View reports online: --- SELECT YOUR DESTINATION --- Tournament Factoids Tournament History Tournament Scoring Summaries Winners & Runners-Up list Bios of Past Champions All-Time Houston Money List All-Time Player Performance Summaries Lowest Scores by Round Lowest Scores By Year Lowest Total for Rounds 2-3-4 Highest Score Highest Total for Rounds 2-3-4 Holes In One Statistics on Cuts Records Home There are a total of 9259 records in this database. Past Winners: --Past Winners-- 2013 - D. A. Points 2012 - Hunter Mahan 2011 - Phil Mickelson 2010 - Anthony Kim 2009 - Paul Casey 2008 - Johnson Wagner 2007 - Adam Scott 2006 - Stuart Appleby 2005 - Vijay Singh 2004 - Vijay Singh 2003 - Fred Couples 2002 - Vijay Singh 2001 - Hal Sutton 2000 - Robert Allenby 1999 - Stuart Appleby 1998 - David Duval 1997 - Phil Blackmar 1996 - Mark Brooks 1995 - Payne Stewart 1994 - Mike Heinen 1993 - Jim McGovern 1992 - Fred Funk 1991 - Fulton Allem 1990 - Tony Sills 1989 - Mike Sullivan 1988 - Curtis Strange 1987 - Jay Haas 1986 - Curtis Strange 1985 - Raymond Floyd 1984 - Corey Pavin 1983 - David Graham 1982 - Ed Sneed 1981 - Ron Streck 1980 - Curtis Strange 1979 - Wayne Levi 1978 - Gary Player 1977 - Gene Littler 1976 - Lee Elder 1975 - Bruce Crampton 1974 - Dave Hill 1973 - Bruce Crampton 1972 - Bruce Devlin 1971 - Hubert Green 1970 - Gibby Gilbert 1968 - Roberto De Vicenzo 1967 - Frank Beard 1966 - Arnold Palmer 1965 - Bobby Nichols 1964 - Mike Souchak 1963 - Bob Charles 1962 - Bobby Nichols 1961 - Jay Hebert 1960 - Bill Collins 1959 - Jack Burke Jr. 1958 - Ed Oliver 1957 - Arnold Palmer 1956 - Ted Kroll 1955 - Mike Souchak 1954 - Dave Douglas 1953 - Cary Middlecoff 1952 - Jack Burke Jr. 1951 - Marty Furgol 1950 - Cary Middlecoff 1949 - Johnny Palmer 1947 - Bobby Locke 1946 - Byron Nelson Gene Littler - Performance Summaries 1040 - 32 CHAMP STATS: 1977 Houston Open The Woodlands Country Club April 28 - May 1 , 1977 $200,000.00 purse Age on Final Day:     46 years, 9 months, and 0 days Birthplace:     San Diego, California Money in 1977:     (17th) $119,759 Data:     Littler shot a second round 65 to put him in a tie with George Burns and George Knudson ... A 60-foot putt for eagle on No. 16 and five birdies helped him to score the 65 ... His third round 67 gave him a 5-stroke lead over Burns ... He needed only 27 putts in the third round ... He finished the tournament shooting 74 to win by three-strokes over Lanny Wadkins and Chi Chi Rodriguez ... Distinction of being the oldest player to win the Houston Open ... Won only five years after undergoing surgery for cancer of the lymph glands ... Also finished 2nd at the Tuscon Open and tied for 4th at the Heritage Classic in 1977 ... 1953 U.S. Amateur Champion, 1955, 1956 and 1957 Tournament of Champions winner, and 1961 U. S. Open winner ... 1972 Canadian Open champion ... Ryder Cup, 1961-1975 ... The Houston Open was his last official victory in his 25-year career ... Inducted into the World Golf Hall of Fame in 1990. Last Year Played:     1983 Years Played:     21 Rounds Played:     74 Cuts Made:     15 Total Earnings:     $55,049.47 YEAR R1 R2 R3 R4 R5 TOTAL MONEY PLACE 1955 72 67 73 69 0 281 $635.00 12T 1956 69 79 72 68 0 288 $343.75 21T 1957 74 74 74 0 0 222 $0.00 C 1958 73 71 70 74 0 288 $756.00 13T 1960 69 74 74 72 0 289 $570.00 21T 1961 76 74 71 0 0 221 $0.00 C 1962 73 75 76 0 0 224 $0.00 C 1963 72 72 70 73 0 287 $0.00 61T 1966 71 66 75 69 0 281 $2,425.00 11T 1967 74 70 71 75 0 290 $733.12 31T 1968 69 70 74 70 0 283 $1,750.00 14T 1970 70 70 77 74 0 291 $712.50 31T 1973 71 71 73 73 0 288 $2,290.14 19T 1975 69 73 70 71 0 283 $2,571.42 12T 1977 70 65 67 74 0 276 $40,000.00 1 1978 68 70 67 76 0 281 $1,106.66 32T 1979 74 70 0 0 0 144 $0.00 C 1980 72 70 78 68 0 288 $644.00 77T 1981 69 70 77 0 0 216 $511.88 72T 1982 73 76 0 0 0 149 $0.00 C 1983 76 72 0 0 0 148 $0.00 C AVERAGES 71.62 71.38 72.72 71.86 00.00 AVG. = 71.89 $55,049.47 For more information about The Shell Houston Open, contact: The Houston Golf Association · 281.454.7000 · Email: hgahgaoffice@hga.org Content © 2013 Houston Golf Association. All rights reserved.