2022) event was sponsored by Cadence Bank.
The 2024 event will see a return to a calendar-year format for the PGA Tour, with the event returning to a spring date in March, being sponsored by Texas Children's Hospital.
Winners
| Year | Winner | Score | To par | Margin of | ||||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| victory | Runner(s)-up | Purse | ||||||||||||||||||||
| (US$) | Winner's | |||||||||||||||||||||
| share ($) | Texas Children's Houston Open | Cadence Bank Houston Open | Hewlett Packard Enterprise Houston Open | Vivint Houston Open | Houston Open | Shell Houston Open | Independent Insurance Agent Open | Big "I" Houston Open | Houston Open | Houston Coca-Cola Open | Michelob-Houston Open | Houston Open | Houston Champions International | Houston Classic | Houston Open | |||||||
| 2025 | AUS Min Woo Lee | 260 | −20 | 1 stroke | USA Scottie Scheffler | |||||||||||||||||
| USA Gary Woodland | 9,500,000 | 1,710,000 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| 2024 | DEU Stephan Jäger | 268 | −12 | 1 stroke | BEL Thomas Detry | |||||||||||||||||
| USA Tony Finau | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| USA Taylor Moore | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| USA Scottie Scheffler | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| ARG Alejandro Tosti | 9,100,000 | 1,638,000 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| 2023: No tournament | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2022 | USA Tony Finau | 264 | −16 | 4 strokes | USA Tyson Alexander | 8,400,000 | 1,512,000 | |||||||||||||||
| 2021 | USA Jason Kokrak | 270 | −10 | 2 strokes | USA Scottie Scheffler | |||||||||||||||||
| USA Kevin Tway | 7,500,000 | 1,350,000 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| 2020 | MEX Carlos Ortiz | 267 | −13 | 2 strokes | USA Dustin Johnson | |||||||||||||||||
| JPN Hideki Matsuyama | 7,000,000 | 1,260,000 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| 2019 | USA Lanto Griffin | 274 | −14 | 1 stroke | USA Scott Harrington | |||||||||||||||||
| USA Mark Hubbard | 7,500,000 | 1,350,000 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| 2018 | ENG Ian Poulter | 269 | −19 | Playoff | USA Beau Hossler | 7,000,000 | 1,260,000 | |||||||||||||||
| 2017 | USA Russell Henley | 268 | −20 | 3 strokes | KOR Kang Sung-hoon | 7,000,000 | 1,260,000 | |||||||||||||||
| 2016 | USA Jim Herman | 273 | −15 | 1 stroke | SWE Henrik Stenson | 6,800,000 | 1,224,000 | |||||||||||||||
| 2015 | USA J. B. Holmes | 272 | −16 | Playoff | USA Jordan Spieth | |||||||||||||||||
| USA Johnson Wagner | 6,600,000 | 1,188,000 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| 2014 | AUS Matt Jones | 273 | −15 | Playoff | USA Matt Kuchar | 6,400,000 | 1,152,000 | |||||||||||||||
| 2013 | USA D. A. Points | 272 | −16 | 1 stroke | USA Billy Horschel | |||||||||||||||||
| SWE Henrik Stenson | 6,200,000 | 1,116,000 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| 2012 | USA Hunter Mahan | 272 | −16 | 1 stroke | SWE Carl Pettersson | 6,000,000 | 1,080,000 | |||||||||||||||
| 2011 | USA Phil Mickelson | 268 | −20 | 3 strokes | USA Chris Kirk | |||||||||||||||||
| USA Scott Verplank | 5,900,000 | 1,062,000 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| 2010 | USA Anthony Kim | 276 | −12 | Playoff | USA Vaughn Taylor | 5,800,000 | 1,044,000 | |||||||||||||||
| 2009 | ENG Paul Casey | 277 | −11 | Playoff | USA J. B. Holmes | 5,700,000 | 1,026,000 | |||||||||||||||
| 2008 | USA Johnson Wagner | 272 | −16 | 2 strokes | USA Chad Campbell | |||||||||||||||||
| AUS Geoff Ogilvy | 5,600,000 | 1,008,000 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| 2007 | AUS Adam Scott | 271 | −17 | 3 strokes | AUS Stuart Appleby | |||||||||||||||||
| USA Bubba Watson | 5,500,000 | 990,000 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| 2006 | AUS Stuart Appleby (2) | 269 | −19 | 6 strokes | USA Bob Estes | 5,500,000 | 990,000 | |||||||||||||||
| 2005 | FIJ Vijay Singh (3) | 275 | −13 | Playoff | USA John Daly | 5,000,000 | 900,000 | |||||||||||||||
| 2004 | FIJ Vijay Singh (2) | 277 | −11 | 2 strokes | USA Scott Hoch | 5,000,000 | 900,000 | |||||||||||||||
| 2003 | USA Fred Couples | 267 | −21 | 4 strokes | AUS Stuart Appleby | |||||||||||||||||
| USA Mark Calcavecchia | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| USA Hank Kuehne | 4,500,000 | 810,000 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| 2002 | FIJ Vijay Singh | 266 | −22 | 6 strokes | NIR Darren Clarke | 4,000,000 | 720,000 | |||||||||||||||
| 2001 | USA Hal Sutton | 278 | −10 | 3 strokes | USA Joe Durant | |||||||||||||||||
| USA Lee Janzen | 3,400,000 | 612,000 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| 2000 | AUS Robert Allenby | 275 | −13 | Playoff | USA Craig Stadler | 2,800,000 | 504,000 | |||||||||||||||
| 1999 | AUS Stuart Appleby | 279 | −9 | 1 stroke | USA John Cook | |||||||||||||||||
| USA Hal Sutton | 2,500,000 | 450,000 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| 1998 | USA David Duval | 276 | −12 | 1 stroke | USA Jeff Maggert | 2,000,000 | 360,000 | |||||||||||||||
| 1997 | USA Phil Blackmar | 276 | −12 | Playoff | USA Kevin Sutherland | 1,600,000 | 288,000 | |||||||||||||||
| 1996 | USA Mark Brooks | 274 | −14 | Playoff | USA Jeff Maggert | 1,500,000 | 270,000 | |||||||||||||||
| 1995 | USA Payne Stewart | 276 | −12 | Playoff | USA Scott Hoch | 1,400,000 | 252,000 | |||||||||||||||
| 1994 | USA Mike Heinen | 272 | −16 | 3 strokes | USA Tom Kite | |||||||||||||||||
| USA Jeff Maggert | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| USA Hal Sutton | 1,300,000 | 234,000 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| 1993 | USA Jim McGovern | 199 | −17 | Playoff | USA John Huston | 1,300,000 | 234,000 | |||||||||||||||
| 1992 | USA Fred Funk | 272 | −16 | 2 strokes | USA Kirk Triplett | 1,200,000 | 216,000 | |||||||||||||||
| 1991 | ZAF Fulton Allem | 273 | −15 | 1 stroke | USA Billy Ray Brown | |||||||||||||||||
| USA Mike Hulbert | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| USA Tom Kite | 800,000 | 144,000 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| 1990 | USA Tony Sills | 204 | −12 | Playoff | USA Gil Morgan | 1,000,000 | 180,000 | |||||||||||||||
| 1989 | USA Mike Sullivan | 280 | −8 | 1 stroke | USA Craig Stadler | 800,000 | 144,000 | |||||||||||||||
| 1988 | USA Curtis Strange (3) | 270 | −18 | Playoff | AUS Greg Norman | 700,000 | 126,000 | |||||||||||||||
| 1987 | USA Jay Haas | 276 | −12 | Playoff | USA Buddy Gardner | 600,000 | 108,000 | |||||||||||||||
| 1986 | USA Curtis Strange (2) | 274 | −14 | Playoff | USA Calvin Peete | 500,000 | 90,000 | |||||||||||||||
| 1985 | USA Raymond Floyd | 277 | −11 | 1 stroke | ZAF David Frost | |||||||||||||||||
| USA Bob Lohr | 500,000 | 90,000 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| 1984 | USA Corey Pavin | 274 | −10 | 1 stroke | USA Buddy Gardner | 500,000 | 90,000 | |||||||||||||||
| 1983 | AUS David Graham | 275 | −9 | 5 strokes | USA Lee Elder | |||||||||||||||||
| USA Jim Thorpe | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| USA Lee Trevino | 400,000 | 72,000 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| 1982 | USA Ed Sneed | 275 | −9 | Playoff | AUS Bob Shearer | 350,000 | 63,000 | |||||||||||||||
| 1981 | USA Ron Streck | 198 | −15 | 3 strokes | USA Hale Irwin | |||||||||||||||||
| USA Jerry Pate | 262,500 | 47,250 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| 1980 | USA Curtis Strange | 266 | −18 | Playoff | USA Lee Trevino | 350,000 | 63,000 | |||||||||||||||
| 1979 | USA Wayne Levi | 268 | −16 | 2 strokes | USA Mike Brannan | 300,000 | 54,000 | |||||||||||||||
| 1978 | ZAF Gary Player | 270 | −18 | 1 stroke | USA Andy Bean | 200,000 | 40,000 | |||||||||||||||
| 1977 | USA Gene Littler | 276 | −12 | 3 strokes | USA Lanny Wadkins | 200,000 | 40,000 | |||||||||||||||
| 1976 | USA Lee Elder | 278 | −10 | 1 stroke | USA Forrest Fezler | 200,000 | 40,000 | |||||||||||||||
| 1975 | AUS Bruce Crampton (2) | 273 | −15 | 2 strokes | USA Gil Morgan | 150,000 | 30,000 | |||||||||||||||
| 1974 | USA Dave Hill | 276 | −12 | 1 stroke | USA Rod Curl | |||||||||||||||||
| USA Steve Melnyk | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| USA Andy North | 150,000 | 30,000 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| 1973 | AUS Bruce Crampton | 277 | −11 | 1 stroke | USA Dave Stockton | 205,000 | 41,000 | |||||||||||||||
| 1972 | AUS Bruce Devlin | 278 | −10 | 2 strokes | USA Tommy Aaron | |||||||||||||||||
| USA Lou Graham | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| USA Doug Sanders | 125,000 | 25,000 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| 1971 | USA Hubert Green | 280 | −4 | Playoff | USA Don January | 125,000 | 25,000 | |||||||||||||||
| 1970 | USA Gibby Gilbert | 282 | −2 | Playoff | AUS Bruce Crampton | 115,000 | 23,000 | |||||||||||||||
| 1969: No tournament - club hosted the 1969 U.S. Open | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1968 | ARG Roberto De Vicenzo | 274 | −10 | 1 stroke | USA Lee Trevino | 100,000 | 20,000 | |||||||||||||||
| 1967 | USA Frank Beard | 274 | −10 | 1 stroke | USA Arnold Palmer | 115,000 | 23,000 | |||||||||||||||
| 1966 | USA Arnold Palmer (2) | 275 | −9 | 1 stroke | USA Gardner Dickinson | 110,000 | 21,000 | |||||||||||||||
| 1965 | USA Bobby Nichols (2) | 273 | −11 | 1 stroke | AUS Bruce Devlin | |||||||||||||||||
| USA Chi-Chi Rodríguez | 75,000 | 12,000 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| 1964 | USA Mike Souchak (2) | 278 | −6 | 1 stroke | USA Jack Nicklaus | 50,000 | 7,500 | |||||||||||||||
| 1963 | NZL Bob Charles | 268 | −20 | 1 stroke | USA Fred Hawkins | 50,000 | 10,000 | |||||||||||||||
| 1962 | USA Bobby Nichols | 278 | −10 | Playoff | USA Jack Nicklaus | |||||||||||||||||
| USA Dan Sikes | 50,000 | 9,000 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| 1961 | USA Jay Hebert | 276 | −12 | Playoff | USA Ken Venturi | 40,000 | 7,000 | |||||||||||||||
| 1960 | USA Bill Collins | 280 | E | Playoff | USA Arnold Palmer | 35,000 | 5,300 | |||||||||||||||
| 1959 | USA Jack Burke Jr. (2) | 277 | −3 | Playoff | USA Julius Boros | 30,000 | 4,300 | |||||||||||||||
| 1958 | USA Ed Oliver | 281 | +1 | 1 stroke | ARG Roberto De Vicenzo | |||||||||||||||||
| USA Jay Hebert | 30,000 | 4,300 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| 1957 | USA Arnold Palmer | 279 | −1 | 1 stroke | USA Doug Ford | 36,000 | 7,500 | |||||||||||||||
| 1956 | USA Ted Kroll | 277 | −3 | 3 strokes | USA Jack Burke Jr. | |||||||||||||||||
| USA Dave Douglas | 30,000 | 6,000 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| 1955 | USA Mike Souchak | 273 | −7 | 2 strokes | USA Jerry Barber | 30,000 | 6,000 | |||||||||||||||
| 1954 | USA Dave Douglas | 277 | −3 | 2 strokes | USA Cary Middlecoff | 30,000 | 6,000 | |||||||||||||||
| 1953 | USA Cary Middlecoff (2) | 283 | +3 | Playoff | AUS Jim Ferrier | |||||||||||||||||
| USA Shelley Mayfield | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| USA Bill Nary | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| USA Earl Stewart | 20,000 | 4,000 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| 1952 | USA Jack Burke Jr. | 277 | −3 | 6 strokes | USA Frank Stranahan | 10,000 | 2,000 | |||||||||||||||
| 1951 | USA Marty Furgol | 277 | −3 | 1 stroke | USA Jack Burke Jr. | 10,000 | 2,000 | |||||||||||||||
| 1950 | USA Cary Middlecoff | 277 | −11 | 3 strokes | USA Pete Cooper | 10,000 | 2,000 | |||||||||||||||
| 1949 | USA Johnny Palmer | 272 | −16 | 1 stroke | USA Cary Middlecoff | 10,000 | 2,000 | |||||||||||||||
| 1948: No tournament | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1947 | ZAF Bobby Locke | 277 | −11 | 5 strokes | USA Johnny Palmer | |||||||||||||||||
| USA Ellsworth Vines | 10,000 | 2,000 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| 1946 | USA Byron Nelson | 274 | −10 | 2 strokes | USA Ben Hogan | 10,000 | 2,000 |
Note: Green highlight indicates scoring records.
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Notes
References
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