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Texas Children's Houston Open

Memorial Park Golf Course

Houston, Texas • USA

Mar 28 - 31, 2024

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Houston Open moves to PGA's spring schedule beginning in 2024, to stick around through at least 2028

HOUSTON, Texas (KTRK) -- The Houston Open, the city's longtime PGA Tour event, is not going anywhere, but it will be making a move.

On Wednesday, the Astros Golf Foundation announced the Houston Open will move to a spring date in 2024 and be part of the PGA Tour's schedule. Additionally, the Astros Golf Foundation has extended its agreement with the City of Houston and the PGA Tour through 2028.

The 2024 Houston Open will mark the first time the tournament, while under the leadership of the Astros Golf Foundation, will have a spring date. The event was held in November from 2019 to 2022 .

"This is a great day for the Houston Open and a great day for the City of Houston," Astros Golf Foundation President Giles Kibbe said. "We are moving back to the PGA's prime schedule and we are back on national TV. We are positioned to continue doing great things for the City of Houston and so many local charities."

The PGA Tour's Houston Open is the single largest fundraiser for the Astros Foundation and also benefits the City of Houston, First Tee of Greater Houston and countless local charities. About $3.5 million were given back to the greater Houston community following the 2022 tournament.

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Due to the shift, the Houston Open will not be held in 2023. The tournament will remain at Memorial Park.

"We have a full year now to really work on that course," Kenneth Allen, director of Houston's Parks and Recreation Department, told ABC13. "We've done some wonderful things with the Astros. To maintain a PGA course and allow everyday golfers to experience that is a wonderful opportunity to the everyday golfer."

For his part, Mayor Sylvester Turner gave credit where credit's due.

"The return of the Houston Open to the City of Houston and to the PGA Tour's spring schedule is something I have advocated for and supported since I became mayor," Turner said in a statement. "The fact that it happened so quickly must be credited to Astros owner Jim Crane and is a testament to what can be accomplished by a true public and private partnership and this community's support of the Astros Golf Foundation, which raised $34 million to renovate the Memorial Park Golf Course and improve its facilities."

The new spring date has yet to be announced, but ABC13 was told the Houston Open is expected to replace the WGC-Dell Technologies Match Play, which was held annually two weeks before The Masters. The 2023 WGC-Dell Technologies Match Play took place on March 20.

After eight years, Austin is losing the event, and Houston is expected to benefit.

"It's a really good course. It's a hard golf course and the better players love it," Kibbe added. "If we get this positioned right on that date, we're going to have a lot of the top players here."

Last year, just eight of the top 50 players in the Official World Golf Rankings played the Houston Open.

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The Cadence Bank Houston Open is the fourth of five PGA TOUR events this fall on ESPN+ with one feed showcasing the complete rounds of two Featured Groups in both the morning and afternoon waves on Thursday and Friday.

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• Scottie Scheffler – 2022 PGA TOUR Player of the Year, four wins in 2022 (WM Phoenix Open, Arnold Palmer Invitational, WGC-Dell Technologies Match Play, Masters), No. 2 world ranking
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• Taylor Montgomery – No. 9 in current FedExCup standings, three Top 10 finishes in first nine career TOUR starts

Hideki Matsuyama / Jason Day / Sebastian Munoz | 8:24 a.m. ET tee time

• Hideki Matsuyama – Eight-time TOUR winner, 2021 Masters champion, No. 19 world ranking
• Jason Day – 12 PGA TOUR victories, 2015 PGA Championship winner
• Sebastian Muñoz – TOUR winner (2019 Sanderson Farms Championship)

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Harris English / Sepp Straka / Russell Henley | 12:58 p.m. ET tee time

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• Russell Henley – Won last week’s World Wide Technology Championship at Mayakoba, four-time TOUR winner

Tony Finau / Joel Dahmen / Mackenzie Hughes | 1:09 p.m. ET tee time

• Tony Finau – No. 15 world ranking, back-to-back wins in 2022 (3M Open, Rocket Mortgage Classic), four-time TOUR winner
• Joel Dahmen – TOUR winner (2021 Corales Puntacana Championship)
• Mackenzie Hughes – No. 5 in current FedExCup standings, 2022 Sanderson Farms Championship winner, two-time TOUR winner

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How can fans tune into the Texas Children’s Houston Open? Here is everything you need to know about the PGA Tour’s first event in Texas.

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The PGA Tour heads to Texas, as Scottie Scheffler and Wyndham Clark headline the field for this week’s Texas Children’s Houston Open .

Since 2020, this tournament has been held at Memorial Park Golf Course, a municipal course revitalized by Tom Doak in 2019. Brooks Koepka even served as an advisor during the renovation.

The course reportedly hosts 60,000 players per year, thus drawing comparisons to the likes of Torrey Pines and Bethpage Black—two major championship-caliber courses where daily fees are affordable for locals.

Houston residents can play Memorial Park for as little as $30 on weekdays, while out-of-towners have to fork over $120—not a bad price considering some of the best players in the world play there annually.

New this year is the tournament’s spot on the calendar. When defending champion Tony Finau won at Memorial Park, he did so in the fall of 2022. But since the WGC-Dell Technology Match Play was removed from the PGA Tour schedule this year, an opening popped up, and the Texas Children’s Open filled that void two weeks before The Masters.

Funny enough, before 2019, when this event moved to the fall, the Houston Open was played the week before the best players headed to Augusta National . Whoever won this event typically received the final invitation into The Masters.

Now it’s back in the spring, and the winner, if not already exempt, will receive an invite to Augusta.

Texas Children’s Houston Open:

Where: Memorial Park Golf Course (Par-70 7,435 yards)

When: March 28-31

Purse: $9,100,000 / $1,638,000

FedEx Cup Points: 500

Defending Champion: Tony Finau

How to Watch the Texas Children’s Houston Open:

Thursday, March. 28: 4-7 p.m. ET (Golf Channel)

Friday, March 29: 4-7 p.m. ET (Golf Channel)

Saturday, March 30: 1-3:30 p.m. ET (Golf Channel), 3:30-6 p.m. ET (NBC)

Sunday, March 31: 1-2:30 p.m. ET (Golf Channel), 2:30-6 p.m. ET (NBC)

How to Stream the Texas Children’s Houston Open:

Peacock will simulcast Golf Channel and NBC’s broadcasts during all four rounds. You can stream coverage on Peacock here .

Additionally, ESPN+ will air PGA Tour Live’s main feed of the Texas Children’s Houston Championship starting at 8:15 a.m. ET on Thursday and Friday. On Saturday and Sunday, PGA Tour Live begins at 11 a.m. ET.

ESPN+ will also broadcast the morning waves, air marquee groups, and provide coverage of featured holes.

The complete featured groups and air times for each are as follows:

Thursday, March 28:

(All times ET)

Main Feed: (8:15 a.m.-4 p.m.)

Marquee Group: Peter Malnati, Scottie Scheffler, Will Zalatoris (8:45 a.m.-3 p.m.)

Morning Featured Groups: Jake Knapp, Akshay Bhatia, Adam Svensson; Nick Dunlap, Luke List, K.H. Lee (9 a.m.-4 p.m.)

Afternoon Featured Groups: Sahith Theegala, Jason Day, Padraig Harrington; Wyndham Clark, Tony Finau, Si Woo Kim (4 p.m.-7 p.m.)

Morning Featured Holes: Nos. 2, 9, and 15 — all Par 3s; No. 17 — Par 4 (8:30 a.m.- 4 p.m. ET)

Afternoon Featured Holes: No. 8 — Par 3; No. 17 — Par 4 (4 p.m. ET-7 p.m. ET)

Friday, March 29:

Marquee Group: Wyndham Clark, Tony Finau, Si Woo Kim (8:45 a.m.-3 p.m.)

Morning Featured Groups: Sahith Theegala, Jason Day Padraig Harrington; Mackenzie Hughes, Billy Horschel, Tom Hoge (9 a.m.-4 p.m.)

Afternoon Featured Groups: Jake Knapp, Akshay Bhatia, Adam Svensson; Peter Malnati, Scottie Scheffler, Will Zalatoris (4 p.m.-7 p.m.)

Saturday, March 30:

Sunday, march 31:, texas children’s houston open round 1 tee times (et):.

7:20 a.m. — Beau Hossler, Stephan Jaeger, Carson Young

7:31 a.m. — Aaron Baddeley, Josh Teater, Dylan Wu

7:42 a.m. — James Hahn, Justin Lower, Sam Stevens

7:53 a.m. — Nick Hardy, Taylor Moore, Chez Reavie

8:04 a.m. — Ryan Brehm, Kevin Kisner, Stewart Cink

8:15 a.m. — Matt Wallace, Gary Woodland, Brandt Snedeker

8:26 a.m. — Martin Laird, Austin Cook, Matt NeSmith

8:37 a.m. — Keith Mitchell, Doug Ghim, Greyson Sigg

8:48 a.m. — Brandon Wu, Thomas Detry, Andrew Novak

8:59 a.m. — Pierceson Coody, Parker Coody, Jacob Bridgeman

9:10 a.m. — Norman Xiong, Ma Greyserman, Patrick Fishburn

9:21 a.m. — Alexander Björk, Alejandro Tosti, Jesse Droemer

12:20 p.m. — Bud Cauley, David Lipsky, Roger Sloan

12:31 p.m. — Henrik Norlander, Justin Suh, Carl Yuan

12:42 p.m. — Patton Kizzire, Ryan Moore, Callum Tarren

12:53 p.m. — Wyndham Clark, Tony Finau, Si Woo Kim

1:04 p.m. — Sahith Theegala, Jason Day, Padraig Harrington

1:15 p.m. — Mackenzie Hughes, Billy Horschel, Tom Hoge

1:26 p.m. — Hayden Buckley, Robby Shelton, Tyson Alexander

1:37 p.m. — Nate Lashley, Sam Ryder, Zac Blair

1:48 p.m. — Ben Silverman, Paul Barjon, Kris Ventura

1:59 p.m. — Nicholas Lindheim, Adrien Dumont de Chassart, Kevin Doughtery

2:10 p.m. — Robert MacIntyre, Rafael Campos, Raul Pereda

2:21 p.m. — Jorge Campillo, Rico Hoey, Rhein Gibson

No. 10 Tee:

7:20 a.m. — Garrick Higgo, Richy Werenski, Bronson Burgoon

7:31 a.m. — Taylor Montgomery, Harry Hall, Ryan Fox

7:42 a.m. — Cam Davis, Chesson Hadley, Aaron Rai

7:53 a.m. — Peter Malnati, Scottie Scheffler, Will Zalatoris

8:04 a.m. — Jake Knapp, Akshay Bhatia, Adam Svensson

8:15 a.m. — Nick Dunlap, Luke List, K.H. Lee

8:26 a.m. — Tyler Duncan, Mark Hubbard, Ben Griffin

8:37 a.m. — Sung Kang, Taylor Pendrith, S.H. Kim

8:48 a.m. — Joel Dahmen, Lanto Griffin, Kevin Chappell

8:59 a.m. — Mac Meissner, Ryan McCormick, Cole Hammer

9:10 a.m. — David Skinns, Tom Whitney, Sam Bennett

9:21 a.m. — Thorbjørn Olesen, Joe Highsmith, Dawie van der Walt

12:20 p.m. — Ryan Palmer, Michael Kim, Ben Taylor

12:31 p.m. — Joseph Bramlett, Davis Thompson, Scott Gutschewski

12:42 p.m. — Martin Trainer, Vince Whaley, Matti Schmid

12:53 p.m. — Daniel Berger, J.B. Holmes, Scott Stallings

1:04 p.m. — Vincent Norrman, Davis Riley, Chad Ramey

1:15 p.m. — Kurt Kitayama, J.J. Spaun, Cameron Champ

1:26 p.m. — Jimmy Walker, Patrick Rodgers, Alex Smalley

1:37 p.m. — Adam Long, Jhonattan Vegas, Alex Noren

1:48 p.m. — Chandler Phillips, Chris Gotterup, Hayden Springer

1:59 p.m. — Erik Barnes, Trace Crowe, Wilson Furr

2:10 p.m. — Victor Perez, Harrison Endycott, Emilio Gonzalaez

2:21 p.m. — Chan Kim, Blaine Hale Jr., Callum McNeil

Texas Children’s Houston Open Round 2 Tee Times (ET):

7:20 a.m. — Ryan Palmer, Michael Kim, Ben Taylor

7:31 a.m. — Joseph Bramlett, Davis Thompson, Scott Gutschewski

7:42 a.m. — Martin Trainer, Vince Whaley, Matti Schmid

7:53 a.m. — Daniel Berger, J.B. Holmes, Scott Stallings

8:04 a.m. — Vincent Norrman, Davis Riley, Chad Ramey

8:15 a.m. — Kurt Kitayama, J.J. Spaun, Cameron Champ

8:26 a.m. — Jimmy Walker, Patrick Rodgers, Alex Smalley

8:37 a.m. — Adam Long, Jhonattan Vegas, Alex Noren

8:48 a.m. — Chandler Phillips, Chris Gotterup, Hayden Springer

8:59 a.m. — Erik Barnes, Trace Crowe, Wilson Furr

9:10 a.m. — Victor Perez, Harrison Endycott, Emilio Gonzalaez

9:21 a.m. — Chan Kim, Blaine Hale Jr., Callum McNeil

12:20 p.m. — Garrick Higgo, Richy Werenski, Bronson Burgoon

12:31 p.m. — Taylor Montgomery, Harry Hall, Ryan Fox

12:42 p.m. — Cam Davis, Chesson Hadley, Aaron Rai

12:53 p.m. — Peter Malnati, Scottie Scheffler, Will Zalatoris

12:04 p.m. — Jake Knapp, Akshay Bhatia, Adam Svensson

12:15 p.m. — Nick Dunlap, Luke List, K.H. Lee

12:26 p.m. — Tyler Duncan, Mark Hubbard, Ben Griffin

12:37 p.m. — Sung Kang, Taylor Pendrith, S.H. Kim

12:48 p.m. — Joel Dahmen, Lanto Griffin, Kevin Chappell

12:59 p.m. — Mac Meissner, Ryan McCormick, Cole Hammer

12:10 p.m. — David Skinns, Tom Whitney, Sam Bennett

12:21 p.m. — Thorbjørn Olesen, Joe Highsmith, Dawie van der Walt

7:20 a.m. — Bud Cauley, David Lipsky, Roger Sloan

7:31 a.m. — Henrik Norlander, Justin Suh, Carl Yuan

7:42 a.m. — Patton Kizzire, Ryan Moore, Callum Tarren

7:53 a.m. — Wyndham Clark, Tony Finau, Si Woo Kim

8:04 a.m. — Sahith Theegala, Jason Day, Padraig Harrington

8:15 a.m. — Mackenzie Hughes, Billy Horschel, Tom Hoge

8:26 a.m. — Hayden Buckley, Robby Shelton, Tyson Alexander

8:37 a.m. — Nate Lashley, Sam Ryder, Zac Blair

8:48 a.m. — Ben Silverman, Paul Barjon, Kris Ventura

8:59 a.m. — Nicholas Lindheim, Adrien Dumont de Chassart, Kevin Doughtery

9:10 a.m. — Robert MacIntyre, Rafael Campos, Raul Pereda

9:21 a.m. — Jorge Campillo, Rico Hoey, Rhein Gibson

12:20 p.m. — Beau Hossler, Stephan Jaeger, Carson Young

12:31 p.m. — Aaron Baddeley, Josh Teater, Dylan Wu

12:42 p.m. — James Hahn, Justin Lower, Sam Stevens

12:53 p.m. — Nick Hardy, Taylor Moore, Chez Reavie

1:04 p.m. — Ryan Brehm, Kevin Kisner, Stewart Cink

1:15 p.m. — Matt Wallace, Gary Woodland, Brandt Snedeker

1:26 p.m. — Martin Laird, Austin Cook, Matt NeSmith

1:37 p.m. — Keith Mitchell, Doug Ghim, Greyson Sigg

1:48 p.m. — Brandon Wu, Thomas Detry, Andrew Novak

1:59 p.m. — Pierceson Coody, Parker Coody, Jacob Bridgeman

2:10 p.m. — Norman Xiong, Ma Greyserman, Patrick Fishburn

2:21 p.m. — Alexander Björk, Alejandro Tosti, Jesse Droemer

Jack Milko is a golf staff writer for SB Nation’s Playing Through. Be sure to check out @_PlayingThrough for more golf coverage. You can follow him on Twitter @jack_milko as well.

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Houston open officially returns to pga tour's spring schedule, signs new sponsor in texas children's, share this article.

Just a handful of months after putting the final pile of dirt on the World Golf Championships-Dell Technologies Match Play, a fellow Texas tournament has slid back into the Austin event’s slot in the PGA Tour’s spring schedule.

Tour officials announced on Wednesday that the Houston Open will be held March 28-31, marking the first time since 2018 the event will be in the spring rotation. The Valero Texas Open in San Antonio is expected to maintain its position as the following week’s event, leading into the Masters.

According to an announcement from the Tour and Astros Golf Foundation, the tournament has also secured a long-term agreement with Texas Children’s, the largest pediatric and women’s health system in the nation. The agreement is for five years.

“We are excited to announce our partnership with Texas Children’s as the title sponsor for the Houston Open,” said Jim Crane, Houston Astros Owner and Chairman. “We couldn’t have asked for a better partner as we continue our mission of giving back to the greater Houston community. Aligning their values with the efforts of our Astros Golf Foundation provides a special opportunity for both organizations to continue to give back to our community, to grow the game of golf, and to provide a platform to help those most in need.”

The event moved from the private Golf Club of Houston to the municipal Memorial Park in 2020 after significant investment from Crane, who funneled enough cash into the muni track to get esteemed designer Tom Doak on board, with Brooks Koepka as a player advisor.

Memorial Park had always been the crown jewel of the Houston public golf scene. Originally built as a nine-hole course in 1912, an extensive redesign by John Bredemus (who had co-founded the Texas Professional Golfers Association in 1922) led to its “official” 18-hole opening in 1936.

Tony Finau celebrates after winning the 2022 Cadence Bank Houston Open. (Photo: Erik Williams-USA TODAY Sports)

From 1947 to 1963, the course hosted a PGA Tour event 14 times. Arnold Palmer won it once and Jack Nicklaus had a second-place finish. Famously, 1965 PGA Championship winner Dave Marr asked that his ashes be spread at Memorial Park — even though he never won there, he credited the track for shaping his career.

“On behalf of the PGA Tour, we are thankful to Texas Children’s for their commitment to one of the Tour’s legacy events in the Houston Open, a tournament that dates back to 1946,” said PGA Tour President Tyler Dennis. “The Houston Open has played a significant role in shaping the PGA Tour’s history through its competitive lineage with golf’s greats playing and winning the event as well as an unwavering commitment to bettering the community. This partnership between the Astros Golf Foundation and Texas Children’s has the opportunity to take the tournament to new heights, most notably in its ability to impact the lives of families in Houston and throughout Texas.”

Golfweek previously reported that Crane was leveraging the emergence of LIV Golf as a potential suitor for a Houston event if he couldn’t get the spring PGA Tour date he desired.

Crane is an investor in Escalante Golf, which staged two LIV Golf events in the upstart circuit’s inaugural year – Pumpkin Ridge Golf Club in Oregon and The International in Massachusetts – and then a third LIV event this season at The Gallery Golf Club in Marana, Arizona.

Crane, along with Giles Kibbe, senior vice president and general counsel for the Astros and president of the Astros Golf Foundation, played in the pro-am at LIV’s Boston event.

Houston is one of the largest markets in the U.S., and the Tour certainly didn’t want to lose it. Despite the Houston Open being successful going up against football and on the heels of a steady stream of baseball playoff games in recent years, Crane reportedly was no longer willing to support a golf tournament in the fall.

Tony Finau captured the Houston last November, and the event will not be staged in 2023 as it prepares for its return to the spring. The tournament will be televised on NBC, Golf Channel and Peacock, and PGA Tour Live on ESPN+.

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Excitement as houston open returns to springtime spot on pga tour calendar.

Organizers are hoping for 100,000 tickets to be sold over the four days of the tournament, which is settling into its home at Memorial Park.

Leaders were in a celebratory mood Wednesday at Memorial Park ahead of the PGA Tour's Texas Children’s Houston Open.

It's been a challenging few years for the tournament, which runs Thursday through Sunday. But a move from undesired dates in the fall and back to the spring ahead of the Masters had everyone involved in the event excited for this weekend and the future.

"This is the ultimate time we wanted to play," said Jim Crane, Houston Astros owner. The Astros Golf Foundation took over operating the event a half-decade ago.

"It's kind of a dream come true,” Crane added. “It took a lot of work."

Under Crane's leadership, tournament officials worked to revitalize the event after it lost its longtime sponsor, Shell.

"I go back to 2018, 2019, my conversations with Jim, his proactive phone calls at that point in time," PGA Tour Commissioner Jay Monahan recounted on Wednesday. "The PGA Tour and our longstanding history in Houston was in jeopardy. He said, ‘I'll tell you one thing, the PGA Tour is going to stay in Houston and I'm going to be the one that's going to make that happen.'"

The Houston Open moved away from its suburban locales and back to Memorial Park. The Astros Golf Foundation spent more than $30 million to renovate the public course located inside the loop to get it PGA-certified and able to host the Open beginning in 2020.

"I was cynical, Jim, that you could pull it off because of competing interests. But it's just again a reflection of our can-do attitude," said Houston Mayor John Whitmire, who said he lives nearby and closely watched the renovations and seeing how the public could retain access to the park.

In recent years, Crane and others worked with PGA Tour leaders to get the tournament back to its springtime date. Their wishes became official last year when the tour announced it would move the Houston Open to a late March slot on the calendar. It also announced a new five-year title sponsorship deal with Texas Children’s Hospital

"You've got some big names here, which will help draw more," Crane said.

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World No. 1 Scottie Scheffler, who attended the University of Texas and now lives in Dallas, headlines the field. Eight of the top 25 golfers in the FedEx Cup standings are also participating.

PGA Tour and Houston Open officials hope as more golfers play in the tournament, good word of mouth and favorable reviews will bring in even more top names in future years.

That should drive attendance, which was smaller in recent years due to the fall date. Organizers are hoping for 100,000 tickets to be sold over the four days of the tournament.

"Ticket sales are up, we should have some solid weather and get everybody out there," Crane said.

"It's Easter, so everybody's going to be hopping."

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The PGA Tour and the Astros Golf Foundation announced Wednesday that Texas Children’s will be the new title sponsor of the Houston Open.

The event, which has been played in the fall the past four years, is also returning to its historical spot on the spring calendar. Because of the move, the tournament will not be contested in 2023 and instead restart in 2024.

“On behalf of the PGA Tour, we are thankful to Texas Children’s for their commitment to one of the tour’s legacy events in the Houston Open, a tournament that dates back to 1946,” said PGA Tour president Tyler Dennis. “The Houston Open has played a significant role in shaping the PGA Tour’s history through its competitive lineage with golf’s greats playing and winning the event as well as an unwavering commitment to bettering the community. This partnership between the Astros Golf Foundation and Texas Children’s has the opportunity to take the tournament to new heights, most notably in its ability to impact the lives of families in Houston and throughout Texas.”

The Houston Open traces its roots back to 1946, and counts Arnold Palmer, Byron Nelson, Gary Player, Phil Mickelson and Tony Finau among its winners. Historically held in mid-spring, the tournament carved a niche with its pre-Masters spot in 2007, and Redstone Golf Club (now known as the Golf Club of Houston) underwent massive renovations to mirror Augusta National-like conditions. As such, Houston boasted a notable field, filled with those seeking a last-minute tune-up. But the Shell Oil Company, which had underwritten the tournament for 25 years, declined to renew title sponsorship after 2017. Weeks after the tournament was held in 2018 without a sponsor, the Golf Club of Houston told the Houston Golf Association, which ran the tournament, that it no longer intended to serve as the competition's venue.

However, local magnate and Houston Astros owner Jim Crane was working behind the scenes to make sure the tournament didn't fold. He, along with several Houston officials, approached the PGA Tour with a plan to take over the event from the HGA. The tournament moved to Memorial Park, a public course in the city limits that first hosted the Houston Open in 1947 and returned as host from 1951 to 1965. Crane's foundation hired architect Tom Doak to spearhead a renovation of the facility. For good measure, Brooks Koepka was tabbed to serve as the PGA Tour player consultant. Memorial Park is expected to continue to host the tournament well into the future.

“We are excited to announce our partnership with Texas Children’s as the title sponsor for the Houston Open,” Crane said. “We couldn’t have asked for a better partner as we continue our mission of giving back to the greater Houston community. Aligning their values with the efforts of our Astros Golf Foundation provides a special opportunity for both organizations to continue to give back to our community, to grow the game of golf, and to provide a platform to help those most in need.”

The full 2024 PGA Tour schedule is expected to be released within the month.

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2024 Texas Children's Houston Open odds, picks and PGA Tour predictions

W ith the Florida Swing wrapped up, the PGA Tour heads to Texas for the 2024 Texas Children's Houston Open . This is the 4th year Memorial Park will host the event, which is headlined by world No. 1 Scottie Scheffler .

Below, we look at the 2024 Texas Children's Houston Open odds and make our PGA Tour picks and predictions .

Having won his last 2 starts, Scheffler will look to make it 3 wins in a row this week in Houston. He's the odds-on favorite to win at +275, by far the shortest odds of any player in the field. Wyndham Clark has the 2nd-best odds at +1200, followed by Will Zalatoris (+1800), Sabith Theegala (+2200) and 2023 champion Tony Finau (+2200).

Memorial Park is a par 70 and plays at 7,435 yards, so it's one of the longer courses on tour. It underwent a major renovation in 2019, which is when the PGA Tour returned to this site, with everything from hole distances changing to bunkers and trees being removed. Scheffler and Finau share the course record of 8-under 62, which Scheffler shot in 2021 and Finau carded in 2022.

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Texas Children's Houston Open – Expert picks

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Will Zalatoris (+1800)

Zalatoris' missed cut at the Players Championship was surprising, but it shouldn't be enough to deter bettors from taking him again this week in Houston. He typically plays well when the conditions are tough, as evidenced by his major finishes, and while he's never played this event before, it's a good bounce-back opportunity for him at a course that emphasizes ball striking over putting.

Sahith Theegala (+2200)

Theegala finished 61st and 22nd in his 2 starts at this event, but it's reasonable to think he'll improve upon both of those finishes this year. He's in the midst of his best season yet, already posting 4 top-10s and a runner-up in 8 starts with only 1 missed cut. Theegala is just the type of player who can unseat Scheffler at the top.

Keith Mitchell (+4000)

Mitchell had the Valspar Championship in his hands before collapsing in the final round with a 77 on Sunday. That dropped him from 1st to 17th on the last day of the tournament after holding a 2-shot 54-hole lead. That ending to his week will leave a bitter taste in his mouth, but it was more of a fluky performance with the driver than anything. He finished 41st here in 2021 and 9th in 2022.

Texas Children's Houston Open picks – Contenders

Joel dahmen (+6600).

After missing the cut in 3 of his 1st 5 starts of the season, Dahmen has gotten back on track by making it in each of his last 3 starts – including an 11th-place finish at the Players Championship. He followed it up with a T-49 at the Valspar last week and now ranks 27th in strokes gained: off the tee and 8th in approach.

Aaron Rai (+5000)

Rai missed the cut at the Valspar Championship by a few shots but he had notched 3 straight top-35 finishes before that. His putter hasn't cooperated, ranking 136th in strokes gained on the greens but he's 23rd tee-to-green. This is a course he's had success at before, finishing 7th and 19th in his last 2 starts here.

Texas Children's Houston Open picks – Long shots

Alex smalley (+12500).

Smalley has missed the cut in 7 of his 9 starts this season and one of his made cuts resulted in a 75th-place finish. So why bet him now? Because he finished 4th in this tournament in 2022 and 15th the year prior, so he clearly knows this course well.

Tyson Alexander (+25000)

Peter Malnati showed on Sunday that no matter a player's odds, anyone can win at any time. Alexander is a mega-long shot at +30000, but he was the runner-up here in 2022 and already has 1 top-20 finish this season.

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2024 CJ Cup Byron Nelson odds, field: Surprising PGA picks, predictions from model that's nailed 11 majors

Sportsline's proven model simulated the cj cup byron nelson 2024 10,000 times and revealed its pga golf picks.

The PGA Championship is just a few weeks away, so many of the big names in golf are sitting out of the 2024 CJ Cup Byron Nelson, which begins Thursday at 7:45 a.m. ET. However, with golfers like Jordan Spieth and Jason Day in the 2024 CJ Cup Byron Nelson field, there are still plenty of reasons to be excited about the TPC Craig Ranch-hosted event. Spieth is the 12-1 favorite in the 2024 CJ Cup Byron Nelson odds, followed by Day (18-1), who is the defending champion. Si Woo Kim is third on the odds board at 22-1, while Sungjae Im, Alex Noren and Adam Scott are each in the next tier of 2024 CJ Cup Byron Nelson contenders at 25-1.

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In addition, McClure's best bets included Nick Taylor (70-1) winning the 2023 RBC Canadian Open, Jason Day (17-1) winning outright at the 2023 AT&T Byron Nelson, and Rickie Fowler (14-1) finishing on top of the leaderboard at the 2023 Rocket Mortgage Classic.

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One major surprise the model is calling for at the CJ Cup Byron Nelson 2024: Day, the defending champion and one of the top favorites, stumbles and barely cracks the top five. Day got off to a hot start this season when he posted three top-10 finishes in his first five tournaments, but he has struggled since then. He has finished outside the top 15 in his last five events, including a missed cut at the Texas Children's Houston Open at the end of March. 

Day ranks 183rd on the PGA Tour in approach shots from more than 200 yards, which will be a shot that he has to take throughout this tournament. He is also ranked 133rd in green in regulation percentage (63.62%) and 152nd in strokes gained: approach to green (-0.380). Day is not in strong form right now, so the model is looking elsewhere with its pick to win this tournament. 

Another surprise: Maverick McNealy, a 50-1 longshot, makes a strong run at the title. He has a much better chance to win it all than his odds imply, so he's a target for anyone looking for a huge payday. The former No. 1 ranked golfer in the World Amateur Golf Ranking is still seeking his first win on the PGA Tour.

He is off to a strong start in 2024 though, making the cut in nine of his 11 events while posting a pair of top-10 finishes. McNealy finished T6 in the WM Phoenix Open in February, T13 in the Mexico Open and T9 in The Players Championship, which was the best result of his career. Despite his hot start to the year, he is still flying under the radar due to his lack of victories, making him an excellent longshot pick against a weaker field this weekend.  See who else to pick here . 

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PGA Tour goes to Dallas for same course and new title. LIV Golf plays in Singapore

Shane Lowry, of Ireland, hits out of the sand on the 15th fairway during the final round of the PGA Zurich Classic golf tournament at TPC Louisiana in Avondale, La., Sunday, April 28, 2024. (AP Photo/Gerald Herbert)

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Site: McKinney, Texas.

Course: TPC Craig Ranch. Yardage: 7,414. Par: 71.

Prize money: $9.5 million. Winner’s share: $1,710,000.

Television: Thursday-Friday, 4-7 p.m. (Golf Channel); Saturday-Sunday, 1-3 p.m. (Golf Channel), 3-6 p.m. (CBS).

Defending champion: Jason Day.

FedEx Cup leader: Scottie Scheffler.

Last week: Shane Lowry and Rory McIlroy won the Zurich Classic of New Orleans.

Notes: Jordan Spieth, Will Zalatoris and Tom Kim lead the contingent of Dallas-area residents playing the tournament. ... CJ Cup takes over as title sponsor after AT&T ended its sponsorship after nine years. CJ Cup started out with a tournament in South Korea, then moved to Las Vegas and South Carolina during the COVID-19 pandemic. ... The field features only 10 of the top 50 in the world ranking. Spieth is the highest-ranked player in the field at No. 20. ... Scottie Scheffler is missing the tournament as his wife is expecting their first child. ... Adam Scott is playing the tournament for the third straight year. He won the Byron Nelson in 2008. ... This is the final week to finish among the top 70 in the PGA Championship points list to assure a spot at Valhalla in two weeks. The points list is PGA Tour earnings the last 12 months. ... Spieth now has gone 43 starts over two years on the PGA Tour since his last victory.

Next week: Wells Fargo Championship.

Online: https://www.pgatour.com/

LIV GOLF LEAGUE

LIV GOLF SINGAPORE

Site: Singapore.

Course: Sentosa GC (Serapong). Yardage: 7,406. Par: 71.

Prize money: $20 million. Winner’s share: $4 million.

Television: Thursday-Saturday, 9 p.m. to 2 a.m. (CW app); Saturday-Sunday, 1-6 p.m. (The CW Network-Tape Delay).

Defending champion: Talor Gooch.

Points leader: Joaquin Niemann.

Last week: Brendan Steele won LIV Golf Adelaide.

Notes: Brendan Steele last week became the third straight first-time winner on LIV Golf, matching the longest such streak since the league launched in June 2022. ... Jon Rahm has yet to win since joining LIV this year, but he is the only player in 2024 to have finished in the top 10 in all six events. ... Ian Poulter and Hudson Swafford were the only players who did not have a round under par last week in Australia. ... Poulter in 2009 and Sergio Garcia in 2018 won the Singapore Open when it was played at Sentosa. ... With the PGA Championship approaching, LIV has three players in the top 100 who are not already eligible — Adrian Meronk, Lucas Herbert and Patrick Reed. ... LIV already has 10 players in the PGA Championship field at Valhalla. ... After back-to-back weeks in Australia and Asia, LIV Golf is off for a month until a week before the U.S. Open.

Next tournament: LIV Golf Houston on June 7-9.

Online: https://www.livgolf.com/

EUROPEAN TOUR

VOLVO CHINA OPEN

Site: Shenzhen, China.

Course: Hidden Grace GC. Yards: 7,147. Par: 72.

Prize money: $2.25 million. Winner’s share: $375,000.

Television: Thursday-Friday, 12-5 a.m. (Golf Channel); Saturday, 12-4:30 a.m. (Golf Channel); Saturday, 11:30 p.m. to 4:30 a.m. (Golf Channel).

Previous winner: Sarit Suwannarut.

Race to Dubai leader: Rory McIlroy.

Last week: Yuto Katsuragawa won the ISPS Handa Championship.

Notes: The China Open returns to the European tour schedule for the first time since 2019 because of the COVID-19 pandemic. The tournament was held last year co-sanctioned by the Asian Tour and the China Tour. ... This is the final event that counts toward the Asian Swing on the European. The top three players get exemptions into the PGA Championship next month at Valhalla. Sebastian Soderberg, Keita Nakajima and Jesper Svensson are currently holding down the top three spots. ... Thriston Lawrence leads the European tour this season with five finishes in the top 10. ... Katsuragawa is the fourth player from Japan in the last seven months to win on the European tour. The others were Ryo Hisatsune, Rikuya Hoshino and Nakajima. ... The tour is off until the PGA Championship on May 16-19. After that begins a stretch in which 17 consecutive events (outside the majors) are staged in European countries.

Next tournament: PGA Championship on May 16-19.

Online: https://www.europeantour.com/dpworld-tour/

PGA TOUR CHAMPIONS

INSPERITY INVITATIONAL

Site: The Woodlands, Texas.

Course: The Woodlands CC (Tournament). Yards: 7,002. Par: 72.

Prize money: $2.7 million. Winner’s share: $405,000.

Television: Friday, 12:30-3:30 p.m. (Golf Channel); Saturday-Sunday, 3-6 p.m. (Golf Channel).

Defending champion: Steven Alker.

Charles Schwab Cup leader: Stephen Ames.

Last week: Stephen Ames won the Mitsubishi Electric Classic.

Notes: Bernhard Langer returns to competition after injuring his Achilles tendon while playing pickleball on Feb. 1. The injury caused him to miss the Masters. ... Langer has won every year since first becoming eligible for the PGA Tour Champions in 2007. He is a four-time winner of the Insperity Invitational. ... Stephen Ames took over the Charles Schwab Cup lead over Steven Alker by winning at the TPC Sugarloaf last week. It was his second win this season. ... Alker is the two-time defending champion at The Woodlands. ... Ames is the only multiple winner on the PGA Tour Champions in 2024. ... The field includes Steve Stricker, who missed the cut last week in New Orleans on the PGA Tour. ... Paul Broadhurst of England has won and finished runner-up in his last two starts. ... This is the last regular event before the first of five majors on the PGA Tour Champions schedule.

Next week: Regions Tradition.

Online: https://www.pgatour.com/pgatour-champions

Last week: Hannah Green won the JM Eagle LA Championship.

Next week: Cognizant Founders Cup.

Race to CME Globe leader: Nelly Korda.

Online: https://www.lpga.com/

KORN FERRY TOUR

Last week: Tim Widing won the Veritex Bank Championship.

Next tournament: AdventHealth Championship on May 16-19.

Points leader: Tim Widing.

Online: https://www.pgatour.com/korn-ferry-tour

OTHER TOURS

Epson Tour: Casino Del Sol Golf Classic, Sewailo GC, Tucson, Ariz. Defending champion: Gigi Stoll. Online: https://www.epsontour.com/

PGA of America: PGA Professional Championship, Fields Ranch at PGA (East and West), Frisco, Texas. Defending champion: Braden Shattuck. Television: Tuesday, 5-8 p.m. (Golf Channel); Wednesday, 4-7 p.m. (Golf Channel). Online: https://www.pga.com/

Japan Golf Tour: The Crowns, Nagoya GC (Wago), Aichi, Japan. Defending champion: Hiroshi Iwata. Online: https://www.jgto.org/en/

Asian Tour: GS Caltex Maekyung Open, Namseoul CC, Seongnam, South Korea. Defending champion: Chanmin Jung. Online: https://asiantour.com/

Legends Tour: Barbados Leges, Apes Hills Barbados, Saint James, Barbados. Defending champion: New tournament. Online: https://www.legendstour.com/

Japan LPGA: World Ladies Championship Salonpas Cup, Ibaraki GC (East), Ibaraki, Japan. Defending champion: Yuri Yoshida. Online: https://www.lpga.or.jp/en/

Korea LPGA: Kyochon 1991 Ladies Open, Sunsan CC, Gumi South Korea. Defending champion: Bokyeom Park. Online: https://klpga.co.kr/

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Rory McIlroy claims 25th PGA Tour victory, teaming with Shane Lowry to win Zurich Classic in a playoff

Rory McIlroy and Shane Lowry won the Zurich Classic of New Orleans team event Sunday, beating Chad Ramey and Martin Trainer with a par on the first hole of a playoff.

Trainer pushed a 6-foot par putt to the right of the cup to end it, with Lowry and McIlroy sharing a smiling embrace on the green.

The 34-year-old McIlroy, playing in the event for the first time, won his 25th PGA Tour title and first of the season. Lowry claimed his third PGA Tour victory.

The Irish tandem closed with a 4-under-par 68 in the alternate-shot final round to match Ramey and Trainer at 25-under 263.

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Ramey and Trainer began the day tied for 27th at 16 under and shot to the top of the leaderboard with nine birdies between the seventh and 18th holes. They tied the alternate-shot tournament record of 63, but then had to wait nearly three hours to see if their lead would stand up.

They struggled to execute on the playoff hole. Trainer pulled his drive into the left rough, Ramey also yanked his approach left off the cart path and into the wall below the suites around the 18th green. Trainer then chipped short before Ramey finally got his team on the green.

Lowry narrowly missed his mark twice on the playoff hole, putting an approach in a bunker and then leaving a birdie putt for the victory on the edge of the cup.

But Lowry came through when he had to on the 18th, forcing the playoff with a short birdie putt on the par-5 hole, capitalizing on McIlroy’s deft lofted chip from the apron that stopped close to the pin.

Ryan Brehm and Mark Hubbard were nearly in the playoff as well. Needing a birdie, they went long off the 18th green on their second shot. Hubbard’s chip up the back apron stopped short on the fringe, but Brehm still nearly sank a birdie putt from there, leaving the ball near the right edge of the cup as the crowd gasped. They finished third at 24 under.

Former BYU teammates Patrick Fishburn and Zach Blair, the leaders after three rounds, were still tied for the lead heading to 17, only to make a double bogey after Blair’s tee shot landed right of the green and Fishburn chipped short. They wound up in a four-way tie for fourth at 23 under.

Defending champions Nick Taylor and Adam Hadwin finished 10th after their final-round 71 left them at 21 under.

LPGA — Hannah Green won LPGA Tour’s JM Eagle LA Championship for the second straight year Sunday, holing out twice from off the greens in a pivotal back-nine stretch at challenging Wilshire Country Club in Los Angeles, Calif.

A year after making a 25-foot birdie on the final hole of regulation and winning on the second hole of a playoff, Green — with help from Maja Stark — took the late drama out of this one for her fifth LPGA Tour victory and second of the year.

“It’s really kind to me,” Green said about the course. “I felt like a couple times today almost got like a member bounce. I, obviously, really am fond of the golf club and joked that they didn’t approve it with me that they were making alterations. I love it here.”

Green closed with a 5-under 66 to beat Stark by three strokes. The 27-year-old Australian, also the winner early last month in Singapore, finished at 12-under 272 on the tree-lined layout with poa annua greens that become bumpy late in the day.

Green began the key run with a chip-in birdie on the par-3 12th and made a 6-foot birdie putt on the par-5 13th. Then, after Stark bogeyed the par-4 16th two groups ahead, Green ran in a 25-footer for eagle from the fringe on 15 to open a four-stroke lead, and made it 5 under in five holes with a birdie on 16.

“When I chipped in on 12 I kind of felt like I really snagged one there,” Green said. “I really like the 13th hole and also played the 15th really well. When I made eagle on 15 that kind of sealed the deal. I did see Maja got it to 9 under so I know what I needed to do. Usually, I make it really tricky on myself and only win by a shot.”

Stark finished with a 68, rebounding from the bogey on 16 to birdie the final two holes. The 24-year-old Swede also finished second last week outside Houston in The Chevron Championship, two strokes behind top-ranked Nelly Korda in the first major of the year.

LIV — Three-time PGA Tour winner Brendan Steele held off a fast finishing Louis Oosthuizen to win the LIV Golf Adelaide tournament at The Grange Golf Club in Australia by one stoke.

The 41-year-old Steele shot a final-round 68 Sunday for a 54-hole total of 18-under 198 to earn his first victory since he won his second Safeway Open in 2017 on the PGA Tour.

Steele had a streak of five consecutive birdies early in the round, before some putting jitters appeared in his back nine to open the door for a fast finishing pack of challenges including Oosthuizen, and former previous Masters winners Charl Schwartzel (64) and Jon Rahm (64).

“Yeah, I was telling myself that I knew there was going to be hard moments today regardless of the result and that I just needed to get back in there and start playing with freedom again,” Steele said moments after winning.

“And, and I was able to hit some good shots after that and write the show.”

South Africa’s Oosthuizen shot 65 to finish second at 17-under 199, and had drawn within one stroke of Steele late in Sunday’s final round, only for the American to make some clutch pars in the final holes to clinch victory.

Oosthuizen’s compatriot Schwartzel and Rahm were among a group of five players at 16-under 200, with Joaquin Niemann (66), Andy Ogletree (65) and Dean Burgmester (67) in a tie for third.

Former world No.1 Rahm had an eagle and six birdies in his 8-under 64 but had left too much ground to catch up on Steele on the final day to capture his first title since joining the LlV tour in December.

Last year’s winner Talor Gooch shot 70 and finshed in a tie for 26th at 10-under.

Champions — Stephen Ames celebrated his 60th birthday with a successful title defense in the Mitsubishi Electric Classic, closing with a 5-under 67 on Sunday for his eighth PGA Tour Champions victory.

A stroke behind Paul Broadhurst after matching the tournament record Saturday with a 64, Ames had two eagles in the final round. He won by four strokes, finishing at 14-under 202 at TPC Sugarloaf for his record third victory in the event.

Broadhurst, the 58-year-old Englishman coming off a victory last week in the Invited Celebrity Classic, closed with a 72 to tie for second with Doug Barron (69). K.J. Choi (70) and Steven Alker (71) were 9 under.