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Sunday 23 April 2006PGA TourYear in Review
Appleby wins Shell Houston Open
Redstone Golf Club, Humble, Texas · Thursday 20 to Sunday 23 April 2006 · Stuart Appleby’s win no. 8 on the PGA Tour · purse $5,500,000 USD · Shell
The headline is set by GNN from the record. Reports from the papers of the day are below as they are found.
The weather
12 h 58 m
of daylight on the final day, the sun 72° up at noon, and that night a waning crescent moon (computed from the date and the place).
- R129°/21°C · wind 19 km/h SE, gusts 46 · 0 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R228°/19°C · wind 16 km/h W, gusts 41 · 10.4 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R331°/17°C · wind 13 km/h E, gusts 26 · 0 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R430°/16°C · wind 18 km/h SSE, gusts 41 · 0 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
The name over time
Not yet traced: its earlier names, sponsors and courses come with research.
The ones it got away from
- Bob Estes USA · 275Began the final round four shots back, hit his tee shot into the water at the 8th and bogeyed 8 and 9; closed 69 to finish alone in second, six behind ASAP Sports interview transcript: Bob Estes, Shell Houston Open, 2006-04-23
, 82 made it
Same week
PGA Tour event
Shell Houston Open
Redstone Golf Club (Tournament Course), Redstone Golf Club, Humble, Texas
4 of 5 researched
Winner
Stuart Appleby
Runner-up not yet researched.
From the papers
ASAP Sports (interview transcript)
23 April 2006
To have a comfortable victory has never left my lips. I've never had that luxury.
ASAP Sports (interview transcript)
23 April 2006
You've got to bleed it off and keep it at a level where the cooker doesn't blow.
ASAP Sports (interview transcript)
23 April 2006
Usually it's those cookies in the locker room. Almost everywhere we go they have cookies or brownies, and man, it's hard to pass up a cookie tray after a round on the course.
Top 10
| Pos | Player | Rounds | Total | To par |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Stuart Appleby | 66 · 67 · 69 · 67 | 269 | −19 |
| 2 | Bob Estes | 71 · 69 · 66 · 69 | 275 | −13 |
| 3 | Steve Stricker | 72 · 70 · 68 · 66 | 276 | −12 |
| 4 | Mathias Gronberg | 68 · 69 · 67 · 73 | 277 | −11 |
| 5 | Jerry Smith | 67 · 70 · 69 · 72 | 278 | −10 |
| T6 | Mike Weir | 71 · 71 · 70 · 67 | 279 | −9 |
| T6 | Richard S. Johnson | 72 · 69 · 67 · 71 | 279 | −9 |
| T6 | J.L. Lewis | 71 · 69 · 68 · 71 | 279 | −9 |
| T6 | Brett Wetterich | 70 · 69 · 69 · 71 | 279 | −9 |
| T6 | K.J. Choi | 71 · 69 · 67 · 72 | 279 | −9 |
The golfer
born 1971-05-01, Cohuna, Victoria, Australia; AUS; turned pro 1992; age 34 that week; tour wins to date: 8; majors to date: 0; world No. 33 that week (OWGR rankBefore as stated by the OWGR player profile events table).
What’s in the bag
No bag on file yet