Golf Club of Houston Tournament Course
Golf Club of Houston Tournament Course: Rees Jones, David Toms. Par 72, 7,425 yards. Lanto Griffin won the 2019 Houston Open here with 274 (−14).
Golf Club of Houston Tournament Course: Rees Jones, David Toms. Par 72, 7,425 yards. Lanto Griffin won the 2019 Houston Open here with 274 (−14).
Golf Club of Houston Tournament Course: Rees Jones, David Toms. Par 72, 7,425 yards. Lanto Griffin won the 2019 Houston Open here with 274 (−14).
Updated October 24, 2026
14 editions on the record, by event, newest first.
PGA Tour
| Year | Champion | Score | Note |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2019 | Houston Open Lanto Griffin | 274 (−14) | by 1 stroke |
| 2018 | Ian Poulter | 269 (−19) | won in a playoff |
| 2017 | Shell Houston Open Russell Henley | 268 (−20) | by 3 strokes |
| 2016 | Jim Herman | 273 (−15) | by 1 stroke |
| 2015 | J. B. Holmes | 272 (−16) | won in a playoff |
| 2014 | Matt Jones | 273 (−15) | won in a playoff |
| 2013 | D. A. Points | 272 (−16) | by 1 stroke |
| 2012 | Hunter Mahan | 272 (−16) | by 1 stroke |
| 2011 | Phil Mickelson | 268 (−20) | by 3 strokes |
| 2010 | Anthony Kim | 276 (−12) | won in a playoff |
| 2009 | Paul Casey | 277 (−11) | won in a playoff |
| 2008 | Johnson Wagner | 272 (−16) | by 2 strokes |
| 2007 | Adam Scott | 271 (−17) | by 3 strokes |
| 2006 | Stuart Appleby | 269 (−19) | by 6 strokes |
The club hosted the Houston Open for 17 years, the longest stretch at any venue in the event's history.
Source: Golf Club of Houston - Our Story
The club says its fairway corridors were first carved by George Fazio in the 1960s on Gulf Coast bayou land.
Source: Golf Club of Houston - Our Story
In 2024 the club hosted LIV Golf's first event in Texas, returning professional golf to the property five years after the Houston Open left.
Source: Golf Club of Houston - 2024
The 488-yard par-4 18th is nicknamed "the Ball Washer" for the lake that runs all the way up its left side to a multi-tiered green; it routinely ranked among the dozen hardest holes on tour.
Source: Houstonia 2017-02 "The Golf Club of Houston's 18th Hole Is the Toughest In the City" · GolfPass (Mike Bailey) "The Golf Club of Houston's Tournament Course"
As the pre-Masters stop, the course was heavily overseeded each winter to emulate the agronomic conditions at Augusta National, though it is far flatter and has water on more than half its holes.
Source: GolfPass (Mike Bailey) "The Golf Club of Houston's Tournament Course"
The 3rd plays around a lake to a green that juts out into the water.
Source: GolfPass (Mike Bailey) "The Golf Club of Houston's Tournament Course"
The Tournament Course, opened in 2005 specifically to host the Houston Open, sits among wetlands and cypress trees just down the road from George Bush Intercontinental Airport.
Source: Houstonia 2017-02 "The Golf Club of Houston's 18th Hole Is the Toughest In the City"
The PGA Tour and DP World Tour weeks at this course since 2017.
| Year | Event | Winner | Note |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2019 | Houston Open 10–13 October 2019 | Lanto Griffin | PGA Tour |
| 2018 | Houston Open 29 March – 1 April 2018 | Ian Poulter | PGA Tour |
| 2017 | Shell Houston Open 30 March – 2 April 2017 | Russell Henley | PGA Tour |
Every value is shown as recorded in GNN's tour-course research (profiles, championship history, the tour's visits since 2017, stories, details and course changes, each with its sources). A value no source confirmed is left out; nothing is estimated. The light in the room is the sun's real position on the last day of a recorded visit.
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