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Shell Houston Open changed the stakes

By Bob Harig
ESPN.com

Tuesday, March 31, 2009

The notion that one could set up a golf course to replicate Augusta National's conditions is a reach for almost any venue that doesn't sit among rolling hills in Georgia while loaded with millions of dollars to make everything perfect. In other words, basically no one could make such a claim. But the Shell Houston Open did, and after three years, the players have bought it. Marc Feldman/Getty Images Johnson Wagner came out of nowhere last year to win the Shell Houston Open and punch his ...

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