Johnson Wagner was the wire to wire winner of the Shell Houston Open, and by doing so, he gets his first tour win, an automatic spot in the Masters and a two year tour exemption. (For more about Wagner, check out this nice article). He was tied at the beginning of the tournament with Adam Scott for first, but Scott had to withdraw early because of flu-like symptoms that he suffered from since the beginning of the tournament.
Fred Couples ended tied for 4th, his highest finish since tying for third at the 2006 Masters.
In other SHO news, Phil Mickelson says that he plans to be at the tournament next year. He liked the way that the course was set up to help prep shots for Augusta, and the support of the fans in the community.
By the way, for golf fans who want to get a better sense of what the high profile players have to say than is usually in the newspaper sites, you can check out ASAP Sports-Golf link that has transcripts of various sporting events. The extremely cordial media relations people at the SHO said that their tournament was the first golf tournament to employ transcribers. There are ASAP Sports transcripts for other sports, but the golf one probably the most thorough.
