We have our story of the 12 months in golf and it is nonetheless solely March.
Call it the Texas two-step. This week’s Texas Children’s Houston Open is the starting of a two-event swing for the PGA Tour via the Lone Star State.
Memorial Park Golf Course, a municipal structure refreshed in 2019 by famous course architect Tom Doak, with session from Brooks Koepka, performs host for the six straight season. The course is positioned simply west of Houston’s downtown and may also host the Chevron Championship, the LPGA Tour’s first main of the 2026 season, subsequent month.
Koepka, again on the PGA Tour in 2026 after leaving the LIV Golf League late final 12 months, is amongst these being adopted carefully this week, given his connection to the course in addition to the reality he’s coming off three straight top-20 finishes.
The area consists of 18 of the high 50 gamers in the World Ranking with Chris Gotterup main the approach at No. 10. World No. 1 Scottie Scheffler had been scheduled to play, but withdrew on Tuesday attributable to the pending beginning of his second youngster.
Beyond who may declare the title, a secondary storyline facilities round the upcoming Masters and the probability for gamers to say last-minute invitations. Thirty gamers in the area at Memorial Park have already certified to play at Augusta National. Any participant not already in the Masters area who’s in the high 50 of the Official World Golf Ranking at the finish of play on Sunday may also earn an invite. Players in the area between Nos. 40-65 in the OWGR who haven’t certified for the Masters: Jake Knapp (No. 42), Nicolai Højgaard (No. 47), Pierceson Coody (No. 51), Michael Thorbjornsen (No. 56), Rickie Fowler (No. 61) and Jordan Smith (No. 65).
The general prize money payout this week in Houston is $9.9 million with the winner claiming a first-place payday of $1.782 million. Here’s the prize money payout for each golfer. Come again on Sunday after the finish of the event and we’ll replace this record with names and element payouts.
Win: Gary Woodland, -21/259, $1,782,000
2: Nicolai Hojgaard, -16/264, $1,079,100
T-3: Johnny Keefer, -15/265, $584,100
T-3: Min Woo Lee, -15/265, $584,100
5: Sam Stevens, -14/266, $405,900
T-6: Jake Knapp, -13/267, $322,987
T-6: Chris Gotterup, -13/267, $322,987
T-6: Sudarshan Yellamaraju, -13/267, $322,987
T-6: Jason Day, -13/267, $322,987
T-10: Bronson Burgoon, -12/268, $259,875
T-10: Sahith Theegala, -12/268, $259,875
T-12: Adrien Dumont de Chassart, -11/269, $220,275
T-12: Denny McCarthy, -11/269, $220,275
T-14: Keith Mitchell, -10/270, $170,775
T-14: Pontus Nyholm, -10/270, $170,775
T-14: Thorbjorn Olesen, -10/270, $170,775
T-14: Jhonattan Vegas, -10/270, $170,775
T-14: Michael Thorbjornsen, -10/270, $170,775
T-19: Max McGreevy, -9/271, $136,125
T-19: Karl Vilips, -9/271, $136,125
T-21: Sam Burns, -8/272, $96,525
T-21: Aldrich Potgieter, -8/272, $96,525
T-21: Alex Smalley, -8/272, $96,525
T-21: Harris English, -8/272, $96,525
T-21: Beau Hossler, -8/272, $96,525
T-21: Zecheng Dou, -8/272, $96,525
T-21: Adam Scott, -8/272, $96,525
T-28: Mac Meissner, -7/273, $59,625
T-28: Rasmus Hojgaard, -7/273, $59,625
T-28: Harry Hall, -7/273, $59,625
T-28: Ben Griffin, -7/273, $59,625
T-28: Vince Whaley, -7/273, $59,625
T-28: Shane Lowry, -7/273, $59,625
T-28: Rico Hoey, -7/273, $59,625
T-28: Chad Ramey, -7/273, $59,625
T-28: Jackson Suber, -7/273, $59,625
T-28: Michael Brenna, -7/273, $59,625
T-28: Stephan Jaeger, -7/273, $59,625
T-39: Jeffrey Kang, -6/274, $41,085
T-39: Adrien Saddier, -6/274, $41,085
T-39: Austin Eckroat, -6/274, $41,085
T-39: Tony Finau, -6/274, $41,085
T-39: Paul Waring, -6/274, $41,085
T-44: William Mouw, -5/275, $32,175
T-44: Andrew Putnam, -5/275, $32,175
T-44: Jordan Smtih, -5/275, $32,175
T-44: Ricky Castillo, -5/275, $32,175
T-48: Erik van Rooyen, -4/276, $26,433
T-48: John Parry, -4/276, $26,433
T-48: Steven Fisk, -4/276, $26,433
T-51: Christiaan Bezuidenhout, -3/277, $23,938.20
T-51: Matthieu Pavon, -3/277, $23,938.20
T-51: Matt Wallace, -3/277, $23,938.20
T-51: Eric Cole, -3/277, $23,938.20
T-51: Chris Kirk, -3/277, $23,938.20
T-56: Matt Kuchar, -2/278, $22,770
T-56: Jimmy Stanger, -2/278, $22,770
T-56: Tom Kim, -2/278, $22,770
T-56: Danny Willett, -2/278, $22,770
T-60: Kurt Kitayama, -1/279, $21,879
T-60: Sungjae Im, -1/279, $21,879
T-60: Sam Ryder, -1/279, $21,879
T-60: Davis Riley, -1/279, $21,879
T-60: Takumi Kanaya, -1/279, $21,879
T-65: Kevin Roy, E/280, $21,087
T-65: Peter Malnati, E/280, $21,087
T-65: Lee Hodges, E/280, $21,087
68: Danny Walker, +1/281, $20,691
T-69: Garrick Higgo, +3/283, $20,394
T-69: Jesper Svensson, +3/283, $20,394
T-71: Brice Garnett, +4/284, $19,899
T-71: Tom Hoge, +4/284, $19,899
T-71: Emiliano Grillo, +4/284, $19,899
74: Matti Schmid, +5/285, $19,503
75: Luke Clanton, +7/287, $19,305
