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Sunday 1 April 2007PGA TourYear in Review
Scott wins Shell Houston Open
Redstone Golf Club, Humble, Texas · Thursday 29 March to Sunday 1 April 2007 · Adam Scott’s win no. 5 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 19 m
of daylight on the final day, the sun 64° up at noon, and that night a waxing gibbous moon (computed from the date and the place).
- R127°/21°C · wind 24 km/h SE, gusts 50 · 0.5 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R225°/20°C · wind 24 km/h SE, gusts 50 · 0.7 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R322°/17°C · wind 18 km/h S, gusts 49 · 27.6 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R427°/18°C · wind 10 km/h S, gusts 27 · 18.5 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
- Stuart Appleby AUS · 274The defending champion birdied 17 to keep the pressure on, but needing at least par at 18 he hit a poor shot out of the bunker, while Scott, whose tee shot found the water, holed his putt (closed 69) ASAP Sports interview transcript: Adam Scott, Shell Houston Open, 2007-04-01
- Bubba Watson USA · 274Tied for second, three behind (closed 72) ESPN leaderboard: Shell Houston Open
, 78 made it
Same week
PGA Tour event
Shell Houston Open
Redstone Golf Club, Redstone Golf Club, Humble, Texas
4 of 5 researched
Winner
Adam Scott
Runner-up not yet researched.
From the papers
ASAP Sports (interview transcript)
1 April 2007
Yeah. No, I wouldn't want to lose to Stuart, give up the bragging rights obviously. This is a one-up I've got on him, for a little while anyway.
ASAP Sports (interview transcript)
1 April 2007
But I've gotten away with it twice, maybe, the third time not too lucky.
ASAP Sports (interview transcript)
1 April 2007
Just move on. Half the time I can't tell you what hotel I stayed in the week before.
Top 10
| Pos | Player | Rounds | Total | To par |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Adam Scott | 69 · 71 · 65 · 66 | 271 | −17 |
| T2 | Stuart Appleby | 66 · 72 · 67 · 69 | 274 | −14 |
| T2 | Bubba Watson | 71 · 67 · 64 · 72 | 274 | −14 |
| 4 | Tommy Armour III | 68 · 71 · 70 · 66 | 275 | −13 |
| T5 | Robert Garrigus | 69 · 72 · 70 · 65 | 276 | −12 |
| T5 | Anthony Kim | 70 · 73 · 66 · 67 | 276 | −12 |
| T5 | Hunter Mahan | 68 · 71 · 68 · 69 | 276 | −12 |
| 8 | D.J. Trahan | 71 · 72 · 66 · 68 | 277 | −11 |
| T9 | Arron Oberholser | 70 · 71 · 69 · 68 | 278 | −10 |
| T9 | Steve Stricker | 68 · 73 · 68 · 69 | 278 | −10 |
| T9 | Bernhard Langer | 71 · 70 · 67 · 70 | 278 | −10 |
| T9 | Bob Estes | 67 · 71 · 69 · 71 | 278 | −10 |
| T9 | Johnson Wagner | 66 · 75 · 64 · 73 | 278 | −10 |
The golfer
born 1980-07-16, Adelaide, Australia; AUS; turned pro 2000; age 26 that week; tour wins to date: 5; majors to date: 0; world No. 5 that week (OWGR rankBefore as stated by the OWGR player profile events table).
What’s in the bag
No bag on file yet