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HOUSTON -- Mayor Bill White joined leaders of the Shell Houston Open on the steps of City Hall to officially proclaim Tuesday as "Shell Houston Open -- A Chance for Children Day."

Adam Scott won the 2007 Shell Houston Open. (Cox/WireImage)

In his proclamation, Mayor White noted that charitable contributions from the Shell Houston Open and the Houston Golf Association's golf-related activities are approaching almost $50 million since 1974 and that hundreds of thousands of children have been impacted by funding from the Shell Houston Open.

"While millions have been generated through our PGA TOUR event and other golf-related activities, we are most proud of the fact the funding is put to work in our local community," said Steve Timms, president and CEO of the Houston Golf Association. "The causes we support are indeed diverse. Yet our focus has been -- and will continue to be -- helping kids.

"Tournament officials unveiled a check in the amount of $2,206,700 -- the total contribution from the 2007 Shell Houston Open and Houston Golf Association's other golf-related fundraising activities.

"The Shell Houston Open continues to be a triple-winner for Houston -- great golf, good corporate citizenship and very good news for the thousands of children who are helped through the tournament's generosity," said Mayor White.

Among the Shell Houston Open core charities are: Acres Home Youth Foundation, Boys and Girls Harbor, Cenikor Foundation, Chinquapin School, Interfaith Chapel of The Woodlands, Star of Hope and Make a Wish Foundation of the Texas Gulf Coast & Louisiana. There also are about 200 additional charities and non-profit organizations receiving donations.