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Established in 1957 by multiple major champions Jack Burke Jr. and Jimmy Demaret, who were both raised in the city, Champions carries a long history for Houston golf. Burke (1923-2024) won the Masters and PGA Championship in 1956 and Demaret (1910–1983) was the first to win three Masters ( 1940 , 1947 , 1950 ).
Texas State Open champions [1] Year Champion Course Location 1960 Homero Blancas: Sharpstown Park Golf Course: Houston: 1961–1964 No tournament: 1965 Lee Trevino: Sharpstown Park Golf Course: Houston: 1966 Lee Trevino: Sharpstown Park Golf Course: Houston: 1967 Jack Burke Jr. Champions Golf Club: Houston: 1968–1974 No tournament: 1975 Ben ...
The facility was known as Redstone Golf Club until December 2013, and is now the Golf Club of Houston. [ 4 ] [ 5 ] Previously held weeks later in mid-spring, the Houston Open was played the week before the Masters Tournament from 2007 through 2018 (except 2013 , when it was two weeks before the Masters), and was the last chance to get into the ...
The Golf Club of Houston is a private golf club in unincorporated Harris County, Texas, near Humble and northeast of Houston. [3] The club contains two 18-hole courses; the Member Course is private, while the Tournament Course is open to the public. The Tournament Course was designed by Rees Jones and tour pro David Toms.
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The park includes the 18-hole Memorial Park Golf Course, Texas's top-rated municipal golf course. Formerly the site of a nine-hole course launched in 1912, it was completely redesigned by John Bredemus and opened 89 years ago in 1936. The course rating is 75.0 with a slope rating of 130 from its back tees. [6]
The 1969 U.S. Open was the 69th U.S. Open, held June 12–15 at the Cypress Creek Course of Champions Golf Club in Houston, Texas. Orville Moody won his only PGA Tour title, one stroke ahead of runners-up Deane Beman, Bob Rosburg, and Al Geiberger. [3] [4]
The 2020 U.S. Women's Open was the 75th U.S. Women's Open, played December 10–14 at Champions Golf Club in Houston, Texas, having been postponed from its original date of June 4–7, 2020, on April 3, 2020 as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic. It was played on both the Cypress Creek and Jackrabbit courses.