Houston Classic
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| Location | near Humble, Texas, U.S. |
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| Established | 1946, 71 years ago |
| Course(s) | Golf Club of Houston |
| Par | 72 |
| Length | 7,457 yards (6,819 m) |
| Tour(s) | PGA Tour |
| Format | Stroke play |
| Prize fund | $7.0 million |
| Month played | March/April |
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266 Curtis Strange (1980) 266 Lee Trevino (1980) 266 Vijay Singh (2002) |
| To par | −22 Vijay Singh (2002) |
 Russell Henley
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The Shell Houston Open is a professional golf tournament in Texas on the PGA Tour, currently played in late March or early April. It is held at the Golf Club of Houston (formerly named Redstone Golf Club) in unincorparted Harris County near Humble, northeast of Houston.
Shell Oil Company and the Houston Golf Association are its main sponsors. The purse was $6.8 million in 2016, with a winner's share of $1.244 million.
The event was played at several Houston venues until the 1970s, starting 71 years ago 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 its current location near Humble in 2003; 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.
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