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Third Round Coverage of the 2026 Texas Children's | Houston Open
By TERRY LYONS, Editor: Digital Sports Desk
HOUSTON - Gary Woodland (1st/-13) recorded a (63), his lowest 18-hole score since a final-round 8-under (62) at the 2025 Texas Children’s Houston Open. At 13-under 127, sets career-best 36-hole score on TOUR (previous: 128/2017 Sony Open in Hawaii/finished T6).
Woodland leads the field in Birdies (15), Strokes Gained: Approach The Green (5.633) and holds eighth career 36-hole lead/co-lead on TOUR and first since the 2021 Truist Championship (a span of 1,785 days).
He is only 1-for-7 converting 36-hole lead/co-lead to victory on TOUR (2019 U.S. Open).
In the Breaking News category: Tiger Woods was the driver in a Florida road two-vehicle accident in which he flipped his Land Rover over, after swerving to avoid a truck. Police on scene suspected impairment and tested Woods on site. No alcohol, but then he was arrested on suspicion of substance abuse. Woods refused additional tests. He was booked at a Martin County jail (Jupiter, Florida) and faces three misdemeanor charges.
Houston Open Leaderboard | After 36 Holes
1 Gary Woodland 64 63 127 (-13)
T2 Nicolai Højgaard 68 62 130 (-10)
T2 Jackson Suber 67 63 130 (-10)
T4 Min Woo Lee 68 63 131 (-9)
T4 Jason Day 68 63 131 (-9)
Full Leaderboard: (link)
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 and Weather | A Quick Look
Tee Times: (link) - Tee times are scheduled for today at 8:20am to 12:55pm EDT.
Weather: Today’s forecast is for mostly sunny skies, with near 0% chance of rain. Winds blowing at 12-13 mph, but down to 9 mph when leaders tee-off. Temps reaching 69-degrees.
PGA Tour Brunch will publish by 8:30am on Sunday
Media Coverage of 2026 Texas Children’s Houston Open
Saturday, March 28, 2026 - (All Times Eastern Daylight)
8:20am-6:00pm, PGA Tour Live on ESPN+ Streaming
1:00pm - 6:00pm, SiriusXM PGA Tour Radio and Online
1:00pm-3:00pm, Golf Channel and Peacock Net
3:00pm-6:00pm, NBC and Peacock Net
How to Watch (PGATourCom)
What They’re Saying
Tiger Woods story (CNN)
Tiger Woods - Empathy, Responsibility (Golf Week)
Coody WDs (PGATourCom)
Koepka - MTC (Golf Week)
Woodland - Three Shot Lead (ESPN)
How to Watch the 2026 Houston Open (PGATourCom)
On This Day in Golf History
March 28, 1993 - Nick Price shot a final round (67) and won The PLAYERS Championship by five strokes over Bernhard Langer at TPC Sawgrass. Price’s signature shot of the final round came on the par 4 fourth whole when his tee-shot settled on the lip of a fairway bunker. With one foot in the bunker, Price hit a baseball-style swing at the ball that resulted in a tap-in birdie. Price later called it, “the greatest shot of my life.” - (Courtesy of Randy Walker), Author of On This Day in Golf History, available via Amazon.com and by clicking HERE
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