This week's field includes:
- The field includes just 10 of the top 25 in the latest Official World Golf Rankings, with four from the Top 10: Phil Mickelson, Adam Scott, Steve Stricker and K.J. Choi. The other six top-25 players in the field are Padraig Harrington, Geoff Ogilvy, Angel Cabrera, Aaron Baddeley, Andres Romero and Trevor Immelman.
- The field includes 11 of the Top 25 on this year's PGA Tour money list. Those players include Phil Mickelson, K.J. Choi, Geoff Ogilvy, Justin Leonard, Steve Stricker, Andres Romero, Steve Marino, Jeff Quinney, Peter Lonard, Stuart Appleby and Bart Bryant.
- The field includes five past champions: Adam Scott (2007), Stuart Appleby (2006 & 1999), Fred Couples (2003), Robert Allenby (2000) and Jim McGovern (1993).
A perfect way for fantasy golfers to check on the past performance of all the players in the Shell Houston Open field are these performance charts, one with the players listed alphabetically and the other with the players listed by average finish.
One last way to check who is the best is through a special formula worked out in Golfstats that gives us the best average performances at the Shell Houston Open in the last five years.
Time to look at our who's hot and who isn't:
| Who's Hot: | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Player | Zurich | CA Puerto Rico |
Palmer | PODS | Honda | Accenture Mayakoba |
L.A. | Pebble | FBR | Buick | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tiger Woods | DNP | 5th | Win | DNP | DNP | Win | DNP | DNP | DNP | Win | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Vijay Singh | DNP | DNP | T3rd | DNP | DNP | T5th | T36th | 2nd | Cut | T23 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Stewart Cink | DQ | DNP | DNP | T2nd | DNP | 2nd | DNP | DNP | Cut | T3rd | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Phil Mickelson | DNP | DNP | T21st | DNP | DNP | T17th | Win | Cut | 2nd | T6th | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Sean O'Hair | DNP | DNP | T3rd | Win | Cut | DNP | Cut | DNP | T50th | T49th | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Woody Austin | DNP | Win | DNP | DNP | DNP | T19th | DNP | T48th | DNP | DNP | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Geoff Ogilvy | DNP | Win | T14th | T10th | DNP | T33rd | Cut | DNP | Cut | Cut | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Luke Donald | DNP | DNP | Cut | DNP | 2nd | T17th | T3 | DNP | DNP | DNP | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Justin Leonard | DNP | DNP | DNP | DNP | T30 | 4th | DNP | T43 | T43rd | T3rd | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Stuart Appleby | DNP | T34 | Cut | T10th | DNP | T9th | T7th | DNP | T4th | T8th | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Padraig Harrington | T4th | DNP | DNP | DNP | DNP | T17th | T3rd | T14th | DNP | DNP | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Andres Romero | Win | T30th | T48th | DNP | DNP | T17th | Cut | Cut | DNP | DNP | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Robert Allenby | DNP | T20th | DNP | T14th | T4th | T33rd | T7th | DNP | T25th | T35th | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Who's Not: | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Player | Zurich | CA Puerto Rico |
Palmer | PODS | Honda | Accenture Mayakoba |
L.A. | Pebble | FBR | Buick | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| J.P. Hayes | DNP | DNP | DNP | Cut | Cut | DNP | Cut | Cut | Cut | Cut | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Shaun Michael | DNP | DNP | Cut | Cut | Cut | Cut | Cut | DNP | CUT | DNP | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Charley H0ffman | Cut | DNP | Cut | Cut | DNP | DNP | Cut | Cut | Cut | T67th | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Johnson Wagner | T64th | DNP | DNP | Cut | Cut | DNP | Cut | Cut | Cut | Cut | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| David Duval | Cut | DNP | DNP | Cut | Cut | DNP | WD | Cut | DNP | Cut | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Todd Demsey | Cut | DNP | DNP | DNP | DNP | Cut | DNP | Cut | Cut | Cut | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Chris DiMarco | Cut | DNP | DNP | Cut | Cut | DNP | Cut | Cut | T54th | T67th | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Who to Watch at the Shell Houston Open:
Best Bets:
| Stuart Appleby | |||||||||||
| 2007 | '06 | '05 | '04 | '03 | '02 | '01 | '00 | '99 | '98 | '97 | '96 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| T2 | Win | - | - | T2 | - | Cut | Cut | Win | - | - | Cut |
Full Shell Houston Open record
He is the king of this course -- second last year and a win the year before.
| Steve Stricker | |||||||||||
| 2007 | '06 | '05 | '04 | '03 | '02 | '01 | '00 | '99 | '98 | '97 | '96 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| T9 | 3 | T62 | T19 | Cut | Cut | - | Cut | T45 | - | - | - |
Full Shell Houston Open record
This event has always been good to him, giving him exemptions when his luck was down. He has two top-10s at the Redstone course. Look out for him.
| K.J. Choi | |||||||||||
| 2007 | '06 | '05 | '04 | '03 | '02 | '01 | '00 | '99 | '98 | '97 | '96 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| T19 | T6 | - | T11 | Cut | T51 | T62 | Cut | - | - | - | T27 |
Full Shell Houston Open record
K.J. is presently third on the PGA Tour's greens hit category and lives right down the road. Look for a good week from him.
Best of the rest:
| Padraig Harrington | |||||||||||
| 2007 | '06 | '05 | '04 | '03 | '02 | '01 | '00 | '99 | '98 | '97 | '96 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| T24 | T32 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
Full Shell Houston Open record
Hasn't shown us much on this course in the past, but he played well last week and this could be his week to shine.
| Phil Mickelson | |||||||||||
| 2007 | '06 | '05 | '04 | '03 | '02 | '01 | '00 | '99 | '98 | '97 | '96 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| - | - | - | - | T28 | - | - | - | - | T30 | - | - |
Full Shell Houston Open record
Hasn't shown us much since his win in L.A. and he doesn't have any history on the course. But he is still Phil Mickelson and a threat to win anytime he plays.
| Geoff Ogilvy | |||||||||||
| 2007 | '06 | '05 | '04 | '03 | '02 | '01 | '00 | '99 | '98 | '97 | '96 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| - | - | T62 | 10 | T7 | T34 | - | - | - | - | - | - |
Full Shell Houston Open record
A very dangerous player right now. He could continue his good play from the CA-Championship and blow everyone away on this course.
| Adam Scott | |||||||||||
| 2007 | '06 | '05 | '04 | '03 | '02 | '01 | '00 | '99 | '98 | '97 | '96 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Win | - | - | - | Cut | T6 | T62 | - | - | - | - | - |
Full Shell Houston Open record
It's very hard to repeat, especially the week before a major
| Justin Leonard | |||||||||||
| 2007 | '06 | '05 | '04 | '03 | '02 | '01 | '00 | '99 | '98 | '97 | '96 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| T36 | Cut | - | T29 | T49 | T6 | T4 | Cut | T17 | - | T15 | Cut |
Full Shell Houston Open record
The secret to his year is hitting more greens. He is fourth on the GIR list this year, which makes you think he has a good shot this week.
| Trevor Immelman | |||||||||||
| 2007 | '06 | '05 | '04 | '03 | '02 | '01 | '00 | '99 | '98 | '97 | '96 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| - | T11 | - | - | T17 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
Full Shell Houston Open record
Don't be surprised if he has a good week.
Long shots that could come through:
| Peter Lonard | |||||||||||
| 2007 | '06 | '05 | '04 | '03 | '02 | '01 | '00 | '99 | '98 | '97 | '96 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cut | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
Full Shell Houston Open record
Not much of a record in this event, but he has been playing well as of late.
| Hunter Mahan | |||||||||||
| 2007 | '06 | '05 | '04 | '03 | '02 | '01 | '00 | '99 | '98 | '97 | '96 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| T5 | T11 | Cut | Cut | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
Full Shell Houston Open record
He has a good record on this course.
| Davis Love III | |||||||||||
| 2007 | '06 | '05 | '04 | '03 | '02 | '01 | '00 | '99 | '98 | '97 | '96 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| - | - | T31 | - | T16 | - | - | - | - | T27 | T11 | T4 |
Full Shell Houston Open record
We know that he can't win, but it would be nice to see his major streak go on.
