Preview Shell Houston Open 2008
This week’s $5.6 million Shell Houston Open at Redstone Golf Club, Humble, Texas, is the ideal event for those golfers wanting to find their rhythm and play their way in to the next weeks US Masters in Augusta.
The Redstone’s Tournament Course course affords more than a passing acknowledgment to what the players will encounter at the Augusta National Golf Club, the par 72, 7,457 yard course is very nearly the same length as Augusta, with minimal rough bordering the fairways the course is prepared in much the same way.
- Purse: $5.6 million
- Winning Share: $1,008,000
- FedExCup Points: 25,000
- Defending Champion: Adam Scott
- Website: http://www.shellhoustonopen.com
Even though this event ha attracted a high class field, driving distance may have a bearing on this years result so Golfing News predicts a bold show by Bubba Watson.
Previous Champions
- 2007 Adam Scott
- 2006 Stuart Appleby
- 2005 Vijay Singh
- 2004 Vijay Singh
- 2003 Fred Couples
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