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Opening Round Coverage of the 2026 Texas Children's Houston Open
By TERRY LYONS, Editor: Digital Sports Desk
HOUSTON - Plano, Texas native, Pierceson Coody, grandson of 1971 Masters champion Charles Coody, is vying for an invite to the 2026 Masters. If he can qualify, Coody would become the first grandson of a Masters champion to compete in the tournament.
After finishing the 2025 calendar year as No. 96 in the world, Coody opened the 2026 season with four consecutive Top-20 finishes, highlighted by back-to-back Top-10s at the Farmers Insurance Open (T2) and WM Phoenix Open (T10).
Houston Open’s 2007 champion, Adam Scott, will make his 10th start at the Texas Children’s Houston Open, with his only other Top-10 finish coming in 2002 (T6). Scott is the only winner of all four traditional Texas tournaments on the PGA TOUR (2007 Texas Children’s Houston Open, 2008 CJ CUP Byron Nelson, 2010 Valero Texas Open, 2014 Charles Schwab Challenge).
This weekend’s field features:
2026 winners: Chris Gotterup (Sony Open in Hawaii, WM Phoenix Open), Nico Echavarria (Cognizant Classic in The Palm Beaches), Ricky Castillo (Puerto Rico Open).
Four past champions: Adam Scott (2007), Tony Finau (2022), Stephan Jaeger (2024), Min Woo Lee (2025).
Past FedExCup champion: Billy Horschel (2014)
Sponsor exemptions: The Woodlands, Texas and Texas A&M alum Bronson Burgoon, Houston native and University of Texas alum Cole Hammer, 18-year-old high school senior and University of Georgia commit Mason Howell, 2022 ISCO Championship winner Trey Mullinax.
Section Champion: Casey Russell
Open Qualifiers: Sam Ryder and Jackson Suber
Tournament Facts
THIS WEEK on the PGA Tour: Texas Children’s Houston Open
COURSE: Memorial Park Golf Course, Houston, Texas
TOURNAMENT SITE: (link)
TOURNAMENT OVERVIEW: (link)
HOUSTON OPEN PAST RESULTS: (link)
ARCHITECT: John Bredemus
YARDS/PAR: 7,475 yards/Par 70
PRIZE Money/First Place Winnings: $9,900,000/$1,782,000
DEFENDING Champion: Min Woo Lee
FEDEx CUP Points to Winner: 500
Tee Times, Field, Updates and Weather | A Quick Look
Tee Times: (link) - Tee times are scheduled for today at 8:20am to 3:21pm EDT.
Field: (link)
Updates:
Sunday, March 22
Austin Smotherman (WD), Danny Willett (IN)
Cam Davis (WD), Jimmy Stanger (IN)
Ryo Hisatsune (WD), Paul Waring (IN)
Michael Kim (WD), Jesper Svensson (IN)
Monday, March 23
Matt McCarty (WD), Doug Ghim (IN)
Field expanded from 133 players to 135 to round out threesomes:
Andrew Putnam (IN)
Kris Ventura (IN)
Tuesday, March 24
Bud Cauley (WD), Seamus Poer (IN)
Scottie Scheffler (WD), Matt Kuchar (IN)
Weather: Today’s forecast: Sunny, 84 degrees. A 22% chance of rain with winds 14 mph.
Media Coverage of 2026 Texas Children’s Houston Open
Thursday, March 26, 2026 - (All Times Eastern Daylight)
8:15am-7:00pm, PGA Tour Live on ESPN+ Streaming
1:00pm - 7:00pm, SiriusXM PGA Tour Radio and Online
3:00pm-7:00pm, Golf Channel
How to Watch (PGATourCom)
What They’re Saying
Players Seeking a bid to The Masters (PGATourCom)
Power Rankings for HOU (PGATourCom)
How to Watch the 2026 Houston Open (PGATourCom)
Morikawa to Return Next Week (ESPN)
Gambling & Daily Fantasy News
Expert Picks (PGATourCom)
Sleeper Picks (PGATourCom)
On This Day in Golf History
March 26, 2000 - Hal Sutton stared down Tiger Woods and defeated him by one stroke at the PLAYERS Championship. “Be the right club, today… YES,” was what Sutton said to himself as he approached the 18th hole with his five-iron and safely placed his shot after Woods missed the green. (Courtesy of Randy Walker), Author of On This Day in Golf History, available via Amazon.com and by clicking HERE
Parting Putts
Baker Mayfield was at The Valspar Championship last weekend:
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