The Shell Houston Open is a regular golf tournament on the PGA Tour, which started 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. The event was played at several Houston venues until the 1970s, nut now it is played in April at Redstone Golf Club in the Houston suburb of Humble. Shell and the Houston Golf Association are the main sponsors of the tournament.
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The event settled in at Memorial Park from 1951-1963, and in 1964 and again in 1965 was played at Sharpstown Country Club, before moving to Champions Golf Club from 1966-71 and Westwood Country Club in 1972. The event ventured outside of Houston in 1973, being played at Quail Valley Country Club in Missouri City, Texas, and in 1975, was relocated to The Woodlands, Texas, first at Woodlands Country Club until 1984, and subsequently at the TPC at The Woodlands until 2002. In 2003, the event moved to its current location at Redstone Golf Club. The 2008 purse was $5,600,000, with $1,008,000 going to the winner.