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Houston Open 2025: Payout of $9.5M Purse as Min Woo Lee Earns Lion's Share
@Source: newsweek.com
The PGA Tour saw a first-time winner claim the title at the Texas Children's Houston Open as Min Woo Lee held off a stout field to claim the victory.Lee shot a 3-under 67 to finish at 20-under 260 overall. That is the lowest in the 77-year history of the event.At one point, the Australian held a five-shot lead, and it looked like he would run away with the trophy. However, the talented field kept taking advantage of a getable golf course. Then a costly bogey at the par-5 16th made things much more interesting.World No. 1 Scottie Scheffler had a shot to steal the tournament but could not convert on the final two holes to get above 19-under.The 26-year-old remained steady and made back-to-back pars on 17 and 18 to secure the one-shot win. In his first PGA Tour win, Lee won $1.71 million and 500 FedEx Cup points.Scheffler finished tied for second alongside Gary Woodland, who continues to provide inspiration. They both will take home $845,500. Woodland tied Scheffler's course record with an 8-under 62 on Sunday to post his best finish since returning from brain surgery 18 months ago.Sami Valimaki also posted a 62 on Sunday to claim a solo fourth-place victory. He won $465,500. It was his first Top 10 finish of the season.Rory McIlroy made his first start at this event in 11 years and was T5. He had a few chances to close the gap, but a par-bogey finish saw him finish at 15-under. The Northern Irishman earned $337,844 this week in Houston.How much money did the field make this week? Here is a full breakdown of the Texas Children's Houston Open payout.Texas Children's Houston Open 2025 Payout:1. Min Woo Lee (-20): $1,7100,000T2. Gary Woodland (-19): $845,500T2. Scottie Scheffler (-19): $845,5004. Sami Valimaki (-17): $465,500T5. Wyndham Clark, Taylor Pendrith, Rory McIlroy, Alejandro Tosti (-15): $337,8449: Ryan Gerard (-14): $277,87510: Mackenzie Hughes (-13): $258,875T11: Lee Hodges, Rico Hoey, Stephan Jaeger, Isaiah Salinda (-12): $211,375T15: Eric Cole, Hayden Springer, Ryan Fox (-11): $163,875T18: Joel Dahmen, Chris Gotterup, Sam Stevens, Harry Hall, Harris English, Victor Perez, Ben Griffin, Kevin Yu, Keith Mitchell (-10): $108,987T27: Jason Day, Nate Lashley, Davis Thompson, Jake Knapp, Jesper Svensson (-9): $67,925T32: Michael Kim, Rasmus Højgaard, Chandler Phillips, Tony Finau, Charles Reiter, Maverick McNealy, Nico Echavarria (-8): $51,911T39: Michael Thorbjornsen, Mac Meissner, Adam Hadwin, Taylor Dickson, Matteo Manassero, Kurt Kitayama, Chan Kim, Trey Mullinax (-7): $36,575T47: Emiliano Grillo, Thomas Detry, Ryo Hisatsune, William Mouw, Chad Ramey (-6): $25,593T52: Patrick Rodgers, Matt McCarty, Jackson Suber, Rickie Fowler, Pierceson Coody, Davis Riley, David Skinns, Trevor Cone (-5): $22,30260. Sungjae Im (-4): $21,375T61: Mason Andersen, Sam Ryder, Matthew Riedel (-3): $20,995T64: Charley Hoffman, Philip Knowles, Antoine Rozner (-2): $20,425T67: Adam Svensson, Sahith Theegala (-1): $19,95069. John Pak (E): $19,665Next week, the PGA Tour will stay in the Lonestar state for the Valero Texas Open in San Antonio, where defending champion Akshay Bhatia will look to repeat. The Valero Open purse is $9,500,000, with the winner taking home $1,710,000.It will be the last week before the first major championship of the year, The Masters Tournament.More Golf: Tiger Woods' TGL League Shows Promise for Golf Future as Season 1 Comes To A Close
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