Sure, Tony Finau is the defending champion at the Texas Children’s Houston Open, but the whole week starts and stops with World No. 1 Scottie Scheffler, who, after taking a week off, is looking to win his third consecutive tournament.
The Texan took home to goods at Arnold Palmer’s place, then backed it up with another winning performance at the Players Championship, pocketing a combined $8.5 million for his efforts. He did not play last week at the Valspar Championship. He also has not finished outside the top 20 in any event this season. If he wins at Memorial Park Golf Course, he’d be the first to win three in a row since Dustin Johnson did it in 2017.
Scheffler, Finau and the field will be competing for a $9.1 million overall purse, with the winner taking home $1.638 million.
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Finau has made seven of eight cuts this season and is looking to become the first to defend the Houston Open since Vijay Singh in 2004-05.
Wyndham Clark, ranked No. 4, is the only other top-10 player on hand in Houston, but he tweaked his back in a workout earlier in the week and is not at 100 percent.
Peter Malnati, last week’s Valspar champion, is back in action. Other notables in the field include Will Zalatoris, Sahith Theegala and Jason Day.
Here is the full list of what players who make the cut will earn. Check back here shortly after the tournament is complete on Sunday for updates.
WIN: $1.638 million
2: $991,900
3: $627,900
4: $445,900
5: $373,100
6: $329,875
7: $307,125
8: $284,375
9: $266,175
10: $247,975
11: $229,775
12: $211,575
13: $193,375
14: $175,175
15: $166,075
16: $156,975
17: $147,875
18: $138,775
19: $129,675
20: $120,575
21: $111,475
22: $102,375
23: $95,095
24: $87,815
25: $80,535
26: $73,255
27: $70,525
28: $67,795
29: $65,065
30: $62,335
31: $59,605
32: $56,875
33: $54,145
34: $51,870
35: $49,595
36: $47,320
37: $45,045
38: $43,225
39: $41,405
40: $39,585
41: $37,765
42: $35,945
43: $34,125
44: $32,305
45: $30,485
46: $28,665
47: $26,845
48: $25,389
49: $24,115
50: $23,387
51: $22,841
52: $22,295
53: $21,931
54: $21,476
55: $21,385
56: $21,203
57: $21,021
58: $20,839
59: $20,657
60: $20,475
61: $20,293
62: $20,111
63: $19,929
64: $19,747
65: $19,565
66: $19,383
67: $19,201
68: $19,019
69: $18,837
70: $18,655
71: $18,473
72: $18,291
73: $18,109
74: $17,927
75: $17,745
This article was originally published on golfdigest.com
